After listening to Mike, Elliot turned and left.

Once Elliot's car sped off, Mike finally let out a heavy sigh.

Shea arrived at Avery's house the next morning accompanied by Mrs. Scarlet.

The children were in the middle of breakfast when they saw Shea walk in. They blinked a couple of times, but they did not say anything, and neither did they leave the dining room.

Mike flashed a smile at Shea and said, "What brings you here this early?"

He thought that it was Elliot who had arrived!

"I came to apologize to Avery, Layla, and Hayden," Shea said in a clear, determined voice. "It was wrong of my brother and me to be late last night."

"You don't need to apologize, Shea. The one who should be apologizing is your brother," Mike said as he walked over with a glass of milk in his hand.

"Big Brother will come over to apologize later," Shea said as her cheeks turned pink. "I couldn't wait, so I came here first."

Mike chuckled, then said, "This has nothing to do with you. You don't need