Chapter 122 An Evil Glare
“Finish your breakfast quickly. We need to leave soon. I’ve called Bradley, but he isn’t here yet. Did he oversleep?”
Just as Arissa picked up her phone, the doorbell rang.
The four children looked at each other, wondering if they needed to hide themselves again.
Arissa let them continue eating.
She rushed to the door and looked through the peephole. Seeing it was just Bradley, she heaved a sigh of relief.
“It’s Mr. Hinton, everyone. Finish your breakfast quickly!” She opened the door and let Bradley in.
The corner of her lips quirked into a smile. “I thought you overslept.”
Bradley grinned good-naturedly. “I stayed up all night at an Internet café playing video games, so I never slept. It just slipped my mind.”
Arissa shook her head, smiling inwardly. She extended her hand to accept her new car keys from him.
“I already placed all the documents you need in the car, so don’t worry about it,” said Bradley. “I’ll come over later to help register your license plate number.”
“Oh, thank you!” Arissa placed a hand on Bradley’s shoulder. “Have you had breakfast yet?”
Bradley laughed and made a beeline for the dining room. “Nope!”
Arissa checked the time. They were cutting it close.
She saw that there were still two servings of oatmeal left, so she let Bradley have one bowl for himself. “Eat up and rest. I’ll be leaving soon, so just make yourself at home.”
“Alright, Boss.”
Bradley leaned toward the children. “I suppose the four of you ate everything?” he teased.
“No, it was Daddy!” Jesse replied.
Zachary, Oliver and Jasper nodded fervently.
“Yeah! Daddy and Gavin came here to eat.”
Hearing this surprised Bradley. “Did you meet them?”
The children both shook and nodded their heads.
Bradley laughed. “What are you trying to say?”
“We didn’t meet them here. But we saw Daddy through the surveillance cameras!” Zachary explained brightly.
Bradley saw that Arissa was approaching and hastily told them to get back to their breakfast.
“I saw Gavin and Benjamin downstairs while I was coming up, Boss,” Bradley informed her while he ate.
Arissa smiled. It was as she had guessed. “They came over for breakfast.”
“Gavin even waved to me. He recognized me!” Bradley smiled. “But that Benjamin gave me such a cold shoulder.”
Arissa was bemused.
Benjamin certainly gave most people a frightening first impression.
He appeared cold, intimidating, and expressionless.
“Is everyone ready?” Arissa looked to her children.
Zachary, Jasper, Oliver, and Jesse wiped their mouths and said in unison, “Ready!”
She nodded, “Get your schoolbags, then. We need to leave now, or Mommy’s going to be late to work.”
The four children said their goodbyes to Bradley and rushed off to get their bags.
“How about you go straight to work while I send them to school?” Bradley suggested.
“We can all go together. It’s along the way, anyway. Just eat and rest up. The circles under your eyes are so dark!” Arissa pointed them out, smiling.
Bradley chuckled.
“Enough video games!” she admonished.
Seeing that the children were ready, she led them to the door.
“Bye, Mr. Hinton!”
“Bye, kids!” Bradley waved to them, beaming.
Arissa opened the door. “Come on!”
They hurried outside.
Arissa brought them down the stairs, bundled them into the car, and started driving to their school.
The four children were excited to be in the new car and chattered all the way there.
Arissa dropped them off at the school with a smile on her lips.
She arrived at the office with only twenty seconds to spare.
Arissa sighed with relief, knowing that she wasn’t late.
Unbeknownst to her, someone was shooting her an evil glare with dark and murderous intent.
