Renee followed Adie to the bedroom on the second floor quickly.
    Adie smoothly turned on theputer and opened his email inbox, ponting at a recent email excitedly.
    "This is the email I just got from Daddy. He asked Abby and me to be good and listen to you, and said
    he''ll be back after settling his things."
    Renee stared at the email with mixed feelings. After taking a deep breath, she leaned towards the
    screen and read the email. It was roughly what Adie had said-Stefan had told the children that he was
    safe, asked them to be good, and told them not to anger Renee. He also promised that he would be
    back soon. The email had been sent from Stefan''s private email.
    Both Adie and Abby didn''t know what was going on between Renee and Stefan, and were just happy at
    the thought of having a family reunion. They hugged Renee. "Mommy, I knew that you and Daddy must
    have left suddenly because of something. We can be a happy family again soon!"
    Renee felt uneasy, and touched their faces, saying hesitantly, "If... I said if your daddy won''te
    back, or even if he does, I might not be with him... Can you ept that?" It wasn''t the first time the
    children had faced such a situation, but while they unconditionally supported her back then, she didn''t
    know how they would be after living with Stefan. Stefan had taken great care of them when Renee was
    blind, and it made Renee seem like an extremely irresponsible mother. She didn''t know if she could
    surpass Stefan''s position in their hearts.
    "Daddy won''te back?" Abby pouted, looking sad. "But didn''t Daddy email Adie and say that he
    would soon be home?"
    "Umm..." After a pause, Renee said gently, "Sometimes people don''t mean what they say. What if he
    doesn''te back even if he promised to? I just want you to be mentally prepared so you won''t be
    heartbroken if he doesn''te back."
    "No, I won''t be!" Adie clenched his fists, scowling. "If Daddy breaks his promise, he can''t be our daddy.
    He can just go. After all, it wouldn''t be the first time he abandoned us. I won''t be sad."
    His answer weighed hard on Renee''s mind. She could tell that both her children relied on Stefan, and
    cared about him a lot. If Stefan abandoned them again, they would be heartbroken, so Renee couldn''t
    fall out with Stefan. She had be used to that kind of separation, but the children were still young.
    They shouldn''t have to suffer through this...
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    "It''s okay, kids. It''s normal to be sad. If that dayes, we have to ept it. We can cry for him, but
    we also have to embrace a life without him." Renee had to prepare her children because she didn''t
    know what Stefan would do. If Stefan decided to leave, the only thing she could do is teach her children
    to be brave.