Zachary remained silent, taking quick puffs at his cigarette.
“It’s only two months.” Ben tried to console him. “Two months later, when everything has settled down, you can pick up the children. Perhaps Ms. Lindberg will return to your side as well.”
Suddenly, a thought crossed Zachary’s mind. He looked up with his squinted eyes, surprisingly full of hope. “That’s right, there’s still hope!”
He would do all it takes to bring his family back together.
…
The convey drove towards the direction of the airport.
Charlotte was trying to calm Ellie down but to no avail. “Ellie, Daddy will pick you up once you recover. Please stop crying, my good girl!”
She reiterated the sentence again and again. Apart from that, she had no idea what to do…
Subsequently, it was Robbie who managed to stop Ellie from crying. “Ellie, if you continue crying, this will prolong your recovery and consequently the time needed for you to return home.”
It worked like a charm.
Ellie was shocked. She immediately stopped crying and wiped away her tears. “I’ll stop crying. I want to recover and to go home as soon as possible!”
“Ellie, you’re such a good girl!” Charlotte helped her with the streaming tears.
Jamie was grieving in silence. He didn’t dare to cry, nor to make a scene. That might affect Ellie, and break his mom’s heart.
In actual fact, he didn’t want to be apart from his Mommy…
However, when they arrived at the airport, they would inevitably be separated.
Jamie leaped into Charlotte’s arm and now it was his turn to break down. “Mommy, I’ll miss you…”
Charlotte hugged him tightly and patted him on the back. “Don’t worry about it, Jamie. We’ll meet again very soon. You’re a man now, be strong!”
Jamie tried very hard, but he just couldn’t stop himself from crying.
Robbie and Ellie followed suit.
The three of them were crying their hearts out in the airport.
That attracted a large crowd; their hearts ached at the scene.
Charlotte tried to calm the children down. After her third attempt, she then released Jamie and held his face upwards. Wiping his tears away, she said chokingly,
“Jamie, please listen to your Daddy and take good care of yourself. If anything were to happen, don’t hesitate to give me a call. Do you understand?”
“Yes.” Jamie nodded.
“Alright, follow Mr. Bruce back home. I’ll need to go in now.” Charlotte patted him on the head.
“Jamie.” Robbie came and hugged him. “Remember what I said? Take good care of Daddy. If there’s anything, report to me at once.”
“I’ll remember that.” Jammie nodded. “You must take good care of Mommy and Ellie too.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Robbie wiped away his tears. However, his own tears were uncontrollably streaming down. “It’s about time.”
“Jamie…” Ellie ran towards him and gave him a hug. “Help me take care of Little Fifi.”
“Alright.” Jamie nodded again. “Ellie, take good care of yourself. Stop crying, alright?”
“Okay…” Ellie nodded despite still crying profusely.
Charlotte gestured to Bruce. Then, she coldheartedly separated the duo from Jamie. At the same time, Bruce picked up Jamie and was prepared to leave.
“Bruce,” Charlotte called out to him and passed him a document. “Can I trouble you to pass this to Peter? Also, I’m counting on you to take care of Olivia.”
“Don’t worry. Mr. Zachary has it covered.” Bruce retrieved the document.
“Thank you.” Charlotte turned away and left.
Bruce was staring in their direction until he lost sight of them. Only then did he brought Jamie back home.
Jamie was wiping his tears away. He asked Bruce, “Mr. Bruce, will I be an orphan without Mommy?”
“That’s not true. Daddy is looking for ways to bring you, Mommy, Robbie, and Ellie back from Erihal,” Bruce reassured him.
“Are you sure?” Jamie’s hope reignited.
“Of course.” Bruce was confident. “Nothing is impossible for your Daddy. He will fulfill his promises!”
