Chapter 13. Daddy Said...

"Reyona?" Ruth Lanoth spoke as she seemed to recover from her shock. She looked at the groceries in her hand, then back at Reyona and the kids, her eyes darting from them to her.

She seemed to almost have a seizure when she saw Leah on Reyona's lap.

Reyona smiled inwardly as she doubted that the woman had any idea how transparent her face was. Her son must have learned his highly deceptive face from someone else. His father?

Well, she would never know; the man had been long dead before Reyona met Thomas.

"Mum!" Reyona replied excitedly as she gave the remote in her hands to Allysyn and carried Leah at her waist as she went to meet her mother-in-law, where the woman still stood as if she had no idea if she should proceed into the room or bolt.

Reyona saw the way the woman's eyes darted between her and the children, as if pondering if she should get the children out first or Reyona herself.

"How does it feel?" Reyona thought as she hugged the woman."Hi, I