Mrs. Borah went downstairs to the kitchen. Carla changed her clothes and went to help
her out. When she got to the living room, however, she heard a car pull into the driveway.
There was a Rolls-Royce parked at the gates of the house.
Immediately, Carla stood up and ran to receive them.
The car door swung open, and Zayn lifted the kids out of the car one by one. Setting
Randy and Josh onto his shoulders, he hoisted Venus into his arms. Meanwhile, Dori lay in
Venus's arms, hiccupping as she slept.
This scene was simply too adorable.
Carla burst into laughter. Running up to help Zayn with the children, she asked, "Why
did all of you return home together?"
"There wasn't much to do in the office today. I went to pick them up at a kindergarten."
From a distance, Zayn seemed like a big tree. Three children were hanging from his body,
and there was a bird in some crevice to boot.
Randy and Josh had dug their fingers into Zayn's hair to stop themselves from falling
off.
Because she was afraid, Venus had wrapped her stubby little legs around Zayn. She looked
like a koala bear as she rested in his arms.
"Oh, look at those three monkeys! Here, let me take them from you."
Just as Carla was going to take Venus from him, Zayn twisted away. "You're still
recovering from an injury. You can't carry heavy items yet."
"I'm not heavy!" Venus snapped, pouting in annoyance. "Look how skinny I am."
"Haha…"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Since the three children arrived in the villa, the house was full of laughter again. In the past,
it had only been full of dead silence.
"Alright, you're skinny." Carla helped Venus onto the ground. She bent down and helped to
dust off her clothes. "Venus, " she lectured, "it doesn't matter if you're fat or skinny. Your health
is the most important, got it?"
"But I'm very skinny, to begin with!" Venus protested, touching her face. In a glum voice, she
said, "Today, Miss Jebay told me that I got skinnier. Apparently, I should be getting more
vitamins and having more food."
"Yes, of course you should be eating more!" Mrs. Borah emerged from the front door in an
apron, brandishing a spatula. Smilingly, she said, "I cooked lots and lots of dishes today.
And all of them are your favorites!"
"Mrs. Borah…"
When they spotted Mrs. Borah, the triplets burst into screams of excitement.
Venus tottered over to her on her plump legs. Throwing herself into Mrs. Borah's arms, she
hollered happily, "Mrs. Borah, when did you get here? I've missed you so much."
"Good girl, Venus. I've missed you too."
Mrs. Borah bent down to hug her, her eyes swimming with tears.
Randy and Josh struggled to get down. Zayn had no choice but to set them down onto
the floor.
Randy leaped into Mrs. Borah's arms immediately. Josh wanted to run over to her, but
Zayn picked him up and placed him into the wheelchair.
Josh kicked his legs furiously. "Come on, push me forward!"
Derima rushed forward and pushed him towards Mrs. Borah. The three children crowded
around Mrs. Borah, chattering at the top of their lungs.
"Mrs. Borah, I've missed you too!" Randy cried.
"Me too, Mrs. Borah, me too!" Josh yelped.
"I've missed all of you, " Mrs. Borah said, wiping her tears away as she enveloped them in a
hug. "In the future, I won't have to go to the hospital anymore. I'll stay with you guys and
make lots of yummy food for you."
"Okay!" the triplets said, nodding.
"We were planning to visit you in the hospital after we got off from school today! Are you
feeling better now?" Randy asked, feeling concerned.
"Of course, of course. I'm much better now, " Mrs. Borah said, smiling. "All my ailments seem
to disappear whenever I see you guys!"
"That's great!" Josh said, smiling brightly. Seriously, he continued, "Now that you're back,
Mrs. Borah, we won't have to eat burned mac and cheese and hot cross bunnies with salt in
them…"
"Oh, dear." Carla smacked her head, feeling so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl
into a hole and die.
The children must have been suffering a great deal from her cooking these past few days.
"Exactly! Your cooking is the best, Mrs. Borah." Venus tilted her head and said innocently,
"Because you haven't been cooking for us, I've become so skinny!"
Here, she gave her arm a good pinch and whined, "Look! I have no fat here anymore."
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