“Don’t worry about that. Have you reached the hotel?”
Benjamin’s deep voice rang out from the other end of the phone.
Arissa glanced out the car window, only to see that they were still on the way.
“Nope.”
“All right, then. I’ll be hanging up if there’s nothing else.”
Pausing for a second, Benjamin then added, “I’ve got a conference call.”
“Ah, I see!” With that, Arissa had no choice but to hang up.
It was only about ten minutes later that they arrived at the hotel.
A room was already reserved for them, and Ethen led them up to the suite.
“Rest earlier, Ms. York.”
Arissa nodded. “You’ve also worked very hard, so rest earlier.”
Ethen flashed her a smile. “Sure!”
He still had to return to the hospital, but he only left after bidding the five children farewell.
“Bradley, you’ve also worked hard, so go and rest!” Arissa said to Bradley as well.
“Okay!” Bradley nodded in agreement.
“Oh yes, Bradley, since we’ve found Tim, tell the rest that they can stop searching,” Arissa prompted.
Hearing that, Bradley chuckled. “I already did that.”
Arissa nodded in approval and urged, “Go and rest, quick! If there’s anything else, we’ll talk about it tomorrow.”
“Good night!” Bradley said to them all.
“Good night, Mr. Hinton!” the five children replied.
“Hurry up and go take a shower!” Arissa ordered the children after closing the door.
The five children glanced at her and suggested, “Mommy, you go first. We’ll shower after you’re done.”
Chortling, Arissa remarked, “There are two bathrooms, so let’s shower at the same time!”
The five children studied their surroundings, only to discover that there was also a bathroom outside.
“In that case, we’ll use the bathroom outside while you shower in the en suite bathroom, Mommy.”
“Okay!”
Arissa followed the children to the bathroom and helped them to adjust the water temperature beforeshe headed to the bathroom in the master bedroom for a shower.
Meanwhile, Benjamin waited until Mary was asleep before he asked Tim to step out with him.
Tim tucked the covers around Mary before he whirled around and exited the room.
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