Mustering up his courage, Kyle declared, “So be it! This is for Mommy!”
Juan took a moment to mull things over. In the end, he still thought that was a bad idea. “What if Great-grandpa can’t bring it in himself to hit us but shifts his anger to Mommy? He’ll never forgive her then!”
Kyle furrowed his brows.
That was true. If that happened, they would have simply caused the situation to worsen.
Nevertheless, what else can we do now? We have run out of ideas.
Right then, Davin appeared and strode toward them. He had been rather worried about them.
“You two are still kneeling?”
Juan hung his head and nodded.
“Uncle Davin, do you have any idea on how we can get Great-grandpa to open that door and let us in?”
Davin fell into a thoughtful silence. After a while, he sighed.
“You guys are willing to do anything for your Mommy, huh?”
Kyle shot him a suspicious look. Did he really come up with a plan?
Beside him, Juan was equally as doubtful. He asked, “Uncle Davin, you’ve thought of something?”
Davin did not reply. He gave them a mysterious yet meaningful smile before getting up to leave.
While this may not be the best idea around, at least it’s better than them kneeling here all day long! Something must be done!
Five minutes later.
The two kids suddenly screamed loudly. After that, they burst into tears, their wails growing progressively louder. The utter fear and terror in their cries were obvious.
In his room, Russell was shocked at the noise. They were fine, merely a moment ago. Why would they suddenly be crying now? And together at the same time too! Even if one of them fell down or something, they shouldn’t sound like that!
Uneasiness swelled within him. If anything happened to both of them, I will never be able to live with myself!
Unbothered about his earlier anger, he instantly swung his door open.
“Why are you two crying like that?”
Upon hearing their great-grandfather’s voice, Juan and Kyle dashed into the room like the hounds of Hell were on their heels. Huge droplets of tears trailed down their cheeks.
Russell checked them over for injuries, finding none. The hallway outside was empty too. He could not understand why they would suddenly start bawling like that.
That was simply too scary!
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