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Author: Swiftpen123
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-14 23:28:44

THE NEXT DAY

"Where have you been? You are always sneaking in and out of the house as you wish these days," Sarah said as her daughter sat by the table.

"What do you mean by sneaking?" Zara asked, running her hand through her hair in annoyance.

"What time did you get back yesterday?" Sarah asked.

"Can you get off the girl's back?" Carlos asked as he strolled into the tiny kitchen and sat beside her.

"Are you asking me to get off my daughter's back? Whose back should I then get on?" Sarah asked, dropping two plates to their front, both plates making a loud sound as they dropped to the table. "Should I go out to train other children?" she asked, going back to the stovetop to pick up her own plates.

"Is this all we have for breakfast?" Carlos asked, looking down at scrambled eggs in front of him.

"If you earned a bit more, then maybe we might have a bit more to eat," she said in spite.

"What was that?" Carlos asked, his eyebrows going up.

"Mom, why are you trying your best to pick
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I don’t know the back story yet since they are new characters but Carlos seems like a bad father and husband already
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