Carmen had teased Lucas, saying, “You really dote on her, don't you? The sun is already up and you still can’t bear to wake her up. When will you start doting on your mother?”

“Dad is there for you,” he replied.

Jared and Carmen looked at him in surprise.

He knew exactly why they were surprised. In the past, he would have barely responded to them. It seemed that being together with Coco had even made him more talkative.

For the first time in his life, he chatted with his parents while lying in b