Three hours.
That was how long the audience — Allen, Atlas, Slater, and the twins — had idled near the jogging path. The twins had cheered for their mother nonstop until they got hungry again and ended up eating for the second time.
Slater, on the other hand, got tired of begging Lola to stop. To relieve his stress, he opened a bar of chocolate. Meanwhile, Atlas and Allen had to work. Allen left to adjust Atlas's schedule, while Atlas himself retreated to the study to work in peace.
Another hour later, the twins went off to play while Slater continued lounging under the shade.
"Wow…" Slater blinked in awe. "It looks like they're just having a marathon."
He idled for a bit, then pulled out his phone to play games. When that got boring, he scrolled through social media, reading comments that made him smile — and others that didn't.
Naturally, he started replying to the negative ones.
