Camila stretched out her arms and called, "Come here, Joe."

Joe looked up at her and blinked his big black eyes, his thick eyelashes fluttering as he did.

"Go ahead," Rowena coaxed.

Joe then stood up and walked towards her.

Camila hoisted him up and held him in her arms. Then, she touched the toy dog in his hand and said, “Let me buy you a real dog, okay?"

“How can you allow pets at home?" Rowena butted in as soon as Camila finished speaking.

“Besides, what if the animal we bring in is a carrier of a bacteria? Joe is still so young. What if he gets infected? You can't do this just to please your son."

Joe seemed to understand what they were talking about. He got closer to Camila and said softly, "Yes."

Afraid that Joe might touch Camila's wound, Rowena was about to take him away. However, Camila looked at her and shook her head.

“It's okay. I'm fine."

This was the closest she had ever been to Joe.

How could she push her own son away? She just wanted to be closer to him.

"Then we'll buy one." She kissed her son on the cheek.

Before Rowena could say anything else, Camila said first, "We'll buy a small one in a regular pet store and we'll make sure that it's vaccinated. Besides, pet hospitals are everywhere now. If you're worried, you can take the animal to the hospital yourself for examination."

Knowing that her daughter was doing this to make her son happy, Rowena had no choice but to agree.

"Fine. But you can't go out. Ask the driver to go."

"Okay," Camila replied with a nod.

"By the way, Mom, how is Aldrin doing recently?" she asked out of the blue.

The question took Rowena aback. Her mouth was agape, not knowing what word to speak. She had been so busy taking care of Joe that she hadn't gone back home. Thus, she had no idea how Aldrin was doing now.

After a long silence, Rowena finally said, "I don't know."