[Shout out to Gabriel!]

Chapter 36

After the cousins left, I found Roman smirking. It seemed that bragging about his toys was worth it.

I'm proud to see Roman giving toys to his cousins, it took a lot of courage to do that.

For young children, there were no other important things than their toys. For Roman to give away his toys showed his maturity. At the very least, he was mature enough to share his blessings.

I remember fighting with my brother because he touched my Nintendo Game & Watch.

I was a selfish kid and I never like to share my toys. I love showing them to poor kids, but I would fight them if they even touched them... Yes, I was a spoiled brat. What can I say? I was born into a rich family.

Remembering that time, I suddenly missed my parents. I wonder if Dad still hates me. Penelope and I ran away because my parents didn't support our relationship.

I sighed. I miss them so much.

"Dajjy? Are you okay? Sophia has chocolate cookie here!"

Someone tugged on my pants. I looked down and saw Sophia looking at me with her innocent eyes. I chuckled as I picked her up.

"Don't worry baby, Daddy's fine."

"Then you don't want chocolate?" Her blue eyes were bright, unblemished, and young.

"If you give me one, I'll eat it."

"Here Dajjy." She smiled and handed me her cookie.

To be honest, her hands were a little dirty. Even the cookie had a bite mark and some saliva. Anyway, I ate it happily.

"Dajjy, when is Mommy coming? I miss her."

"Honey, you haven't seen your Mommy for an hour and you miss her already?"

"Yes, I wuv Mommy. I wuv her more than you."

I shook my head and chuckled. I touched her nose and she looked at me very sweetly.

"That's right baby, you should love your mommy. Love her more than me."

"Yes." She nodded seriously.

While Sophia and I had a deep conversation. Roman dipped his chocolate cookie into the fresh milk.

Sophia turned to find her brother doing something wonderful. As a child, when she found something new, her curiosity would light up. Now she wanted to do what her brother was doing.

"Dajjy? Can I have some milk?" Her expression was dangerously adorable.

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"Of course, sweetheart, you can have it."

Corazon and Alberto had a few cows and two of them were lactating. They boiled a liter of milk for us. There was still enough for my daughter to "play" with.

"Here, sweetie."

"Yay!"

She was happy when I gave her a glass of milk. I had already added sugar, just to make sure Sophia would like it.

"Bwother! Look!"

She yelled and dipped the cookie in the milk. It splashed around and almost knocked the glass over. Fortunately, only a small amount of milk spilled. Still, my daughter was really playing with her food.

The way she ate the cookie was messy. The soggy cookie had already melted with the milk, and what she ate was only a small amount. Her face was dirty too.

I sat down and wiped her face and mouth. I wondered how Penelope kept Sophia clean. Because in my opinion, Sophia was a reckless child who would not hesitate to slide on the dirty floor.

"Bwother?"

"Sophia, this is how you do it."

Roman sat down next to her and showed her how to dip properly.

It's too bad we don't have a camera, I want to take a picture of my kids...

It's decided, I'm going to buy a camera. I don't want to forget these little moments when my kids were bonding.

As a parent, I'm afraid to see my children grow up. Because I knew they would lose interest in an old man like me.

I can testify to that. I was one of those who forgot my parents. I literally ran away from them.

So children, please stay young longer. Daddy wants to spoil you.

I unconsciously smiled as I watched them eat. Just like before, Sophia's face was dirty again.

As his father, I wiped her face again.

"Brother-in-law, I cooked sweet potatoes. Would you like to eat some?"

Suddenly someone called me. I got up and opened the door. I saw a young man holding a plate of steaming hot sweet potatoes.

This young man, I think I saw him last night. What was his name again?

"Thank you. Wait, what did you call me? You called me brother-in-law?"

"Yes, is something wrong?" He tilted his head.

"No..."

I realized that this young man was in fact Penelope's brother.

"I'm just shocked that you look so young."

"Oh, I'm the youngest child. I'm 18 years old right now. Father and Mother asked me to stay in the house and look after it."

"I see."

Like I said, I didn't know all of Penelope's siblings. I thought this guy was Penelope's nephew. I was damn wrong, he was her brother.

"I am Santiago. We never had a proper greeting. Last night was a bit..." He laughed awkwardly.

"Don't worry, Santiago. We're old enough to understand."

"Sorry about Sister Señorita. She is always on her red day, you know. She is always irritated."

We both laughed at that.

"Thank you for the sweet potatoes."

"We have a lot of sweet potatoes here. To be honest, I'm getting tired of them."

"What about the other kids?"

"I've already gave them, so don't worry. See you later then. Father and Mother have decided to kill the goats tomorrow."

"On Christmas Eve?"

"That's right."

Santiago left after giving us sweet potatoes. I touched them while they were still hot and I almost got burned...

The two children were interested in eating the sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are expensive in the city and we rarely eat them.

"We'll let the sweet potatoes cool down before we eat them, okay?"

"Yes!"

The two nodded their heads. They looked at the steam coming out of the sweet potatoes. They understood that eating them hot might hurt them.

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