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"How much do you like her?" Jeremy Thompson asked without changing his expression.
"Like her to the point of...." Xaviar, who had been sullen, suddenly perked up, his eyes wide and shining as he leaned into the gap in the front row.
"Dad, are you going to accept Anna now?"
Jeremy Thompson looked up and glanced at Xaviar in the rearview mirror, the corners of his mouth tightening slightly, "Accept, it depends on how we accept her."
"What other way can there be?" Xaviar pouted discontentedly, "Of course it's...."
"Aren't you going to sit down properly?! Do you not have school tomorrow?" Jeremy Thompson's sudden reprimand stopped Xaviar's words in their tracks, lodged in his abdomen.
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On Sunday morning, Anna Ainsworth went to the wet market specifically to buy a big bone for making broth, considering Chris Ainsworth's leg fracture would require calcium, and naturally, big bone is one of the best calcium-enriching foods.