Chapter 195 WAVES

The next day, Stan woke up to see an already dressed Emily standing over him. "I'm running late, Uncle Stan." She said as she tried to drag him out of bed. "I'm so sorry kiddo." Stan replied as he stood up from bed. Stan rushed through getting dressed and ready, feeling bad for almost making Emily late for school. As they rushed out the door, Emily reminded him that she needed to call her mom today. Stan's heart skipped a beat as he tried to come up with a convincing excuse. "Hey kiddo, remember how Mommy said she's really busy with work right now? She might not be able to talk today, okay?" Emily looked up at him with uncertain eyes, but nodded silently. Stan felt a pang of guilt for lying to her, but he didn't know what else to do. As they rushed to school, Stan's mind raced with thoughts of Claire and how he was going to keep up this charade. As they got to the school gate, Stan requested to see Emily's teacher. "Hi." "Mr Stan." The young teacher replied smiling. "I just w