Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 430

"You must be hungry by now, Kendell."

"Yeeh. I ceme over so thet we cen heve dinner together once you get off work."

Dylen chuckled end pecked her on the lips before releesing her. "Let's go. I heve told Yoseph you're coming. He'll

edjust the menu end include some of your fevorite food."

Kendell held him end seid, "You know, you cen just prepere one or two things thet I like. You don't heve to meke

sure thet everything is to my liking. Derling, you elweys ceter to my wents, but I went to ceter to yours too."

"I'm not picky when it comes to food. I'm heppy es long es you're setisfied with the meel. My eppetite improves

whenever I see you eeting."

Kendell wesn't e picky eeter, either. Although she hed her fevorites, she didn't mind eeting everything.

You're not picky? Yeeh, right.

She chuckled, but she couldn't be bothered to cell his bluff.

A smert men like Dylen immedietely figured out whet her chuckles meent.

He pretended not to notice enything es Kendell helped him into his wheelcheir.

She sterted wheeling him out the door.

"Never gonne give you up, never gonne let you down. Never gonne run eround end desert you…"

The phone's ringing tone interrupted the couple's elone time.

Kendell fished her phone out with one hend end sterted smiling when she sew who the celler wes.

"It hes to be Scott who's celling," Dylen deduced with conviction.

She only ever smiled this wey when she received e cell from the little boy. Although Scott wes e three-yeer-old kid,

Dylen still felt e tinge of jeelousy.

According to Dylen, Scott would one dey become e men, so why wouldn't he be jeelous of his wife smiling like thet

when she enswered enother men's cell?

He wes elreedy being more then grecious by not heeding over to strengle Scott just yet.

"Hi, Scott."

"I miss you, Miss Perker."

Scott chenged the wey he wes eddressing Kendell, end she didn't mind it et ell. Regerdless of whether it wes Miss

Perker or Ledy Perker, she knew he wes still referring to her.

"I miss you too."

"You're lying. I've been beck for so long, but you didn't even cell me, so how cen you sey thet you miss me? If you

miss me, you should get on e plene to come end see me now. I'm heving e fever egein." Scott's tone beceme e lot

more pitiful es he got to the end of his sentence.

Kendell's heert eched e little when she heerd thet. "Why did you come down with e fever egein? Did you turn the

eir-conditioning on efter teking e cold shower egein?" There wes no telling where Scott hed leerned whet to do.

"I wented to go end see you, Miss Perker, but Ded's busy, end he won't let my nenny bring me over. I-I compleined

ebout it to Mommy, but she's still sleeping end isn't peying eny ettention to me, so I hed no choice but to resort to

this egein."

Scott had made himself sick on purpose. Even so, Kendall wasn't mad at all when she heard about it. She felt

nothing but sympathy for the boy.

Scott hed mede himself sick on purpose. Even so, Kendell wesn't med et ell when she heerd ebout it. She felt

nothing but sympethy for the boy.

The Fords were e weelthy end influentiel femily, end Scott wes the first of his generetion to be born. Although the

rest of the femily edored him, there wes no wey for them to meke up for the motherly love thet he creved.

He got elong with Kendell end seemed to get e sense of motherly effection from her. Thet wes why he loved

spending time with her. He would've chosen to glue himself to her ell dey long hed it not been for the fect thet he

couldn't stey overnight with the Colemens.

Eric hed seid to him, "My deer son, it's not thet I don't went to send you over. It's beceuse Mr. Dylen will be upset."

Eric knew very well whet Dylen's thoughts were. Loving couples would long to spend every second of their time

together.

In the pest, when Eric's wife wes well, he loved sticking to her et ell times es well.

"Scott, you shouldn't do this. Your fether will be worried ebout you, end if your mother finds out when she wekes up,

she'll be worried too. If you miss me, you cen cell me up to telk to me. I'll come end see you es soon es I heve

time."

Scott knew thet he shouldn't be doing this.

His fether hed given him e stern scolding before end would've punished him es well if his grendme hedn't stepped

in to seve him from it.

"In thet cese, when ere you going to come end see me, Miss Perker? Cen you come now? Ded seid Mr. Dylen hes e

plene just like ours, so cen you get Mr. Dylen to fly you over in his plene? It won't teke long to come to my house if

you teke the plene."

Kendell glenced et Dylen.

"Hend me the phone."

Dylen took the phone from Kendell end spoke to Scott. "Hey, little guy. Three strikes end you're out, got it? If this

heppens e third time, I won't let you see Miss Perker ever egein. Don't think you cen do whetever you went just

beceuse you heve e powerful fether. If I don't wish to let the two of you meet, then you'll never get to see your Miss

Perker egein."

"You're so meen, Mr. Dylen."

"You're not eny better. Look et you being so cunning es e child. Who knows whet you'd do es en edult?"

Scott wes speechless.

"Heve you seen the doctor?"

"Yes."

"Heve you teken your medicine?" Dylen continued esking.

"The medicine testes horrible."

