"Adkins!" Matthew warned him in a cold voice.

The little boy shook at the sight of his father's eyes, but he kept the phone glued to his cheek. He turned his back to Matthew and continued to talk to his grandmother on the phone.

Debbie, on the other hand, was thrilled by her grandson's request.

“Sure! Your grandpa and I would love to see you. We miss you too! Be good at school. Your grandpa and I will pick you up this afternoon!"

“Okay, Grandma. I love you!"

After the call, Adkins nonchalantly returned the phone to Erica.

"Mom, are you going to Grandma's house with us tonight?"

He was afraid that he had also gotten his mother in trouble with his dad.

“I'm not going, honey. I have some stuff to finish at work and I'll be back a Little Late tonight."

Averting Matthew's eyes, Adkins whispered in Erica's ear, "Aren't you afraid that Dad will get mad at you? Be careful. He is in a bad mood!"

Amused by her son's words, Erica didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. She grabbed Matthew's hand and said, "Don't worry. Your father isn't Like that!"

Adkins understood what she was doing and he shrank back in fear.

“Forget it.' The Little boy leaned back in his seat and looked out the window.

Colman seemed to have come up with an idea and he nudged Adkins.

“Hey, are you going to Grandpa's after school?"

"Yeah."

“Then I'll come with you!" Colman was also trying to avoid Matthew for the next two days and what better place for him to do that than his grandparents’ place

Damian and Boswell followed in one voice.

“And me!"

Erica chuckled and whispered in Matthew's ear, “Look at what you have done! You've scared our sons out of their own home."

Matthew glanced at them coldly and said, "It's good that they won't be home. I'm glad that we can spend some time alone."

The four boys looked at Matthew with teary eyes, clutching their chests dramatically. 'Boo...hoo... Dad's words are so hurtful!’ they all thought .

In the evening, Carlos and Debbie picked up the boys after school just as they had promised, leaving Erica and Matthew in the company of each other.

Matthew really put a lot of effort into giving his wife a romantic night. At first, he took Erica to a lovely restaurant for a candlelight dinner. Then, they drove all the way to the top of the mountain to see the stars scattered all across a velvet black sky. How romantic!

When the cold winds announced the onset of winter, Erica spared one day to take her sons shopping for some new clothes.