Chapter 13: A Ruckus

"Remember to wait for Aunt Gianna under that shade after school dismissal..."

Athena pointed to the shade she was referring to, as she and her children came out of the principal’s office.

The twins nodded, smiling adorably at her. They jumped excitedly, holding her hands, as she walked them to their classroom.

"And please don’t make any trouble in class..."

Kathleen pouted at her mother’s implied reprimand. "Mom, we are not trouble makers!"

Athena nodded solemnly, causing Nathaniel to chuckle. His mother knew them well enough.

"We will try, mom—if no one looks for either of our troubles. But we will keep our troubles safe, and out of reach."

Athena hoped, for the sake of other children, that they hid their troubles properly. Her children could be problematic when they chose to be.

When they got to the classroom , she squatted to their height, and dropped a kiss on their forehead. "Listen to your teachers, sweethearts. I will ask you questions when you get home..."

The twins nodded, before dropping a kiss on her cheeks. "We will pay utmost attention! Also promise us to be safe today..."

Athena furrowed her eyebrows at the strange request, but nodded all the same.

Just at the same time, the twins exchanged furtive glances; Kathleen brought out a toy watch from her bag, and handed it over to her mother. "To remember us... even while you work..."

Athena chuckled, wondering at the sudden need for remembrance. They didn’t give her this when they had lived away from the city. Why now?

took the gift,


wrist. She didn’t care that the watch looked childish. Because it came

on their cheeks and foreheads, that she didn’t notice

bye..." She waved after them, as they walked into their class, feeling bereft as she always did when they parted ways for even a

sad memories, and turned toward the exit

letter. He had given her a response two minutes later,

hadn’t accepted her resignation. Rather, he had booked her a dinner, to discuss

Athena knew it was about Ewan’s stupid

had agreed to meet

actually working. She chuckled as she entered the car, and told Aiden to

the hospital, she sighed when she saw a queue behind the reception

other side, she followed the back door, and went up to her office, refusing to

on

was a knock


on her seat, before beckoning on the knocker to come

door opened, Athena saw the surprised look on her assistant’s face—noting it must be because she hadn’t come through the front door—before she saw

the contortion

a bad start to a work day. Athena mused, waiting for the other

to be tainted by a strange woman—causing Athena to pique her eyebrow at the disturbance she wasn’t ready

turned to the personal assistant. "What is the city’s whore doing here? She was fired a few hours

lost for words.

inhaled and exhaled tiredly. She looked at the name tag on her assistant’s shirt. "Ciara, take the mad woman

you know..." Fiona pushed Ciara away when the latter tried to pull

make sure you spend your remaining days on earth in

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