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.

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 to love. Daisy confidently asserted, “Well, that means he loves

with a from nod and wide smiles

the twins could talk about most times. She couldn’t

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 more about

remember,” attempting to temper their growing

she’s part of his family,” Hazel reminded them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose them over

mean.”

arm. He was so

in with a resolute,

to go home,” Liam added,

resort to violence, especially against a woman. It was unlike him. It however confirmed that his distressed

the scene with vivid storytelling, Liam animatedly described the confrontation,

But Liam wasn’t finished. With a determined expression, he continued, “Then he said, ‘Why are you here? You should stay at home. Go home now.“” Liam said then

half made hair and pleaded

stood firm, “I said no! Look at his arm; you hurt him? Oh, you’ve done it this time. You need a time out, lady.

gasped. “I don’t wanna go home.”

Guards, take her

collapsing

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

they settled back

wife, I still love him,” Daisy declared stubbornly, her determination evident in her young eyes. “One day,

couldn’t help but

to you mean?” she asked, intrigued by her

matching his sister’s. “Then we can have him all to ourselves. It would be just you and me and mommy and Mr. Princess.” Liam smiled at his sister, sharing in the dream of a family unburdened by the presence of

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