BXBX NOVEL 116 Chapter 116
Vernon left first to the office. He just told Chloe to bring his lunch as always.
Chloe noticed that Vernon's mood seemed to be a little complicated for an unknown reason, making her wonder if she had unknowingly made another mistake this morning.
However, she couldn't think much about it and decided to focus on her daughter.
"Ready to go?" Chloe asked as they were already sitting in her car.
"Un! Let's go, Mommy!" Mackie replied.
Chloe drove to Mackie's school and asked, "How's school these days? Everything is alright now? Jaden and Mia still try to bully you?"
Mackie shook her head, "Not anymore, Mommy! Because when they're trying to fight Mackie, Miss Alicia will say they will get extra homework, hihi~."
Mackie was happy that her bullies were getting reprimanded. Though, she was still a feisty little girl. Even when those two were ganging up on her, she could still stand on her ground and not let herself get bullied. So none of her other classmates dared to tease her.
Chloe was relieved that Miss Alicia was trying to protect Mackie. She was quite close to Miss Alicia and even had her number saved in case there was an emergency for Mackie in school.
'Maybe I should call her again and show my gratitude in person. She's been very helpful during these hard times,' Chloe thought. She planned to invite Miss Alicia for lunch at least.
"Mommy."
"Hm?"
"When will I meet Daddy again?" Mackie asked.
Chloe's hand on the steering wheel trembled once she heard that question again. She forgot that Mackie was in a good term with her Daddy, even though he had been nothing but horrible towards Chloe.
She thought Mackie would gradually forget about the existence of her Daddy as long as Chloe kept her busy with stuff. But it seemed the question was unavoidable in the end.
Chloe took a deep breath and said, "Mackie, remember when Mommy said that Daddy is still dealing with his own problem?"
"Umm… yup! But Mommy said Daddy will pick us up after he finishes his problem!" Mackie said as she still remembered her Mommy's words back then.
"Yes, we need to wait until he is done with his problem, or else we cannot return, understand?" Chloe said.
Mackie imagined her Daddy was busy dealing with his work. Mommy always said that Daddy was always busy. He had a lot of projects outside, so she couldn't act spoiled. Daddy wasn't home because he wanted to earn a lot of money for them.
But at least she could call her Daddy…
"Ah!" Like a lightbulb popped on top of her head, Mackie asked her Mommy, "Mommy, can I at least call Daddy? Mackie often calls Daddy when I want to hear his voice!"
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True, Mackie had a small phone that was only usable for her to call Vincent or Chloe. I also watched some Youtube kids' videos. But Mackie mostly used it to call her Daddy because it was the only way for her to talk with her father daily.
"Mommy, where's my phone?" Mackie asked.
Chloe gulped out of nervousness. She didn't want to give Mackie her phone simply because she just didn't want Mackie to talk with her father again.
"Um… it's on service, dear," Chloe replied. "It's broken when moving around, so it's still being fixed."
"Awww…." Mackie was dispirited. "Then, what about Mommy's phone? Can I borrow it to call Daddy?"
…
Chloe tried to find another reason so Mackie would stop asking about her Daddy. Then she replied, "Daddy told Mommy last night that he is very, very busy. It's better not to call him for now, okay?"
"Very busy? Mackie cannot call him at all?"
"I'm sorry, dear…."
Mackie was even more dispirited than before, which was painful for Chloe because she had to constantly lie to Mackie just to cover up for that bastard Vincent.
She just didn't know how to handle this. If she said that her Daddy was a cheating bastard, it would probably shatter the image of her perfect superhero, Daddy.
'But is it fair for me to continue lying to her?' Chloe asked herself. 'She will know it sooner or later. But not now, she is too young to understand, and our situation is too unstable for that kind of reveal….'
"Mommy, I hope Daddy's problem will be done soon… Mackie misses him a lot…."
"I know, dear. I hope so too…." Chloe said. But she secretly wished that would never come true. She hoped that Vincent would burn in hell and never see Vincent anymore.
"But you shouldn't miss him too much, Mackie. Your Daddy is always busy, remember?"
"Mmm… at least he should call Mackie at least once…." Mackie said. "I miss playing with Daddy…."
"Well, we have Daddy's little brother at home. It's also fun to play with Uncle Vernon, right?" Chloe had to use Vernon's name as a scapegoat here since he was the current 'father figure' for Mackie, it was a bare minimum, but at least he was there, for now…
"Uncle Vernon is not kind like Daddy!" Mackie complained. "But, Uncle is fun…."
"Let's play with Uncle Vernon for now, okay?"
"Um… Uncle Vernon is not Daddy…." Mackie complained. "I wish Daddy would call soon…."
Chloe went silent after that, she wanted to stop the topic from resurfacing, so Chloe wouldn't have to face many difficult questions from her daughter.
She stopped the car in front of the school gate and opened the door for Mackie, "Mackie, it's time for school."
"Okay…" Mackie nodded. She hopped off the car and waved her hands to Mommy. "Mackie will get an A again today, so Daddy will be proud of me when we meet again!"
Chloe's smile faltered for a split second, but she still maintained that excited face for her daughter, "That's great! Daddy will be proud of you, dear! Study well, and don't let anyone bully you, okay?"
"Okay! See you later, Mommy!"