Kenny Clarke lifted up Tina Clarke the way he lifted up Gloria Taylor which was a bridal style.
She felt uncomfortable feeling her small body being carried with that style. It was no different with lying down.
She lifted her small legs and Kenny Clarke held her upright.
He held her with one hand, turned around and opened the study room.
He went in, looked at the mess in the room, and stared at it for a moment. He put Tina Clarke aside, crouched down and began to pick up things.
Tina Clarke was probably thinking that the room was too messy. She tiptoed to the edge of the sofa and climbed it. She rubbed her tiger doll while looking at Kenny Clarke going around.
After a few seconds, she asked Kenny Clarke curiously, “Dad, what are you doing?”
He said without looking up, “I’m picking up stuff from the floor.”
“Oh. I’ll give you hand.” she excitedly slid down from the sofa, ran to Kenny Clarke and began to help him picking up stuff from the floor.
However, she didn’t pick it up and fold it neatly like Kenny Clarke. She just stuff it in her arms and crumpled it up. Finally, she brought it to Kenny Clarke looking proud, “I’m pick these all up!”
Kenny Clarke took it and rubbed her head, “You’d better go and play.”
“Okay.” she curled he lips.
She didn’t think that picking up stuff was fun either.
At her age, she liked colorful and lovely toys. She had no interest in these white papers.
After Kenny Clarke done picking up stuff from the floor and put them back on the table, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.
“Who is it?” he asked coldly.
“It’s me. Is Tina still here? I heated a cup of milk for her. She should take a bath and sleep.” said Gloria Taylor.
Kenny Clarke didn’t notice that it was almost ten o’clock.
He turned to Tina Clarke and found that she was listening the voice at the door with her ears erect.
She was sitting on the sofa with head tilted sideways and eyes moving around. She was apparently attracted by the voice outside the door.
He chuckled and asked, “Did you hear that? Who is calling you?”
“Mom’s calling me. She had a cup of milk for me.” she looked pleasantly surprise.
Kenny Clarke was just as surprised, “Not auntie?”
“You said mom.” Tina Clarke spoke a little too fast.
She was about to say, “You said that she was my mom.”
After replying Kenny Clarke, she jumped off the sofa, “I’ll open the door.”
Kenny Clarke watched her run to the door. He ignored her.
He picked up the stuff on the table, walked behind the desk, and put it inside the bottom drawer.
When he looked up, he saw Tina Clarke opened the door and called out sweetly, “Mom.”
Gloria Taylor was carrying a cup of milk. When she heard the way she called her, she stood still.
After a while, she came back to her senses and asked in disbelief, “What did you call me?”
“Mom.” Tina Clarke probably felt the emotional changes of the woman standing in front of her. She couldn’t help straightening up her face.
It was so sudden. Gloria Taylor was a little too overwhelmed.
“I… I heated a cup of milk for you…” Gloria Taylor stuttered. She crouched and handed the milk to Tina Clarke.
Her eyes lit up as she reached out for the cup and drank it.
Gloria Taylor reached out her hand to help her hold the cup because she was worried she couldn’t hold the cup herself. Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org
Tina Clarke had a good appetite.
She emptied out of the cup and showed it to Gloria Taylor, “I’m finished!”
Her heart softened, “That’s great! Shall I heat you another cup of milk tomorrow night?”
“Okay!”
Tina Clarke happily held the cup and ran back to Kenny Clarke.
Her eyes followed the little girl. She didn’t know how long Kenny Clarke had been standing by the doorway.
He was leaning on the door looking at Tina Clarke with arms crossed.
The little girl just got a compliment from Gloria Taylor. Tina Clarke looked at Kenny Clarke expectantly, “Look, Dad! I drank it all!”
Tina Clarke had just emptied the glass and now, she had a white beard above her lips.
He smiled and reached out his fingers to erase it. He asked, “Did you say thank you?”
Tina Clarke turned her head and said, “Thank you, Mom!”
Gloria Taylor was surprised when she heard Tina Clarke calling her ‘mom’.
She wouldn’t do this in a whim. It must be Kenny Clarke’s idea.
Now, she felt that Kenny Clarke was too complicated to understand.
He was arrogant, occasionally a little naïve, but now, he was a little… intimate.
She glanced at him with mixed feelings.
***
Gloria Taylor bathed Tina Clarke and tucked her to sleep.
She saw Kenny Clarke who had just done taking a bath. He was wearing a soft pajama. He didn’t look as fierce as he was before.
She took a deep breath and said, ‘Thank you.”
Kenny Clarke must have taught Tina Clarke to change the way she addressed her.
She didn’t know why Kenny Clarke did this, but Gloria Taylor was very grateful to him.
Tina Clarke seemed to like her very much, but she liked Kenny Clarke better because he was the one who had been around longer.
There was no doubt about this.
Therefore, Tina Clarke actually listened to Kenny Clarke.
Before he closed Tina Clarke’s bedroom, he looked inside and saw Tina Clarke sleeping soundly with doll in her arms. After that, he withdrew his sight.
Kenny Clarke looked at Gloria Taylor and said faintly, “Even a child can say thank you.”
He turned around and left.
Gloria Taylor stood still.
Did he just regard her the same as a child?
Gloria Taylor seemed to have a new understanding.
She thought that powerful people didn’t meddle with the less powerful ones.
But, why did Kenny Clarke use her each and every word as a weapon against her?
He would go so far as to seize every chance to do it and to step on her.
Gloria Taylor returned to her room. The more she thought about it, she more she felt strange.
She called Edith Hall.
Edith Hall was so excited, “Gloria!”
“Edith, I have something to ask you.”
“What is it? Ask away.”
She thought for a moment and asked conservatively, “Kenny Clarke, what kind of person is he?”
“Well… Ahem…”
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