"Also, Mommy lied to Cecil, saying that she's on duty at the hospital. If she wasn't afraid of upsetting her, Mommy wouldn't have lied. There's only one thing that makes Cecil mad."
"What is it?" Helen didn't understand what Alastair's words meant for a while.
However, Adrienne had already understood. She winked at Helen and said, "Cecil doesn't like Daddy."
Hearing this, Helen's eyes lit up a little, and she understood immediately. "So, your Mommy really went to visit your Daddy last night?"
"It should be," Alastair nodded, looking like an adult; he was calm and steady.
"Whether it's true or not, you can ask Mommy when she comes later." Alastair was frank and pointed out the key point immediately.
"No," said Helen thoughtfully, "We can't ask your mother."
"Why not?" Adrienne was puzzled.
Helen smiled as if she was enlightened. She said with a meaningful look, "It's a good thing that they didn't tell me about it."
If it was not to hide it from her, Moses would not have been the only one who knew about it until now. If more people knew about it, they would not have been able to hide it from her.
As for why it was Everleigh who had taken care of him, she didn't need to figure it out. All she needed to know was that as long as she pretended to be in the dark, Theodore would be able to take advantage of this opportunity to spend more time with Everleigh. That was enough.
"Alastair, Adrienne, pretend that you don't know about this. Do you understand?"
Although Adrienne's little head could not completely figure out the whole logic of the whole matter, her intuition told her that this was for the good of her Mommy and Daddy, so she agreed happily.
Not long after the three of them finished speaking, Everleigh and Moses could be heard talking outside the ward.
Everleigh opened the door and walked in. "Grandma, Mr. Lawson is hereto see you."
As soon as Helen saw Everleigh, she smiled brightly, "Come, sit down."
Moses put the shopping items on the table and said, "I'm not going to stay. I still have something to deal with in the company, so I'll go first."
"I'm not talking about you. I'm talking to Everleigh," Helen gave Moses a look of disgust.
Hearing this, Moses was not angry. He only scratched his nose in embarrassment and explained, "Madam Scott, Mr. Godfrey has not returned from his business trip yet. He'll see you when he is back. Don't be mad with him."
Helen said nonchalantly, "Just let him do what he needs to do. I have Alastair and Adrienne here, and also Hansen with me. You don't need to mind me."
"It's good that you understand. Then, I'll go first," Moses was also good at observing people. He knew that Helen didn't want to talk to him at all, so he took the initiative to leave.
Just as he expected, Helen replied perfunctory, "Okay."
Seeing that Helen drove Moses away in a few words without any courtesy, Everleigh felt helpless and found it funny.
She was there to pick up Alastair and Adrienne. "Grandma, I got off work early today so I'll take the children home first. Hansen can stay a little longer. His mother will come to pick him up before night falls."
The moment Everleigh came in, she saw Hansen sitting on the sofa alone. He was holding a painting book in his hand and looked very quiet. He would glance at them from time to time, and his eyes were as pure as untainted spring water from the mountains.
Helen said, "Why should they go back so early? The kids are bored when they go back. Let them stay here with me. When Hansen's mother is here, I'll ask her to send all the kids back later."
Everleigh said, "This is too much trouble, isn't it?"
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