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.

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 us more than

wide

was all the twins could talk about most times. She

go somewhere far away. Hazel murmured to herself.

listened to her kids talk more

wife, remember,” attempting

them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose

mean.”

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

chimed in with

she shouldn’t be there. He told her to

It was unlike him. It however confirmed that his distressed

vivid storytelling, Liam animatedly described

chuckle at the theatrical delivery. 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 added physical gestures, grabbing Daisy’s arm as

in response swung into her role as Bella stood with her half made hair and pleaded with dramatic intensity, “No, Ethan, no! Let

said no! Look at his arm; you hurt him? Oh, you’ve

“I don’t wanna go

for that. Guards,

collapsing onto the floor in feigned

herself caught in a fit of laughter. She knew they were exaggerating but she got the message. She felt a tinge of relief, Ethan had stood up for

back down after

him,” Daisy declared stubbornly, her determination evident in

couldn’t help

you mean?” she asked, intrigued by her daughter’s

It would be just you and me

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