Grace Thompson smiled and spoke, and Charlotte listened with her eyes curving into a smile.
The little girl wasn’t old, yet she already knew about the concept of "a world for two."
"Right, my darlings, after you get out of kindergarten tomorrow, Mommy will take you to the shopping district, how does that sound?" Charlotte said aloud.
Upon hearing Charlotte’s words, a cheer erupted from the children in front of the cara.
"That’s aweso, I love shopping the most!"
"Pretty dresses and dolls!"
"Can I buy lots of yummy things?"
The children chattered excitedly, but Charlotte noticed the lingering sadness in Grace’s eyes.
Both Cyrus and Jack noticed Grace’s mood as well; Jack stumbled over his words and didn’t speak, prompting Cyrus to speak up for him.
"Mommy, can Grace go too?"
At that mont, the rest of the cheering children quieted down and looked at Charlotte with eyes filled with hope and anticipation.
Although Grace didn’t speak, her longing to go to the shopping district tomorrow was evident.
Charlotte hesitated over this for a long ti. She was aware of Grace’s health condition, but that didn’t an she wanted to confine her daughter to her room for life.
Looking at the children blinking their starry eyes, Charlotte couldn’t help but feel a playful urge to tease them.
"Grace’s health isn’t good..."
Charlotte began softly, and the children’s faces visibly fell at her words.
Justin Battleson, however, caught the mischief in Charlotte’s eyes and chuckled helplessly.
Sure enough, after a dramatic pause, Charlotte continued, "But Mommy has asked the doctor, and he said that as long as we don’t walk for extended periods, a little activity is no problem."
"Really?"
Jack was the first to react this ti, propping his hands on the table, almost as if he wanted to jump right through the cara.
"Of course, when has Mommy ever lied to you?" Charlotte nodded, and her confirmation was t with another round of cheers from the children.
But this ti, the children surrounded Grace and ended up hugging her tightly.
Seeing their chubby faces pressed against each other, Charlotte’s heart lted completely.
At that mont, Hank squeezed over with a little notebook.
"Chad, what are you doing with that?" Cyrus asked curiously.
Jack and the other children also turned their gaze to see what he was doing.
"Of course, I’m making a detailed shopping list for tomorrow," Hank said, holding a pen with a determined look in his eyes.
"That way, if tomorrow I get too excited at the mall, I won’t forget what I wanted to buy."
"Wow, Chad, you’re really smart!" Grace praised Chad enthusiastically.
"Yes, yes, Chad, can we write on it too?" Cyrus asked.
"Of course, we can write down everything everyone wants to buy," Chad replied with a chuckle, patting his head.
"I want to write, I want to write!"
"Chad, don’t forget to write down the toys I want."
"I want two of those as well!"
Watching the children enthusiastically compile their shopping list for tomorrow, Charlotte felt her wallet might be in trouble.
"These little rascals really don’t hold back, do they?"
Charlotte couldn’t help but shake her head. Despite her words, her tone was brimming with indulgence.
As long as they were happy, anything was fine.
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