Ian said, "Exactly! I had a really hard day today! I was in class, and Dad kept bothering me."
Nathan Fawcett: "..."
He looked at his son and said, "All you know is how to take your mom's side, don't you?"
All he did was ask Ian to see what Anne Sutton was doing, hoping Ian would call her back. But Ian had just calmly said, "She'll come back when she's done!"
'It made him feel like he was the idiot!'
'That was one thing!'
'But now, Ian was actually tattling on him right in front of Anne Sutton.'
Anne Sutton looked at Ian and smiled.
Ian finished eating, ran up to Anne Sutton, and hugged her. He asked, "Mommy, when are you going to give me a little sister? I want a sister, too. That way, when you guys aren't here, I'll have a sister to play with."
The corner of Anne Sutton's mouth twitched.
'Why is this little guy bringing this up again?'
Anne Sutton hadn't thought much of it before, but now, hearing Ian's words, she could feel her face flush.
