“You’d better open your eyes right now, or you’ll be sorry!” Nicole said and spanked him on his bottom.
Juan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Nicole. “Mommy? What happened? My head feels dizzy, and I can’t remember anything…”
Hah! Still trying to pretend, eh?
“That’s okay. Mommy’s gonna take you back to Wicked Palace in a bit. You’ll remember everything after I lock you up in there.”
What? Did I hear that right?
“I don’t wanna go there! I wanna be with Daddy! Will you stay with us, Mommy?”
Nicole let out a sigh and looked him in the eye. “Juan, things are really complicated between Mommy and Daddy. You kids shouldn’t meddle with adult affairs like these, okay? You can give Daddy a call and have him pick you up if you want to go back with him.”
Looks like it won’t be easy to solve the problem between Mommy and Daddy!
“Do you like Mr. Levant, Mommy? You really don’t like Daddy anymore?”
Nicole gave him a pat on the head. “You’re too young to understand this, Juan. Now, hurry up and put your shirt on.”
Adult relationships really are complicated! Mommy used to like Daddy a lot, so I thought we would all be together forever… I can’t believe everything has changed!
Juan nodded in agreement and pouted as he put his shirt back on.
“So, Nina painted those wounds to stop the wedding?” John asked Damien.
Damien nodded. “That’s right! There’s no way those kids could get hurt with us watching over them!”
“Why were you guys late, then? Do you know how worried we were when none of you answered our calls? We were this close to kidnapping the bride!” John pressed on.
Damien and Darius exchanged glances, and Darius spoke up, “Let me do the explaining!” He then sat down and began telling the story.
The kids had woken up really early that morning. Nina was helping Maya with her makeup while Juan wandered around the stairs. He bumped into Susan as he turned a corner, and she was shocked to see his wounds.
“How did you get injured like this?”
Juan kept quiet and ran back to the bedroom.
Susan found his behavior suspicious and decided to eavesdrop outside the bedroom door. That was when she heard Kyle telling Maya, “If anyone asks you about these wounds, just say the bad woman did it.”
“Bad woman? You mean Ms. Susan?”
“Yeah, just say she did it!”
Susan tensed up when she heard that. I know I’ve abused Maya before, but that’s all in the past now! Besides, someone already took the fall, so why is she doing this now? No, I can’t let her expose me! Evan will kill me if he finds out!
She waited outside the door, and Maya came out shortly after with bruises on her face and cuts on her arms.
I’ve never hurt her this badly before! This has nothing to do with me! Is she trying to set me up?
“Maya, what happened to your face and arms?”
Maya froze. Susan would kill me if I said she did this!
“It’s none of your business! Out of our way!” Nina suddenly piped up.
Susan turned towards her in shock. “Those wounds of yours…”
“I said, it’s none of your business!” Nina rolled her eyes at her.
