Desires Die Hard

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Dinner was an enjoyable affair that night. Anya breastfed the twins after she was done with dinner.

The young woman was playing with Eudora and Nathaniel when Ellie came out of the kitchen. She was just done with the dishes. “I’m going to buy some fruits from the grocery store nearby”

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Anya took a look at the time. It was half past seven. “I do it”

It was still early

“You’ve been working late for the past few days. You must be exhausted. Besides, you haven’t been spending much time with the kids recently You should spend more time with them*

“Why don’t we bring them along?” Anya said after some thought

“They hardly get out of the apartment with me. They’ve spent the last year cooped up in the house.”

“Wouldn’t that be.” Ellie was worried that they might run into someone they didn’t want to run into.

“The grocery store’s right around the comer I don’t think we’ll bump into him there, Anya said as she tugged her kids gently to their feet “Come on, sweethearts, Mommy’s gonna bring you out. We’re buying some fruits”

Eudora and Nathaniel beamed with delight when they heard what their mother had said. They couldn’t wait to get out of the

apartment with their mother.

“Let’s go.” Anya said as she reached for Eudora’s hand

Ellie couldn’t stop Anya. She grabbed Nathaniel’s hand and went downstairs with Anya.

grocery store. The family rarely had an opportunity to go out together. Ellie might bring Eudora and Nathaniel along with her when she went

jumping with

Anya’s side and wouldn’t stop blabbering garbled and unintelligible

woman was still single. She had not expected her to be a mother of two. In fact, she hadn’t expected Anya’s

like

They couldn’t stop themselves from approaching the adorable children and playing with

other patrons. They seemed

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what they wanted. The folks who patronized the grocery store

Anya thought. She was still

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she and Ellie turned around, a strange woman made

dared not make a grab for him,

was no way he could catch up with her. He turned around and burst into tears. The boy wailed loudly for his mother. His loud cries drew the attention of

had been

everyone realized

around as soon as she heard Nathaniel’s cries. Her eyes landed on her son. Her daughter was

the boy with her aunt. “Nathaniel, where is Eudora?”

many words. He stuttered as he tried to tell his mother what had happened. “A stranger…

sister…

“Dora’s gone.

boy wailed

precious daughter had been abducted. Someone had stolen her daughter from her. Voices rose around her as soon as the folks around her realized what had