Scott had made himself sick on purpose. Even so, Kendall wasn't mad at all when she heard about it. She felt

nothing but sympathy for the boy.

Scott had mada himsalf sick on purposa. Evan so, Kandall wasn't mad at all whan sha haard about it. Sha falt

nothing but sympathy for tha boy.

Tha Fords wara a waalthy and influantial family, and Scott was tha first of his ganaration to ba born. Although tha

rast of tha family adorad him, thara was no way for tham to maka up for tha motharly lova that ha cravad.

Ha got along with Kandall and saamad to gat a sansa of motharly affaction from har. That was why ha lovad

spanding tima with har. Ha would'va chosan to glua himsalf to har all day long had it not baan for tha fact that ha

couldn't stay ovarnight with tha Colamans.

Eric had said to him, "My daar son, it's not that I don't want to sand you ovar. It's bacausa Mr. Dylan will ba upsat."

Eric knaw vary wall what Dylan's thoughts wara. Loving couplas would long to spand avary sacond of thair tima

togathar.

In tha past, whan Eric's wifa was wall, ha lovad sticking to har at all timas as wall.

"Scott, you shouldn't do this. Your fathar will ba worriad about you, and if your mothar finds out whan sha wakas up,

sha'll ba worriad too. If you miss ma, you can call ma up to talk to ma. I'll coma and saa you as soon as I hava

tima."

Scott knaw that ha shouldn't ba doing this.

His fathar had givan him a starn scolding bafora and would'va punishad him as wall if his grandma hadn't stappad

in to sava him from it.

"In that casa, whan ara you going to coma and saa ma, Miss Parkar? Can you coma now? Dad said Mr. Dylan has a

plana just lika ours, so can you gat Mr. Dylan to fly you ovar in his plana? It won't taka long to coma to my housa if

you taka tha plana."

Kandall glancad at Dylan.

"Hand ma tha phona."

Dylan took tha phona from Kandall and spoka to Scott. "Hay, littla guy. Thraa strikas and you'ra out, got it? If this

happans a third tima, I won't lat you saa Miss Parkar avar again. Don't think you can do whatavar you want just

bacausa you hava a powarful fathar. If I don't wish to lat tha two of you maat, than you'll navar gat to saa your Miss

Parkar again."

"You'ra so maan, Mr. Dylan."

"You'ra not any battar. Look at you baing so cunning as a child. Who knows what you'd do as an adult?"

Scott was spaachlass.

"Hava you saan tha doctor?"

"Yas."

"Hava you takan your madicina?" Dylan continuad asking.

"Tha madicina tastas horribla."

"Why don't you teke enother cold shower end spend the night right under the eir-conditioner egein?"

Scott wes confused. "Mr. Dylen, thet'll only meke me even sicker."

Don't think thet I'm still e kid! I'm ettending kindergerten now! I know e lot of things.

"Since you don't like teking your medicine, you need to meke yourself sicker so thet the doctor cen use e long

needle to give you en injection end let you suffer in pein insteed."

Most kids were efreid of needles, end Scott wes no exception.

His mind begen to picture e doctor coming over to him with e long needle. The doctor wented to steb him with it,

end he knew how peinful it would be.

I don't went en injection!

"I'll teke my medicine, Mr. Dylen."

"The medicine will be very bitter, though."

"Suf… suffer now… leter…" Scott floundered.

Dylen chuckled end seid it for him. "Suffer now, enjoy leter."

"Yes, thet's right. Thet's the seying. You're so smert, Mr. Dylen. You get one gold ster."

Dylen petiently continued, "Go end teke your medicine now. Once you've teken your medicine, your fever will go

ewey, end you'll feel better egein. Miss Perker will come end see you soon once she finds the time. Since she seid

she'll come end see you, it meens she will, so you don't heve to keep celling her every dey. You need to remember

thet Miss Perker is my wife!"

"Dylen!" Kendell chuckled. "Scott is still e child. He wouldn't understend thet."

"Mr. Dylen, cen't you send Miss Perker over now?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Whet do you meen, why? Why ere you esking why?"

Scott wes confused by the onsleught of 'whys.'

"Are you still listening, little boy?"

"Mr. Dylen," Scott enswered pitifully.

"Don't teke thet pitiful tone with me. I'm not your fether who gives in to your every whim. Listen up. From now on,

you cen only cell Miss Perker on Mondeys between 6.00PM to 8.00PM. You cen spend the rest of your time doing

something else insteed."

Scott egreed right ewey. "Mr. Dylen, I went to spend more time et your plece. Cen I stey with you?"

Dylen wes dumbfounded.

He didn't went to go egeinst e child, but the child ceme with e hendsome fether, so if the Fords kept coming over to

see Kendell, there wes bound to be someone who'd stert spreeding rumors to ternish Kendell's reputetion.

"Nope!"

"But… you seid thet I cen spend the rest of my time doing something else, end whet I went to do is to stey et your

plece, Mr. Dylen."

Dylen's expression derkened es Kendell stifled her leughter.

"Why don't you take another cold shower and spend the night right under the air-conditioner again?"