Chapter 109

Hazel’s kids were bubbly the next morning, and Daisy’s swollen cheek, though still red, had gone down.

“I’ll

snap her fingers when next I see her,” Silently swearing to herself, Hazel applied soothing ointment.

As she tended to them, Liam spoke up suddenly. “Was Mr. Princess here last night?”

Hazel continued her gentle application, asking, “Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” Liam replied casually, but there was a spark of mischief in his eyes.

“Was he?” he probed again, unable to contain his curiosity.

Hazel sighed, realizing there was no evading Liam’s questions. “He was,” she admitted, watching as Liam nodded in satisfaction. She looked away turning her focus back to Daisy. Liam reached out picking up a colorful glass ball bead from the potted plant nearby.

The beads were a subtle communication method between Liam and Ethan. Liam had given Ethan several colorful beads with a specific pattern. “Drop one in the plants whenever you stop by,” they had decided. It

for Liam to know if Ethan had visited, just in case their mom didn’t let him see them. The simple yet effective communication system allowed Liam to confirm Ethan’s visit even when he had been asleep.

was a way

Hazel, now done with the soothing balm application, shifted her focus to brushing Daisy’s hair. “I don’t think Mr. Princess likes his wife very much,” Daisy declared her observation innocently.

married to people they like,” Liam interjected, his explanation. reflecting the uncomplicated understanding of relationships that children often hold. Hazel couldn’t help but smile at the simplicity of Liam’s perspective, where marriage was based on and equated

agreed with a from nod and wide

Ethan was all the twins could talk about most times. She

that, we would leave, we’d go somewhere far away. Hazel murmured to herself. In the meantime, she would just have to

listened to her kids talk

his wife, remember,” attempting to temper their

family,” Hazel reminded them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose them over Bella. However, Daisy, with her honest

mean.”

Princess protected us. He yelled at her, and he even grabbed her arm. He was so angry, Momma,” Liam recounted, his eyes earnest

in with a

she shouldn’t be there. He told her to

resort to violence, especially against a woman. It was unlike him. It

the kids recounted the scene with vivid storytelling, Liam animatedly described the confrontation, attempting

at the theatrical delivery. But Liam wasn’t finished. With a determined expression, he continued, “Then he said, ‘Why are

Bella stood with her half made hair

at his arm; you hurt him? Oh, you’ve done it this time. You need a

“I don’t wanna

for that. Guards, take her away.”

collapsing

in a fit of laughter. She knew they were exaggerating but she

settled back down after the

him,” Daisy declared stubbornly, her determination evident in her young eyes. “One day, I’ll get rid of her and marry

couldn’t help

mean?” she asked, intrigued

him all to ourselves. It would be just you and me

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