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?

gift, happy to have


care that the watch looked childish. Because it came from

foreheads, that she didn’t

class, feeling bereft as she always did when they parted ways for even a second. It reminded her of those days that had been bleak and

sad memories, and

had given her a response two minutes later, as if

resignation. Rather, he had booked her a dinner,

it was about Ewan’s stupid

of Zane’s father, she had agreed to meet him

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

she sighed when

followed the back door, and went up to her office, refusing to be

the documents on her table. After

minutes later, there was


seat, before beckoning on the knocker to

the surprised look on her assistant’s face—noting it must be because she hadn’t come through the

first, if the contortion of the latter’s face

work day. Athena mused, waiting for the other

it was too pure to be tainted by a strange woman—causing

personal assistant. "What is the city’s whore doing here? She was

for words. She didn’t

She looked at the name tag on her assistant’s shirt. "Ciara, take the mad woman out of here. I don’t think she is ready

away when the latter tried to pull her

I’ll make

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