Sonny refused Duncan and slid out of bed himself, looking for his mother while crying. When he searched the house but still did not find Liberty, he cried even harder.
“Sonny, do you want some candy? Don’t cry. Dunc will give you candy.”
Duncan tried to coax him.
“I don’t want candy. I want Mommy...”
“I’ll bring you outside and buy you a windmill, okay?”
“I don’t want windmill. I want Mommy...”
Sonny’s cries grew louder.
Duncan was unable to soothe Sonny no matter how he tried. He did not know how to coax children.
In the end, he took out his cell phone, unlocked it, and handed it to Sonny. “Don’t cry, okay? Come here, I’ll let you play with my phone. We can watch cartoons.”
Sonny slapped his phone away with one hand.
“I don’t want phone.”
Duncan scratched his head, feeling a headache. “I thought children these days could be dealt with easily if they have a phone to play with.”
Sonny did not want to play with his phone.
However, there were many harmful effects of children playing with cell phones. Sonny was still too young, so it was indeed inappropriate for him to play with a phone.
Just then, there was the sound of the door opening.
Duncan hurriedly shoved the phone back into his pants pocket. He could not let Liberty see that he was trying to coax Sonny with his phone.
He was setting a bad example for someone else’s child.
Liberty heard her son’s cries as she was making her way up the stairs.
She quickened her pace and hurriedly opened the door to enter the house.
“Mommy.”
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