Kevin Kyle walked to Little Karen's side and sat down. He took Little Karen into his arms, patted her on the back, and asked softly, "Karen, tell Daddy, what's wrong?"
"I want Mommy—" Little Karen's face was flushed with tears, and her little body was trembling.
Hearing that Little Karen only wanted her mother and not anyone else, she withdrew her hand that wanted to reach out to hold her. She felt very bitter in her heart.
After all, Little Karen was just a child. A child's mind would change quickly. This was also what Karen Daly was worried about, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.
When Little Karen went to school in the morning, she was happy to say goodbye to her. When she came back in the evening, she cried and said she didn't want her.
Karen Daly understood that Little Karen wanted her mother. Only her mother could provide Little Karen with unconditional love, not Karen Daly who had no blood relations with Little Karen.
Karen Daly didn't want Little Karen to be sad. She turned around and wanted to leave quietly, but Kevin Kyle grabbed her and dragged her to sit beside him. "Stay here and don't go anywhere."
His tone was somewhat stern, yet sounded a little desperate. She pursed her lips, nodded, and sat down beside him obediently.
Kevin Kyle wiped Little Karen's tears and asked patiently, "You like Big Karen so much, and she likes you too. However, she will be sad if you speak like this, you know?"
"Big Karen will be sad?" Little Karen cried even louder. Little Karen didn't want Big Karen to be sad. She was so sad that she didn't know what to do.
Kevin Kyle stroked his daughter's head and kissed her on her red face, and his voice became more gentle. "Yes, as long as you tell me the reason you're crying, I can solve all the problems for you, then you don't have to be sad anymore."
Little Karen sniffed her small nose and said sadly, "You're gonna have a baby boy with Big Karen. You wouldn't want me anymore, so I want my mother—"
When she came home today, Auntie Lynn told her that if her father married Big Karen, they would have a new baby boy. In the future, her father would only love Big Karen and her brother, and he would no longer love her. She would just be a poor child without a mother.
Little Karen felt so sad. She liked Big Karen so much, but Big Karen would take away her father and have a baby with him. They would not love her in the future.
Why did Big Karen have to have another baby with her father? Why would she stop loving her? She didn't understand, so she kept crying sadly.
The more Little Karen thought about it, the sadder she felt. Big Karen, whom she liked so much, would not like her anymore. Just thinking about it made her feel like she had been hurt.
Little Karen didn't make it clear, but Kevin Kyle knew that someone must have said something to little Karen. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said something like that.
He stroked Little Karen's head and said, "Karen, you did something wrong. Do you know that?"
Hearing that she did something wrong, Little Karen was stunned for a while and burst into tears. Did he not love her anymore?
She doesn't have a mother, and her dad doesn't want her anymore. She was so pitiful!
Kevin Kyle put Little Karen into Karen Daly's arms and said, "Karen, listen to Dad. Big Karen and I will always love you. We will always love you. Do you understand?"
Little Karen did not understand. She blinked her big watery eyes and looked at the Karen Daly who was holding her. "Will you still love me?"
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