"Why don't you want me at your house? The kids are here in mine; Elise is not coming home tonight either, so it means that you are alone and I can come to keep you company," Varian said over the phone.
"You have been away from the kids for so long that you need to take this opportunity to spend time with them, tuck them in, and read them a bedtime story; I am sure they would love it," Ellen replied.
They had gotten to Nebula City at midday. There was an emergency at Varian's company, so he had to go to do something about it, and then he got delayed by the time he was ready and hoped on a call with Ellen; she told him that she was too stressed from the flight and wanted to go to bed. No matter what he brought up, she found a way to make him not come into her home.
"What if I tuck them in
