Make Peace
Zayden was taken aback by her words.
He was in disbelief that he was only allowed to play with that one toy.
After fiddling with it for a while, he soon lost interest and went toward the toy room with it.
“Joy, I don’t want to play with this anymore. It’s yours.”
“I don’t want it!”
“I don’t want to play it anymore. I want to play something else.”
“No! You went through so much to take it from me, so you can’t be playing anything else. You’re only
allowed to play that.”
Unhappy, Zayden pouted at her words.
He then turned around and looked at Juan and Kyle. “Juan, Joy doesn’t want to play with me. I want to
go home. I want to go home and look for Daddy!”
“Why would you want to go home. You just came. You should stay here for a few days.”
“Joy doesn’t want to play with me, and she’s not letting me play with the toys,” Zayden replied with his
head hung low.
Juan looked at him and said in a serious manner, “Zayden, you can try and think of a way to get Joy to
play with you and let you play with the toys again.”
Zayden’s eyes darted as he thought about Juan’s words.
After a moment of silence, he turned around and knocked on the toy room’s door. “Joy, come out and
play with me. I won’t steal your toys anymore.”
“No!” replied Joy as she stood firm on her decision.
Zayden pondered for a moment and went on, “Please play with me. I want to play with you.” He waited
for a moment for her reply, and when she did not, he called out sweetly, “Joy! Dearest Joy!”
Juan and Kyle looked at each other at the sight of that. Not only were they surprised by Zayden’s
actions, but Juan could not help but notice how similar Zayden was to Davin with his sweet-talking.
Meanwhile, the door was finally opened. Joy came out looking serious as she asked, “From here on,
are you going to steal someone’s toys again?”
“No,” promised Zayden with all his heart.
“You should apologize to me then.”
“I’m sorry, Joy.”
“Okay, I forgive you. We can play together again.”
With that said, Zayden handed the model to Joy happily. He then turned to look at Kyle and Juan with
delight as though he had achieved his goal and stuck his tongue out cheekily at them.
Damn, this kid has brains. He would do anything for the sake of playing and those toys.
At dinner, Maya made a home-cooked meal for Joy and the kids.
Not only did she prepare all sorts of cake pops that they loved, but she also made sure there were
nutritious foods for them.
The three children were beaming when they saw the food. They could not stop showering Maya with
compliments, saying that she was the best cook in the world.
Maya looked at them, and she could not help but think of herself when she was young. She
remembered how she was the total opposite of them. Not only was she not as good with her words, but
she was also not as bright as they were.
She even remembered how she would always look around with her big, round eyes while rubbing her
hands together nervously. She was gullible and always lost.
If she could turn back time, she would want to hug that innocent, chubby little girl.
“Maya, I want French toast.”
“We’ll have it tomorrow. I didn’t make any today. I’ll make it for you guys tomorrow, okay?”
“Okay. Maya will make us cake pops, chocolates, and also strawberry-flavored desserts.”
“Yes. I’ll make all those tomorrow.”
Seeing how easy she said yes, the children laughed happily and thanked her, “Thank you, Maya.”
After dinner, Nicole made arrangements for where they were going to sleep.
“Joy, we’ll let Zayden and Luke sleep in a room, and you’ll sleep with Daddy and me, okay?”
Joy pondered for a moment. She thought of how she had been sleeping with Sophia instead of her
parents lately in Imperial Garden, and she missed her parents. Thus, she nodded and answered,
“Okay.”
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