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    “Ah—” Fay screamed in pain. She pulled her hand back quickly. Seizing the opportunity, Patrick escaped again, shouting, “Daddy, the bad woman wants to hit me!”


    Ellie noticed her son running towards Jayceon and her and moved to meet him. Jayceon also turned, still frustrated because Ellie was stubborn about not joining him for a meal.


    Patrick pointed to Fay, who was still inside, and said, “The bad woman wants to hit me. She called me a brat and said the Russell family won’t acknowledge me.”


    Fay opened the door just in time to hear this.


    She stamped her foot in irritation, never expecting Patrick to repeat her words so precisely.


    She said to Jayceon, “I didn’t! He’s lying.”


    She then pointed to her bleeding forehead. “Look, he hit me with the car model.”


    She also showed him her arm. “And he bit me.”


    Ellie was livid. She knew her son too well—he wouldn’t strike anyone without a good reason. This woman had to have pushed him to it.


    She walked over and pped Fay several times.


    Immediately, Fay’s face began to swell. Ellie, skilled in fighting like Brenna, did not hold back.


    Ellie eximed, “You are despicable! How dare you bully a child?”


    Fay, consumed by anger, wanted to fight back, but when she saw Jayceon ring at her with a terrifying expression she had never seen before, she held back and recoiled in fear.


    “Jayceon, please, listen to me; I didn’t say those things. Children exaggerate. I didn’t hit him; he hit me and bit me. Aren’t you going to do something about it?” Fay tried to sound pitiful.


    Patrick pulled on Ellie’s dress and said, “That bad woman wants to be my stepmom.”


    Ellie scoffed and addressed Jayceon directly, saying, “So, your woman wants to be my son’s stepmom? You’re really something, seeing different women at once!”


    Jayceon responded seriously, “I ended things with her long ago.”


    Ellie was skeptical. “I don’t believe you.” She took Patrick by the hand, leading him toward Brenna’s car, and asked him, “Do you want other women around your dad? Do you want anyone to be your stepmom?”


    Patrick, still very young and unustomed to such adult conflicts, felt let down by Jayceon. The father he had just begun to know was potentially marrying another woman.


    He shook his head sadly. “No.”


    “Let’s leave,” Ellie said, resolved to distance her son from Jayceon.


    Suddenly, Patrick remembered something important. “Mommy, I need to get the car model Brenna gave me.”


    Jayceon approached him, taking his hand and crouching down to make a heartfelt promise. “Patrick, I won’t marry anyone else. I’ll marry only your mommy.”


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