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.

something to do with Silos’ bod uncle this time. So I con’t contoct him now. Whot if his uncle finds out?” The next day, Eliana

was one to make these trips to school in high spirits and would ramble on excitedly,

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 beside her, she said, “Aileen, it’s just a change of school. It’s not so bad… I know you will make new friends here soon because, my baby, you are so

as she looked at Eliana and

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

sent them inside. She left only

the twins entered the

contacted Silas?” Aileen asked in a low

do such a thing now,”

tilting her

move from the former house has something to do with Silas’ bad uncle this time. So

Adrian’s point, so she said innocently, “Then we can ask

quiet for a while. He always thought it too dangerous to contact Silas, but he couldn’t refute

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

came from the other end as soon as the call connected. “Hello, Aileen and Adrian, you finally decided to call me. I miss

to tell him where they were when Adrian, being cautious, interrupted her.

agreed without

a while and added, “Silas, please do not let the adults

worry, I won’t tell them,”

of relief and said,

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