A Man of his Word
“Noel, Kendra! Are you okay?!” Elara frantically ran over to her children and examined them from head to toe. During the car ride home, Arthur had explained to her that the children were fine, but that they had an unexpected visitor. Only after she saw that Kendra and Noel were unscathed did she let out a huge sigh of relief.
Damien walked up right then.
“Damien, are you okay too?” Elara grabbed his shoulders and asked him this.
“Yeah, I’m okay.” Damien shrugged, unsure what had gotten into his aunt.
Another sigh of relief.
Arthur walked up to Beatrice right then, who he had put in charge while he was away.
“Brief me on what happened,” Arthur demanded.
Beatrice filled him in on how they found the girl in the yard with blood all over her body. It turned out Noel,
