The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

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Grace has been there for her since she got a bun in the oven, looking after her like she was part of the fam. She's been all hands

on deck, making sure everything from her grub habits to her nutrition and pregnancy tips were more dialed in than she could've

done herself.

Once Theresa popped out, Grace went full mama bear on her, bending over backward to care for her. She even showed the two

greenhorns, her and Susan, the ropes on how to handle a kiddo.

It was all thanks to her going the extra mile that she managed to juggle kiddo duty with hitting the books and the daily grind.

She'd totally got used to having Grace around, and Theresa had had Grace on her watch since day one, so she'd basically family in

her book.

With Theresa's incident, plus the whole DNA test with Brandon, laying the foundation stone for the Zenitha-style resort, and sorting

out her travel plans, Sophia's had zero bandwidth to sweat Grace's situation.

If she was away, having Grace around would've been a major comfort. She and Susan would've had tto hang with Theresa,

without worrying about a repeat of the past .

But now, taking off wasn't in the cards. She and Brandon gotta punch the clock, and Theresa still needed someone on deck.

Sophia would take Grace sticking around over srando any day of the week. Just bring in another pair of hands, and it was

sorted.

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Grace glanced at Brandon, hesitant.

"Grace, stick around and keep an eye on Theresa, will ya? She needs you. I'm partly to blfor what went down before. Just take

it as a lesson; won't happen again," Brandon chimed in. It wasn't that he thought Grace was irreplaceable, but swapping out the

people around Theresa and Sophia on the fly could throw them for a loop.

He was on the spage as Sophia: just bring in extra help.

Theresa couldn't make heads or tails of the grown-ups' chat but got the gist that Grace might bail. She looked up at Grace with

those puppy dog eyes, all heartbroken, "Wanna stay with Grace."

Those mushy words nearly had Grace in tears. She'd been there every step of the way with Theresa, and the thought of splitting

from her and Sophia was a tough pill to swallow.

Brandon's words caught her off-guard, but she managed to nod through the tears, "Thanks, Sophia, and Mr. Crawley. | swear that

last twon't repeat itself."

"Coming back for dinner then?" Sophia asked.

"lI wanna check on my own kiddos; I'll skip out tonight. You three have your first family reunion -wouldn't wanna crash it."

After leaving slast-minute instructions, Grace finally hung up.

Brandon took Sophia and Theresa next door to the mall for sgrub. They'd been caught up in moving all afternoon, no tto

whip up dinner.

They landed in a restaurant, quiet and not too crowded, with a menu that Theresa could dig into.

It was a spitting image of the joint in Skyrim City where Sophia and Theresa had chowed down with Ivan.

Theresa remembered it alright.

It was her first meal out with mom and dad, and she was buzzing with excitement.

She couldn't help but gab to Brandon, especially when she spotted a dish just like the one she had before, "Daddy, last twith

mommy and Mr. Evert, we had this too!"

Brandon shot Sophia a look.

"You and Theresa often grab a bite with Ivan?" He asked, cool as a cucumber, casual as could be.

"Only that tin Skyrim City when you bumped intoand Theresa." Sophia whispered back, "He gavea hand, so | treated

him to a meal."

Brandon gave her a once-over but kept mum. Theresa, sensing they were hashing out something about Ivan, tried to get in on the

convo, "Mr. Evert gavea big doll last ttoo."

While she babbled, she tried to show Brandon just how big.

Brandon gave Sophia another one of those looks. Sophia just stirred her spoon around, keeping shtum.

Brandon turned to Theresa, all warmth, "When did he give Theresa a present?"

"Just when daddy first played the claw machine with me," Theresa tried to recall.

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Brandon looked at Sophia, "He was there too?"

Sophia met his gaze, a subtle nod, "Yeah, he happened to be looking for me."

"You sawcoming to find you, too?" Brandon pressed.

Another soft nod from Sophia, lips sealed.

Brandon asked, "And you sawwith Theresa?"

Again, Sophia nodded, no denial.

Brandon looked at her, opened his mouth like he was gonna say something, then glanced at a confused Theresa looking up at him

and let it be.

He gave Theresa a smile, gently stroked her hair, and told her softly, "In the future, if other man wanna give you presents, you

can't take them, okay?"

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