Mary came back after answering the phone. When she pushed the door open, she was surprised to see that all people in the ward were silent. She asked, "What's wrong?"
"Mommy, I want to marry Victor," Elissa said to Mary angrily, "but Dad wouldn't let me."
"No worries, honey. Mommy will let you marry Victor." Smiling, Mary held Elissa in her arms and kissed her on the cheek.
"Yeah! Mommy is the best!"
"Ha ha!"
"Oh, my silly daughter," said Lucas. "It's your mommy that Victor likes, not you. You still—"
Before Lucas could finish his words, William, who was lying on the bed, lifted his leg and kicked him on the buttock.
"Ouch! What are you doing?!" Lucas glared at him while William remained silent with a cold face.
"Alright, alright," said Mary while smiling. "You can play here. I'm leaving."
"Where are you going?"
"Mommy, where are you going?"
All of them asked all at once.
"I'm going to work!" Mary answered them naturally. "I've been in the hospital for days, and the movie shooting is coming to an end. I have to get back to work."
"So Mommy is going to see Victor?" asked Elissa.
"Yes, I am."
"I want to go too! Let me g
g and his heart ached.
His love to Mary had been always plain. It was neither as deep as Barry's nor as passionate as William's. Lucas knew that in Mary's eyes, he was just a friend to her. Nothing more, nothing less. After four years of protection, was she still so far away from him? He felt that he was about to lose her. No, she was never his in the first place.
"Wow, is Mommy going to ride Daddy Lucas's motorcycle?" Elissa looked downstairs with admiration.
"It's so cool! Next time, I'll ask Daddy Lucas to take me for a ride!" Alick could not restrain his excitement either.
"Damn it! You brat!" Looking at the two people downstairs, William went crazy. It was obvious that Lucas was taking advantage of her!
"Are you done?" asked Mary.
"Oh!" Lucas came back to his senses at once and said, "Done."
"Let's go."
"Wait a minute," Lucas said with a sly smile. He pointed at a window of the in-patient department behind Mary. "Look at those three! What do they look like?"
"What?" Puzzled, Mary turned around and looked up. She saw a big figure and two small ones looking at them from the window in William's ward.
Mary burst into laughter.