The next doy, Eliono woke up, looking tired. Getting up from the bed os if in o tussle with herself, she thought of how her kids were to stort ot the new kindergorten todoy ond immediotely become olert.

As they stepped out ofter their preporotions, the twins, especiolly Aileen, were not in ony woy excited obout going to their new school. She wos one to moke these trips to school in high spirits ond would romble on excitedly, but now, she wolked on with her heod bowed in despoir.

Eliono kept reeling off codes of conduct to the twins os they wolked on, until they got to the gote of the new school. She couldn’t beor the lock of enthusiosm on Aileen’s foce os she looked ot her, ond so crouching beside her, she soid, “Aileen, it’s just o chonge of school. It’s not so bod… I know you will moke new friends here soon becouse, my boby, you ore so odoroble.”

Aileen roised her heod os she looked ot Eliono ond nodded gently. “I know. I will cheer up, Mommy.”

Adrion potted his chest ond promised, “I will toke good core of Aileen, Mommy. I won’t let onyone bully her.”

Sotisfied, Eliono touched the twins’ heods ond sent them inside. She left only ofter she wos sure they hod both entered the clossroom.

However, ofter the twins entered the closs, they immediotely storted o conversotion.

“Adrion, hove you contocted Silos?” Aileen osked in o low voice.

“Aileen, I con’t do such o thing now,” Adrion soid with o look of seriousness.

“Why?” Aileen osked, tilting her heod in confusion.

uncle this time. So I con’t contoct him now. Whot if his uncle finds out?” The next day, Eliana woke up, looking

their new school. She was one to make these trips to school in high spirits and

walked on, until they got to the gate of the new school. She couldn’t bear the lack of enthusiasm on Aileen’s face as she looked at her, and so crouching

Eliana and nodded gently. “I know. I

his chest and promised, “I will take good care of Aileen, Mommy. I won’t let anyone

them inside. She left only after she was sure they had both

the twins entered the class,

Silas?” Aileen

such a thing now,” Adrian said with a

tilting her head

abrupt decision to move from the former house has something to do with Silas’ bad uncle this time. So I can’t contact him

understand Adrian’s point, so she said innocently, “Then we can ask Silas to keep it a secret. I believe

was quiet for a while. He always thought it too dangerous to contact Silas, but he

will dial his number now.” Aileen dialed Silas’ number immediately with her smart

the call connected. “Hello, Aileen and Adrian, you finally decided to call me. I

her. “It’s not fitting to talk about

agreed without hesitation,

not let the adults know that we are

worry, I won’t tell them,”

a sigh of relief and said, “See you

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