“Maya, we are without Daddy’s charms, so it is obvious that the witch is here for him.”

Juan and Kyle concurred with Nina.

Juan continued with his analysis, “In other words, she wants to steal Daddy from Mommy and therefore…” to which Kyle chimed in, “We cannot let her have her way.”

Maya blinked, all wide-eyed, “But, what are we to do? I don’t want Daddy to be with the witch. I want him to play with me.”

“Daddy would be able to play with you if we could chase off the witch,” Juan declared quite assuredly – a sentiment Kyle seconded as he nodded in approval.

Nicole, who had been looking on, was quite bewildered by the audacity of these kids. She went on to confront them with a stern warning, “Your father will handle his personal affairs on his own, so I will not have the lot of you getting into any funny business here. Have I made myself clear?”

Gracious. Someone is going to steal Daddy from us, and Mommy would not let us intervene? Unbelievable!

toward Nicole and seemed to acknowledge her warning. Then, they used hunger as a pretext to lure her away to the kitchen before

should let the

“I think we could…”

expertly tried to one up the other as they proposed one

discussion extended over the day as the kids were

painting? And

She recalled that back in the day while attempting to aid Tye, she had mistakenly bitten him on the shoulder. If Evan was Tye, should he not have borne tooth marks

he bitten on the left shoulder, or the

that it

in order to ascertain his identity. “Evan, do you think just by outright denying it, I would not be able to discover whether you are the owner of the painting

as Nicole was leading the kids through the front yard after returning from school, she saw Sylphiette badgering Evan to help her weave a garland. “Evan, I can’t quite reach those flowers up there. Will you be a dear

kids fumed. Having exchanged knowing glances, all of them

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