Avery sighed a little. She wanted to explain the situation to Layla, but Elliot spoke instead.
"Layla, your Mommy doesn't want to stay in the same room with me, but I insisted on her staying with me because the security isn’t great here. I'm afraid that your Mommy might be in danger..."
"I think you're the biggest danger there.” Layla did not give Elliot any face.
Elliot instantly blushed. He could sense the change in his daughter. When Layla was not with Hayden, she would not be so merciless.
Avery could not help but smile. She walked over to the sofa and sat down.
"What are you all doing?"
"We're just... having fun!” Layla took the phone and changed the camera to the back camera. Mike and Chad appeared on screen.
They were sitting together at a side, talking amongst themselves.
Layla had changed the camera to face them, but they still had not noticed.
"Chad, thank you for taking Robert and Layla to Bridgedale. Did they cause you any trouble on the way there?" Avery said politely when she saw Chad.
Chad jumped when he heard Avery talking to him. He suddenly looked at the camera and realized that Layla was aiming the phone at him. He smiled. "Layla, why didn't you say a thing when you changed the camera?" Chad walked over to Layla and changed the camera back to the front camera.
"Avery, hello! Layla and Robert were very good. Robert did not make a fuss at all on the flight. He caused me no trouble. Layla doesn’t need me to worry about her at all."
"That's great. I should be the one to take them there.”
"It's fine. Are you all doing well over there?" Chad was more concerned for Elliot.
Avery understood how he felt, so she faced the phone to Elliot. However, Elliot did not want to see his assistant. He wanted to see his children. However, he was worried that Hayden might not want to see him, and he stayed out of frame.
"Talk to the children," Elliot said to Avery in a low voice.
Chad had never thought that Elliot would be so heartless, so he left.
After talking to the children, Avery was a little tired, so she took her phone ;e+=RMP< was about to head back to the room.
"Avery, I'm really worried," Elliot suddenly said.
Avery stopped and looked at him. "What are you worried about?"
"It's one thing for Layla and Hayden to not want to see me, but I have been waiting for Robert to call me. At least I can speak to him, but not once has he called me." Elliot was heartbroken. "I'm worried that after all I have done for Robert, he will be influenced by Layla and Hayden and will side with you."
Avery was speechless.
"I’ll lose everything in the end..." Elliot sighed sadly.
Avery thought that what he said might possibly come true, so she consoled him," If you can’t change it, accept the fact. It's late. Go and rest!"
"Are you really not letting me sleep next to your room?" Elliot wanted to be closer to her.
"Is there really a difference between you staying in the room next to mine and you remaining in your current room? They are all-"
"Yes! Since if there is no difference, why don't you let me stay next door?" Elliot said. Without waiting for her to react, he immediately walked over to the room next to hers.
Avery was speechless.
Forget about it! Seeing how he might lose everything, she let him stay next door!
That night, Avery could not sleep.
The scenes at the pit she saw that afternoon kept appearing in her mind.
Even if she was so tired and fell asleep, she would soon dream about those scenes.
That night, she lost count of how many times she woke up from the nightmares.
At seven in the morning, she no longer could take the disturbance from the nightmares. She simply got up.
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