Chapter 78. Another Woman

Aurora

The children had a lot of fun with Xavier today. He took them to their favorite park, bought ball dresses for Jannie and tuxedos for Jay.

I hid my smile as they filled my ears with every detail of their day. He also took them to watch a Broadway show and the photos they took were cute and funny—Xavier looked like he was out of place but the wide smile on his face as Jannie squeezed was enthralling.

When he arrived, I had dashed into my room and left Mum to attend to him. He had left a few minutes later after a little argument ensued between him and Mom. I suspected it was because of me. Mom refused to say a word about it when I asked but as she cleared her throat and stole subtle glances at me right now, I suspected what she was about to talk about.

I drew the blanket over me as I focused on the television show but I gave up after a few minutes. The conversations with Xavier kept replaying in my head and as if the world was against me, the show