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The thing with Mary Sampson was just a minor hiccup;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine Mosley didn\u2019t give it a second thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The weather was nice today, and so was Madeleine\u2019s mood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wasn\u2019t about to let Mary ruin their weekend plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sitting in the car, Madeleine hummed a cheerful little tune.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Roderick Livingston listened to the decade\u2013old song, the\u00a0<\/p>\n
moment Madeleine called him \u201choney\u201d kept replaying in his\u00a0<\/p>\n
mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice was so sweet and pleasant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The way she held his arm felt so natural.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t understand why Madeleine had done that, but he had\u00a0<\/p>\n
to admit it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was very happy right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHuh?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin Livingston peeked over and stared at the smile on\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Roderick\u2019s face, looking puzzled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, you\u2019re smiling! What happy thing are you thinking about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHmm?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick snapped out of it, only then realizing he had been\u00a0<\/p>\n
smiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine stopped humming and gave him an annoyed look. \u201cYou\u2019re not making fun of me, are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine wasn\u2019t a good singer; she was actually a bit tone-\u00a0<\/p>\n
deaf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in school, her classmates always loved going to karaoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ever since Roderick made fun of her, Madeleine always found\u00a0<\/p>\n
an excuse not to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she remembered correctly, the last time she went singing\u00a0<\/p>\n
was when she was 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thinking of this, Madeleine shot Roderick another glare and\u00a0<\/p>\n
muttered, \u201cWhat\u2019s so funny? I could make fun of you for being\u00a0<\/p>\n
clumsy and not knowing how to dance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Roderick said, a bit helplessly, \u201cI wasn\u2019t making fun of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what were you smiling about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHmm\u2026\u2018 Roderick thought for a moment. \u2018I thought of a joke.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat joke, Dad? I wanna hear it, I wanna hear it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick paused for a moment, then said with a straight face,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPeppa Pig had a dream that she became a sailor. Her mom\u00a0<\/p>\n
told her that dreams are the opposite of reality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine and Kevin looked completely baffled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine asked, \u201cAnd then?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick said, \u201cThen Peppa Pig turned into a ham.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine: \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
What a terrible dad joke.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After hearing it, Kevin looked like his world was ending.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, Peppa Pig\u2026 turned into a ham?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWaaah, I don\u2019t want to eat ham anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine: \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cPfft.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hadn\u2019t found the joke that funny, but her son\u2019s reaction\u00a0<\/p>\n
cracked her up, and she started giggling while clutching her\u00a0<\/p>\n
stomach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mathew Bryant, who was driving, couldn\u2019t help but chuckle too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe young master is so adorable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine ruffled the little guy\u2019s hair. \u201cHe gets it from me. Our\u00a0<\/p>\n
cuteness is a family trait.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Kevin proudly puffed out his chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After more than an hour in the car, the family finally arrived at\u00a0<\/p>\n
the happiest place on earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Of course, only Madeleine and Kevin thought so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick walked in and frowned slightly when he saw how\u00a0<\/p>\n
crowded it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wished he\u2019d had Gerry Hammond ask in advance if they could have just booked the whole park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMommy, do you think that Mickey Mouse headband is cute?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They had just walked in, and Kevin was already frozen in place,\u00a0<\/p>\n
staring at a stand selling headbands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just that the boy still hadn\u2019t developed the habit of voicing\u00a0<\/p>\n
his thoughts or asking for things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he asked Madeleine if it was cute, it was his way of\u00a0<\/p>\n
saying he wanted one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was about to answer, but then she thought of\u00a0<\/p>\n
something and crouched down to look into the little guy\u2019s eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Kev like this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin paused for a moment, as if remembering what his mom\u00a0<\/p>\n
had told him before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had to express himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin nodded vigorously, mustering his courage to say, \u201cI like it\u00a0<\/p>\n
a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine smiled warmly, her eyes encouraging Kevin to\u00a0<\/p>\n
continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMommy, can you buy me one?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was very happy. The boy was becoming more willing\u00a0<\/p>\n
to express his feelings and thoughts, which was a good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took Kev\u2019s hand to go pick one out, and while she was at it, she bought two more\u2013one for a man and one for a woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Madeleine paid and started walking back, a bad feeling\u00a0<\/p>\n
washed over Roderick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2026 she wasn\u2019t going to put that thing on his head, was she?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine walked toward him with a grin, dangling the\u00a0<\/p>\n
headband in her hand and raising her eyebrows suggestively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Resistance was written all over Roderick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine ignored his protest, walked over, and stood on her\u00a0<\/p>\n
tiptoes to put it on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In that moment on her toes, the faint scent of jasmine from her\u00a0<\/p>\n
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hair wafted past Roderick\u2019s nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her warm fingertips accidentally brushed against the shell of\u00a0<\/p>\n
his ear, like a tiny jolt of electricity shooting through his veins to\u00a0<\/p>\n
his heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick instinctively held his breath, seeing her thick eyelashes\u00a0<\/p>\n
and the mischievous, triumphant smile on her lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 57\u00a0<\/p>\n
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