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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE

Author: Treyl
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 22:51:56

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JOANA'S POV

We arrived at the hospital as the kids waited with Caleb and Clinton, and I went into the doctor's office.

“Luckily, there's nothing wrong with Japheth. Everything seems to be okay. He's a strong boy.”

The doctor smiled, passing the documents to me and Clinton, “Doc, are you sure? It took us some time for us to get him out of the ball pit.”

“The pit was truly deep, but there were no pressures on him, so thankfully, there are no internal injuries.”

I let out a sigh of relief as we headed back to meet the others. Clinton got a phone call and excused himself.

We headed to the parking lot when Clinton rushed to me, “I'm sorry, I won't be able to drop you and the kids off; I have an emergency.”

He bent to the size of the kids, “Hey guys, Daddy is really sorry, but I can't drop you guys off. I promise to take you to school tomorrow.”

“Pinky promise,” they stretched out their pinky finger to their father, who smiled and snuck his bigger finger pecked their foreheads and left
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