"Great! Uncle Fred, you are the best. I love you the most!" Joyce was like a little chameleon. She unconditionally loved anyone who fulfilled her every request. Huey shook his head at his sister.
"Huey, why the face? Aren't you excited about the picnic?" Annie asked when she noticed that her son had remained silent throughout the trip. She turned to look at him.
"I am. I just miss Daddy." Three days had passed since they had last met. Huey could tell that his Daddy was a busy man and that he didn't have time to visit them.
Annie didn't know how to comfort him. So she told him the truth, "Daddy is very busy with work, Huey. He doesn't have time to meet us now." Belinda had said that Rain had gone out of town for some business purpose. It was odd that he hadn't said when he would come back or hadn't even called the kids in the past three days.
"I understand that he is busy. I am not blaming him for ignoring us. I'm just worried about him. We live together and can take care of each other. But Daddy lives alone. What if he gets sick?" Huey asked with a concerned look. He was very mature and considerate, almost like an adult.
"Umm..." Annie was at a loss of words. Even she hadn't thought of such a thing, while her little son had.
Fred frowned and began to worry as Huey's words showed that the kids really loved their father. They had only been reunited a few days back and they were already so close. Was it because Rain was his biological father?
Joyce looked confused by her brother's words. "Huey, Daddy has a butler. Don't you remember? We met him the other day," said
a happy home together." Fred finally let it all out. He said what he had always been wanting to tell her for such a long time now. He couldn't afford to wait anymore. If he did, he would lose the game. He seized the chance to confess his love to her and make sure that he had a fighting chance.
"I'm sorry, Fred. I'm not ready for this yet," Annie bit her lower lip and lowered her head to avoid eye contact with him. She blushed under his gaze. His confession had taken her by surprise.
"I won't force you to give an answer right away. But I hope that you would take what I said seriously and think about it. I love you and I mean it," Fred said. He believed that Annie would choose him in the end as long as he didn't give up.
"Fred. I'm not a young girl anymore. I have two kids. I'm not good enough for you. You deserve someone better, not a single mother like me." She was already hurt by the failed relationship between her and Rain, and hadn't recovered from that pain yet. Besides, she still loved Rain and there was no space for others in her heart.
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