Chapter 17

Callie froze for a moment upon hearing that familiar voice. She rubbed her eyes and finally saw who was carrying her. She called out subconsciously, "Uncle Spencer?" Spencer somehow found it repulsive to hear Callie call him that now. "You're living with the Rhodes family now. So, stop calling me Uncle Spencer!" Callie could tell from Spencer's tone that he was angry. However, she could not understand why he was saying this now. She had been calling him Uncle Spencer even back when her parents were still around. Callie had always addressed Spencer that way, except for when she was going through her rebellious phase at around 17 or 18. Back then, she had sometimes called Spencer by his name in a fit of temper after he rejected her feelings. Callie could not figure out why Spencer was saying that or if he was only saying it in the heat of the moment. She did not try to argue with him over the matter. "Just put me down first, Uncle Spencer." Spencer's face darkened as he heard Ca