I'll always protect you.

Anna felt like she had been bamboozled, and watched in horror as William picked up Andrea into his arms gently, letting their daughter wrap her arms around him.

“William.” She said his name in a hard tone that made all three of them turn to look at her.

The twins looked wide eyed at their mother and she felt bad for making them alarmed like this. In a much softer tone, she murmured, “Andrew, Andrea, you both should go play, okay? I need to speak with your father for a moment.”

“But, mommy…” Andrew tried to protest but William himself could see the dark clouds over Anna’s face. He didn’t come here to make trouble.

Dropping Andrea back to the ground, he said, “Listen to your mother. I’m not going anywhere.”

He tried to put on a reassuring smile which did wonders because his son didn’t say anything more in protest and nodded.

Anna watched with a heavy feeling in her heart as Andrew took his sister’s hands and tugged her away from there, back into