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

with a from nod and wide smiles

feeling drained. Ethan was all the twins could talk about most times. She couldn’t

far away. Hazel murmured to

her kids talk more about

wife, remember,” attempting to temper

of his family,” Hazel reminded them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose them

mean.”

at her, and he even grabbed her arm. He was

in with a

told her to go home,” Liam added, a

taken aback, hearing this revelation for the first time. She hadn’t expected Ethan to resort to violence, especially against a woman. It was unlike him. It however confirmed

recounted the scene with vivid storytelling, Liam animatedly described the confrontation, attempting to mirror Ethan’s

Princess walked in, you know, and he was like, ‘What happened to those kids? Bella, explain yourself,” Liam retorted with seriousness. Hazel couldn’t help but chuckle at the theatrical delivery. But Liam wasn’t finished. With a determined expression, he continued, “Then he

stood with her half made hair and pleaded

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

wanna go home.”

Guards, take her

shrieked dramatically, collapsing onto the

they were exaggerating but she got the message. She felt a tinge of

back down

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

couldn’t help but

mean?” she asked, intrigued by her

his commitment 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

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