Serenity came out of the bathroom to find Zachary teasing their daughter. She approached and whispered, “Don’t wake her up. If she does, you’ll be the one to deal with her crying.”

“I’m very gentle with her. I won’t wake her.”

Zachary sat up straight and said to Serenity, “Honey, Lil’ Pie gets more beautiful every time I look at her. She’s cuter and more adorable than Ben’s child when she was little.”

“Kids are adorable when they are little. You couldn’t take your eyes away from Clo-clo when she was still a baby. Heck, you even wanted to adopt her. Now that you have your own, you’re claiming that Clo-clo wasn’t at all cute.”

“That’s true. I’ll always find my own children cuter.”

Zachary chuckled. Soon, his smile disappeared, and he said enviously, “I’m jealous of Ben, though. His kids are very well-behaved and do so well in school. Clo-clo is really a good big sister.

“I wonder if Lil’ Pie will do well when she starts school.

“Will she be well-behaved like Clo-clo? It will