While Amelia was doing homework help, Andrew noticed both of her wrists, "Aunt Amelia, why are your wrists red?"
Ashley looked closely at Amelia and then whispered to Andrew, "Not just the wrists, but even the eyes are red."
After hearing his sister's words, he became very serious and asked Amelia, "Have you been bullied by anyone?"
Peach waved her little fist and cheered for her brother, "Auntie Amelia! Who bullied you? Just say it out. There are so many followers under Andrew's command now. Let him bring people to avenge you!"
Amelia burst into laughter. With such two adorable kids accompanying her, she didn't even have a chance to be depressed for a while.
Touching the two children's fluffy heads, she whispered, "I'm fine. Don't worry. Just do your homework."
Near going to bed, Ashley rubbed her eyes and asked, "Auntie Amelia, where is Rick? I want to sleep with it."
Amelia paused for a moment and asked, "Didn't you take Rick away?"
"Ah?" Andrew and Ashley looked at each other and then shook their heads at Amelia. "No."
How could this be? Amelia was surprised, could it is that Patrick was lying to her?
Finally, they found Rick on the balcony. It was so careless that even if its mouth was stuck, it could still curl into a ball and sleep soundly.
Squatting down, Amelia picked up Rick. The little thingy smelled its master's scent and got deeper and deeper into her arms.
The closeness of Rick made Amelia feel very cured. She buried her face in its fleshy belly to cover the sorrow in her eyes. Was it because Patrick didn't want to see her, so he took her dog and bully it?
The next day, at six o'clock in the evening.
Amelia had just picked up the two kids from school when she saw Granny Hopper coming out of the kitchen. She said, "Amelia, Patrick just called me and said that he didn't want to go home for dinner. I asked him what was the matter. He said that he was going to accompany the customers. I asked him if they were male or female customers. He said that they were all male, so he asked you not to think too much about it."
Amelia was stunned. The last sentence of Granny Hopper was probably made up by herself, wasn't it?
But she didn't expose the truth. She just said with a calm face, "Okay, Granny."
After a pause, she said, "By the way, I'll go to the cinema later. If Patrick comes back and asks, please tell him for me."
Granny Hopper stopped wiping her hands with an apron and asked with some concern, "What happened to you and him? You can't call him
yourself?"
Amelia smiled to herself, Patrick's choice not to come home for dinner at this time was already very telling, she would only be making a fool of herself if she called him.
After eating, Amelia looked down and explained to Andrew and Ashley, "I'm going out now, so you guys stay in your rooms and do your homework. If you don't know anything, ask Florence when she gets home, understands?"
Ashley's eyes widened as she asked, "Where are you going?"
"Is it to go on a date with Uncle Patrick?" Andrew continued to ask.
Amelia pinched the two's little noses and said, "I'm going to the cinema."
Ashley clapped her hands, "A movie theater? The TV says that's where couples go. You're really going on a date with Uncle Patrick!"
Amelia patiently corrected, "The movie theater is open to anyone, not just couples."
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