Dave's eyelids drooped, and he said with a deadpan expression, "My dad has returned to France. He won't show up."
"What about your mom?" Miah asked.
Dave didn't answer the question because he didn't have a mom.
"He doesn't have a mom!" A piercing voice came. Will stood up and looked proudly at Dave.
Will overheard the conversation between Kina and Farley.
He found that Hester wasn't biologically related to Dave.
That meant Dave didn't have a mom!
...
The whole class suddenly had gone very quiet, and all kids fixed their eyes on Dave.
The whole class suddenly had gone very quiet, and all kids fixed their eyes on Dave.
Dave's eyelids kept low and didn't say anything.
His mom left when she was little, and his dad treated him like crap. Dave heard from many people that his dad wasn't willing to keep him.
In the past six years, Dave could hardly feel his father's love, except for the very few times when he went to Oceanfront City.