The teacher's words put me into an extremely awkward situation.
Moreover, I needed to fill out the birthday, workplace, blood type, and so on of Glenn's father.
Helplessly, I could only call and ask Shelton item by item.
When I asked about Shelton's birthday, he told me it was November 13th.
I didn't realize that Shelton's birthday was coming in a few days until I finished writing that!
I wouldn't know about this at all if I hadn't filled in the form that day.
When I finished filling in the table and was going to pay the tuition fees, the teacher told me that Shelton had already paid.
It was a private kindergarten, and the tuition was nearly 5,000 dollars a semester.
Hearing the teacher's words, I felt a little surprised. "How long would his payment sustain?" The teacher browsed through the records and said, "He had paid the fees for the remaining one and a half years."
Since he had paid, it was impossible for me to ask the teacher to refund his money.
I said thank you to the teacher and got out to look for Glenn.
There was a small indoor sea ball playground in this kindergarten. When I was filling in the table, Glenn was playing inside, and there were several other children.
When I came out, I saw that Glenn and two kids were queuing up to glide from a slide, and they were getting on very well.
When I called Glenn, he was loath to part with the kids.
I was immediately relieved.
In the evening, after Shelton got off work, he took Glenn to supper.
As a small town, Town S didn't have many fastfood restaurants. Shelton asked Glenn what he wanted to eat. Glenn answered without any hesitation, "I want pizza."
Shelton spoiled Glenn very much, so he naturally agreed to his request.
After that, Glenn wanted to goto the amusement park to catch toys from claw machines, and Shelton agreed to him without refusal.
In particular, when Glenn was catching toys for Glenn, he was quite patient.
His skills were very awful. They hadn't took out a small doll even though he had spent fifty dollars.
I felt a little distressed and said, "Forget it. Even if you buy one, it won't cost so much."
However, Shelton shook his head. "No, Glenn wants it. How can I let him down? Aren't I useless in that case?"
In the end, after spending nearly 80 dollars, Shelton took out the doll from the machine.
When the doll dropped from the outlet of the machine, Glenn jumped up with joy!
He took the doll, then hugged Shelton and said to him, "Thank you, Shelton. Shelton is the best!"
Looking at the happy and worshipful look in Glenn's eyes, I finally understood Shelton's intention.
He was preparing to be Glenn's father.
I didn't have a child's room at home, so Glenn slept with me at night.
When I put him to bed, Glenn put his arms around my neck and asked, "Mom, is Shelton going to be my father?"
I was stunned.
Could a child be so sensitive?
I asked him, "Do you want Shelton to be your father?"
Glenn cocked his head, thought for a while, and said, "Glenn wants his own father to be his father."
"Your own father?"
"Yes, my own father." He blinked his big eyes and looked at me. "Mom, everyone else has a father, but I don't have one? No matter how good Shelton is, Shelton is not Glenn's father."
Although Glenn said it in a roundabout way, I could understand what he meant.
Indeed, Shelton was not his father.
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