On Friday afternoon, the hospital was busier than usual.
After Everleigh was done with her work, she looked at the time and thought, "Oh no!"
The elementary school dismissed early that day, so it was a little too late for her to pick up the children at this time.
"Culver, bring the doctor's orders for patient 7 to the nurse. I'm off work now."
"Yes, Dr. Trevino."
Everleigh took her car key, quickly changed her clothes and left the hospital. She called the class teacher of the two children while driving out.
"Sorry, Miss White, I got off work late today. I may not be able to pick up the children in time. Please tell them to wait for me in the security room for a while."
The line was silent for a while. "Weren't Alastair and Adrienne picked up by their father already?"
"Their father?" Everleigh was stunned for a moment.
Hadn't Christopher gone to the countryside? "Yes, they were picked up on time half an hour ago." Agnes smiled. "It's my first time seeing your partner. Alastair looks very much like him."
Upon hearing this, Everleigh came back to her senses, and she replied reluctantly, "I'm sorry. We might have some miscommunication. I'm sorry to disturb you, Miss White."
"Not at all."
Agnes' words, "Alastair looks very much like him very much," made it obvious that she was not talking about Christopher.
Although Christopher had picked the children up before, when he blinked his beautiful eyes at the school gate, no one would believe that he was the children's father. Also, in order to pick up girls, he had asked the children to address him as their brother?
Everleigh roughly knew who had picked up the children. When she was about to call Theodore and ask him, she saw the unread message on her phone. It was from him.
"I went out for business and picked up Alastair and Adrienne along the way. After you get off work, come straight over."
As expected.
Everleigh stared at the message for a few seconds, turned around at the intersection in front and drove towards Woodland Street.
As soon as the car stopped in front of Godfrey Mansion, children's laughter could be heard coming from the yard.
Adrienne was running around the yard with a water gun, followed by a golden retriever. Adrienne didn't even wear any shoes. She was barefooted on the grass, and her ponytail was shining under the sun.
Under the parasol in the yard were tables and chairs made of iron. Theodore was sitting on a chair, flipping through a business magazine in his hand. His gaze was not on the book, but on the figure in the field. There was a faint smile on his face. When he heard the sound of the engine, he turned around and saw Everleigh walk in.
"Mommy!" Adrienne took the water gun and shot at Everleigh. Her smile was so bright and radiant, as if it could smooth out all the hardships of time.
The range of the water gun was not far, so the water landed only two meters away from Everleigh's feet. Everleigh came to her senses and looked at the golden retriever, who was panting and rolling on the ground. She was stunned and asked, "Where did the dog come from?"
Theodore's voice came from under the parasol. "He's Leon's dog. He sent him over and asked me to take care of him for two days."
"Leon's?" As soon as Everleigh heard the name, she frowned, but she didn't say anything.
The golden retriever who had a strong body laid in front of Everleigh. Its golden fur sparkled in the sun and it looked very obedient. Everleigh kneeled down and patted its head. "So obedient. What's his name?"
"He doesn't have a name."
"No name?" Everleigh looked at Theodore in surprise.
"Yeah."
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