Thus, Mackie jumped from her chair and approached her mother. She put her hand on Mommy's lap and looked up at her with determined eyes, "Mommy, you can tell me everything. I will understand."
"…" Chloe sighed and patted Mackie's head. "Alright then, I will let you see Gran as soon as possible."
"Yay! Thank you so much, Mommy!" Mackie hugged her Mommy before she returned to her table and resumed eating her breakfast again.
Chloe had relief in her heart because it seemed her daughter had begun to mature slowly. Though it still wasn't the same kind of slow growth from childhood innocence to teenager that Chloe wanted, at least Mackie had the chance to understand things around her slowly.
'Unlike Aaron who has to endure terrible reality and has to mature extremely early…' Chloe thought. Aaron was way too mature for his age. Sometimes, Chloe wanted to tell him it was okay to ask for toys or tell his Aunt if he wanted something.