NovelOnlineWhen Avery reached the second floor, the first thing she did was enter the master bedroom and open his wardrobe.
Most of his clothes were still there.
"He wasn't here to pack his stuff up, Avery,” Mrs. Cooper caught up to Avery and saw her standing in front of the wardrobe. She then continued, "He brought whatever he cfor in a black bag, and it didn't seem like much.” "Makes sense. He can buy his daily necessities anywhere, and it's not like he needs all this." She closed the wardrobe door and walked towards his study. "Did he say anything?" "Nothing." "Nothing at all?" Avery did not believe it.
"Well, not exactly. | told him that you waited for him until late last night, but he instructedto take care of the children and toldnot to worry about anything else.” Mrs. Cooper said truthfully. "Avery, the most | can do is take good care of Robert. | won't be of much help with the other stuff.” "Thank you very much for helpingtake care of Robert. Elliot and | will resolve our issues by ourselves." Avery walked to the door of his study and opened the door.
"I'l be downstairs then," Mrs. Cooper said, then she excused herself.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAvery pushed open the study door and entered.
The room was as bright as day when she switched on the light.
His desk was clean and tidy and his notebook was still there. There did not seem to be any changes either in the entire bookshelf wall.
Perhaps the thing that he took away was inside the safe.
She walked to his desk and saw his safe.
She did not remember the password to his safe but he had written it down on a note for her.
If she wanted to open his safe, she could just look for the note.
The note was supposed to be in one of her bag's pockets, but her feet felt heavy and it was as if she could not move at all.
She wondered what she was supposed to do if she finally confirmed that he took something from the safe.
His heart would no longer be at hand she could not stop him if he decided to leave.
She sat down in his chair and could not help but wonder what would happen if she happened to be hwhen he cback at noon.
Would there be a heated argument, or would they talk things out :a&=RJT< reconcile as they used to in their countless past arguments? She hoped that it was the latter.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBefore long, it was dinnertime.
Layla was sullen, and Avery did not have any appetite.
"Did you have fun at school today, Layla?" Avery was well aware of why her daughter was unhappy but there really was nothing she could do about it.
"l did!" Layla then said resentfully,” Mommy, is Daddy working overtagain? "Yeah. He's been very busy recently.” She did not want her daughter to worry, so she would not hesitate to tell a white lie if that would ease her daughter's feelings at that moment.
"Did he tell you that?" Layla asked further.
"Yeah. He was resting at hthe other day because he took leave for the wedding. " She explained patiently. "He was very busy at work before the wedding, and I'm actually very busy with work too! It's only with your Uncle Mike's help that | cback hearlier." "Okay then!" Layla did not doubt what her mother said. "If Daddy's so busy every day, I'm going to start to wonder if | even have a Daddy. But tomorrow's the weekend. Is he going to work overttomorrow too?" Avery put down the cutlery and her heart felt even more uneasy.
She could tell Layla a white lie during working days by saying that Elliot had to work overtime, but what excuse would she have for the weekend? "Let's make a video with your brother, Layla!" Avery changed the subject. "I'll bring you and Robert to Bridgedale during your summer vacation." "Oh." Layla lowered her eyes as bean-sized teardrops started dripping down.
Avery's heart beca complete mess when she saw her daughter crying. She got up from the dining chair and walked up to her, "There, there. Don't cry. We're just arguing. It's not as scary as you think.
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