When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Audrey was finally free, but she huffed in frustration, “You’re mean, Mommy! I called you earlier, but you ignored me and let me get bullied!”

Oh? Is she mad at me?

I glanced toward Shaun as I was being falsely accused.

However, the boy’s eyes widened as he said seriously, “It’s true, Mrs. Fuller. We saw you earlier, but you ignored us. You left your wallet and Audrey before leaving.”

“Were you guys seeing things?” I was really telling the truth because I had been brought away since I arrived. I never even had the chance to go anywhere else.

Still, Shaun insisted, “No, Mrs. Fuller! That person looked exactly like you.”

There was a possibility if Audrey had seen it wrong since she was quite a careless person. But if Shaun was insistent on it, it had to mean that the woman really did look like me.

Even so, it didn’t mean that it was right for them to sneak out.

to say this once, okay? The woman you guys saw earlier looked like me, but it wasn’t me. I would never leave my kids behind and

was different from being at home. It wasn’t somewhere they should mess around as they please. Besides, as a

but her anger vanished a while later. She looked aggrieved and guilty as she asked, “Was

chimed in, “Your mom was with Summer and me the whole time.

deep sigh and dropped her head. “Okay. I’m sorry, Mommy. I

wrong,” I said, my voice sterner than before. “But your mistake isn’t mistaking someone else for me. It’s that you sneaked out without telling any of us adults. Think about it.

a sideways glance at the security. Then, her head seemed to have drooped lower as she said, “I’d be treated like a naughty kid

wouldn’t be the end of it,” Emery said. “You might have bumped into some bad guys and gotten kidnapped.

burst into tears the next second. She didn’t dare to cry out loud

a hero would have their soft-hearted moments, let alone

down and melted into goo the moment I

and swept her

my neck as she bawled, “I

couldn’t get anything else out of my mouth besides