Chapter 1289: not when I married her alive this time.
The unexpected trio — Penny, Atlas, and Dean — stayed in the car, wondering what they should do next. Should they go to the orphanage and act as interested sponsors? Wasn’t that a bit too risky, though?
They weighed their options, and before they could decide, they saw Jonathan walking out of the gates.
The three of them perked up, watching Jonathan walk backward while waving at the children at the gates. Then, a young girl rushed out to him, and Jonathan responded by going to his knees and hugging her.
"Is she crying?" Penny wondered aloud, furrowing her brows as she watched Jonathan carry the little girl in his arms. "Don’t tell me I’m right... Is that his daughter?"
"Shut up," Dean muttered, curiosity swirling in his eyes.
Atlas, on the other hand, kept quiet, watching with equal curiosity while observing their body language.
As the teacher approached Jonathan, they watched how Jonathan smiled at the teacher. He patted the girl’s back gently before the little girl pulled her head back. Jonathan said something to her before nodding at her. Whatever he told her made the girl willingly yet reluctantly allow the teacher to take her.
Jonathan smiled at her and ruffled her hair before walking back to his car.
"Oh, shit! Oh, shit!" Penny snapped out of her trance, slapping Dean’s shoulder hurriedly. "He’s coming, he’s coming! Let’s go!"
Her panic snapped Dean back to reality. Without thinking, he quickly reversed and made a turn in the street, just enough to get out of Jonathan’s sight before the latter successfully U-turned and left.
The trio intuitively ducked, hiding in plain sight. When they heard a car driving past on the other street, they moved their heads up at the same time.
"Oh, wow," Penny sighed, only to stop when Atlas spoke.