Chapter 20: Chess

After letting Caleb play all afternoon in the pool, Bea reheated their meal and started frying the marinated meat while the two were taking a shower. She was about to set the table when the father and son pair walked out of the bathroom in their night pajamas.

Bea wanted to acknowledge Callum’s effort in buying matching pajamas. She hoped that having a matching outfit would help alleviate the awkwardness between the two.

“Let me do that. You should also wash up. You might catch a cold.” Callum took the plates from her hands and continued where she left off.

She had no choice but to do what he said, so she went inside the room and took a change of clothes before she entered the bathroom.

While under the shower, some thoughts came running to her mind. She was having her vacation and she was lucky to get to spend her time in a pool. If Will had not cheated, she would have been spending her precious vacation with him. It would have been fun