Chapter 1169
Elisa looked at Liberty. Once she was sure that the Browns were here to go on a family trip with Liberty and Sonny, Elisa’s straight face softened into a smile. The smile was for Sonny, not for the Brown family.
The sight of the Browns made Elisa sick to her stomach.
“Since you want to go to the zoo, I’ll go with you, Sonny.”
Elisa readily said yes to her nephew’s invitation.
It had not registered in Sonny’s head that his parents were divorced. Liberty had a heart of gold. She never spoke ill about Hank in Sonny’s presence despite her grievance with her in- laws.
No matter what, Sonny and Hank were father and son.
It would not do Sonny any good to hate his father. On the contrary, it would impede Sonny’s mental growth.
Half an hour later, Serenity, Liberty, and Sonny took a ride in Elisa’s car as they set out for the zoo.
Serenity’s two bodyguards took another car and tagged behind.
The Browns were split into two cars, and they drove behind the bodyguards.
Jessica nagged the whole way, telling Hank off, “We’re trying to spend some time with Sonny, but your mom called your sister’s family to join us, and now Sonny invited a few more people.
“Tell me. How are we supposed to bond with Sonny?”
With the Hunt sisters around, Sonny would only hang around his mom and aunt.
As a stepmother, Jessica had to step back and away from them.
Sitting in the back seat, Mrs. Brown picked up on Jessica’s nagging and said, “What’s wrong with asking them to go on the family outing? We’re not spending your money. You can stay away from them if you don’t like them. You don’t have to make a fuss throughout the journey.”
Jessica turned around and snapped back, “Remember what you said. Don’t let them spend Hank’s money. They have more money than Hank now.”
“Even if we do spend money, it’s Hank’s and not yours. You’re spending my son’s money now, you know.” The thing Mrs. Brown could not get over was her son handing the purse strings to Jessica.
“Hank and I are married. His money is my money.”
They could forget getting money out of her.
Unlike the Browns, Serenity’s group did not experience any problems.
They bought the tickets and took Sonny in.
Sonny was over the moon. The moment he stepped into the zoo, he was running wild with the other children. He did not need his mother to hold his hand.
The boy was amazed by people riding by in horse carriages.
“Don’t take off so fast, Sonny. Don’t wander off on your own. Don’t leave your mom and aunts behind.”
Catching up to her nephew, Serenity pulled Sonny back and urged, “There are a lot of people here. You’re a small boy. You never know when you’ll get lost in the crowd. Won’t you be scared if you can’t see your mom and aunts?”
Sonny was too excited to process whatever his aunt was saying. With his eyes zoning in on a children’s playground nearby, he exclaimed, “Aunt Ser, I want to go there.”
He then broke free from Serenity’s grasp and bolted right ahead.
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