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Joe then made a gesture with his two fingers to show his Mommy how much of a small difference it was between him and his Daddy's looks.

Cherry laughed again when she saw how funny her son was, and replied, "Pumpkin, you're even more self obsessed than your Daddy is." She then looked towards the kitchen, and asked to her son, "Are you hungry? Let's go and eat something!"

"Okay!" happily replied Joe. He then held his mom's hand and they walked together towards the kitchen.

After he had just two bites of food in the kitchen, Joe asked Cherry, "Mommy, is Daddy coming home tonight?" Joe stared at his mom and waited for her answer.

"I don't think so, your Daddy has some things to do in the army, and he won't be coming home tonight, " replied Cherry, while she was eating.

Joe was very excited after he heard what his Mommy had just said. He cried out, "Mommy, then I want to sleep with you tonight!"

After Cherry thought for a while, she put down her chopsticks, and said, "Joe, Mommy has to go out for a while, because I need to finish some work in the office. If I won't come back before nine, can you go to sleep first and not wait for me? Can you do that for me?"

Joe could tell from the look in his Mommy's eyes that she was preoccupied. He knew that something must have happened to her, but that she was unwilling to tell him any of the details.

"Fine, " simply replied Joe, a little bit upset.

you're Mommy's good boy. Mommy will come back as soon as she finishes her job, and then she'll

ask his Mommy more about her business,

she ate, Cherry told Lily and Bill to go to bed early and then went upstairs

after she saw Joe enter into his

from the shoe

Sally have anything to do with the man? She also wondered if Stephen was going to tell

thought that

he noticed that there were no other cars in the yard except for his. He wondered where did Bill drive Cherry so late

this, he walked inside the house.

the light while he put on his sleepers, and he glanced around the living room but saw nothing. He thought it quite unusual that there was no one downstairs, not even Lily.

was no sign of Cherry there, and Jackson felt sad and

out of Cherry's room, Jackson knocked on

Jackson while

Joe, but without feeling as excited as he normally was when he

to?" asked Jackson as he took his son into his arms and entered his