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Before I could respond, the voice assistant answered automatically, “Call a doctor. What does that have to do with me?”
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Henry fell silent for a moment. “Catherine, Jasper is your son. How can you be so heartless?”
This time, the voice assistant didn’t get a chance to speak before I lazily replied, “Henry, if I remember correctly, we are already divorced. He is your son, not mine.
“Besides, doesn’t he have a new mom now? You can go to her.”
He seemed to want to say something else, but I immediately hung up
and blocked his number.
If it weren’t for his call, I would have forgotten about him altogether.
Just to be safe, I blocked all his other contact methods as well.
Andy dressed himself in a white sports outfit.
I nodded approvingly. “You look clean and neat, very good!”
When I arrived at Andy’s school, I realized he attended the same school as Jasper.
I thought I had not been paying enough attention to Andy.
Feeling this, I lightly patted his shoulder in embarrassment.
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It was then that Jasper realized I had not been calling him.
His face turned red with anger. “Not only do you have an illegitimate child, but you also call him dear?”
Jasper was breathing heavily, his face turning red and green.
I suddenly noticed that his reaction seemed not just due to anger.
He was having an allergic reaction.
With so many people at the sports day and after sweating, germs had taken advantage of him.
Edith was still busy taking selfies with her phone.
I kindly reminded her, “Jasper seems to be having an allergic
reaction.”
Edith glanced over and casually said, “It’s normal for young kids to have a red face after exercising.”
After saying that, she went to another corner to take selfies.
This was Jasper’s idea of a “good mom“.
I looked at Jasper with some sarcasm and took Andy away.
Jasper felt itchy all over. When he saw I was leaving, he panicked. “Hey, aren’t you going to take care of me?”
“What does that have to do with me? Go and find your mom.”
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But Henry didn’t notice my impatience at all.
He followed me. “Jasper’s class is scheduled for an outdoor study next week, and it requires 50 thousand dollars.”
I crossed my arms and scoffed, “Fifty thousand dollars? So what?”
He rubbed his nose. “Did you think after our divorce, you’d be free of responsibilities? Legally, you have to pay for Andy’s support!
“And to you, that’s just pocket change.”
I shot back, “Didn’t you say you were going to make your own money?”
Henry argued confidently, “Well, I need some time to adapt. Why do you react so strongly when it comes to money? As if I am always spending yours.”
I opened my phone and scrolled through the bills. “You want to talk about money? Do you want me to calculate how much I’ve spent over the years?”
Perhaps feeling guilty, Henry changed the subject.
“You only know money. Edith is nothing like a vulgar woman like you.”
I smiled faintly, “Is that so? Why don’t you take a look behind you?”
“If you don’t want to give me money, just say so. What are you playing at?” Henry frowned and turned to look behind.
Edith was leaning against the wall not far away, smoking and on the phone.
