Faux Vows, True Desires

In her room, Janice was clutching a doll while sitting on the bed. Tears kept falling onto the doll, soaking its clothes. Maybe she was reminiscing about something or forcing herself to accept that her daughter Lucy had been taken away.

By afternoon, the sunlight had softened.

At Sunnyglade Abbey, in the master bedroom on the second floor, Janice was sitting by the crib, holding her drowsy daughter Lucinda in one hand and gently patting her son Keith on the bed with the other. She was softly singing a song, lulling the two children to sleep.

Keith, however, didn't seem sleepy at all. He was kicking his short legs and smiling at Janice.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Your sister Lucy is about to fall asleep."

Seeing that the little guy was still full of beans, Janice stopped her lullaby.

Keith kicked his legs for a while, then started crawling around on the bed, making cooing noises at Janice.

"Don't be so loud; Lucy's already asleep."

Keith's voice was loud. He tried to sit up on his own, but, unfortunately, being only half a year old, he couldn't. He could only keep calling out to Janice.

Seeing that Lucy in her arms had fallen asleep, Janice put Lucy in the crib and picked up Keith.

Held by Janice, Keith was laughing and kicking his short legs non-stop, looking very happy.

"Knock knock."

There was a knock on the door.

"Janice, your milk is heated."

It was Wendy, the maid, outside the door.

Janice didn't move, simply replying, "Come in."

tray in her hands, on which was

a soup that was beneficial for lactation and milk, a fresh cup of milk every morning, noon, and night. "Janice." Wendy, seeing that Lucy was asleep, lowered her voice. She put down the tray, picked up the cup

milk, and Wendy freed her hand to

playing with Wendy for a while, Keith began to

"He's sleepy."

occasionally glancing at Janice. Seeing Janice slowly sipping her milk,

her milk, little

cup, stood up, took Keith from Wendy, and said, "I'll be with the kids for their nap. I'm not receiving any visitors. No matter who comes, please refuse for me." "Okay,

up the tray and respectfully left

as the door

side by side. Looking at the peaceful expressions on their small faces, like little angels, Janice's eyes were filled with tenderness. She covered the two kids with a thin blanket and pulled down the mosquito net from

feel tired and said

back

About ten minutes later.

entered. She looked nervous but acted quickly. Once in the room, she first checked on Janice. Seeing Janice sound asleep,

her that he had put some sleeping pills in Janice's milk, enough

to the two

at the two children with a moment of

They were so cute.

or restless in his sleep. When the woman lifted the

by her, he pushed her with his little hands, not wanting her to hold him. But his strength

opened his

immediately covered his

big one. Even though he was wearing diapers, the smell

stench, her face instantly scrunched up, full of disgust, and

away her hand that was covering

back into the crib. Then she quickly picked up