CHAPTER 25
LUNA MOONCREST
“Oh, not at all son.” I said with a faint smile as I approached him with open arms. At this point, Ava was no longer crying.
She clinged hard to her brother that it would be difficult for anyone to separate them.
I smiled at them once again, but the instant the guilt of what I had done returned, I began to feel bad all over.
“You know what sweethearts! Let's begin to prepare as we would be leaving the hut first thing in the morning.” I added. I used that as an avenue to divert to an entirely different conversation.
The sad look on their faces did no good to me. And of course, I wasn't going to keep up with that for long.
As for the thought of kids who might mock and insult them at school for not having a father… well until that time comes.
For now, all I
