Disapproval!

"We did, yes. But it wasn't abandoned. We saw signs indicating that a couple lived there previously. That's when we knew that we needed to find you. So we started searching for clues about where you might be hiding out."

"Turns out there wasn't too much to find. All we needed to do was search for people who knew the area. It's not like anyone would suspect that you'd run off somewhere. We just couldn't stay there any longer."

"Every night I'd come home exhausted from searching for you but the next morning I'd feel guilty because I realised that I should be doing more for you than that. So the next night I went out on another search. When I returned, you were gone." He paused again, sighing deeply.

"It took a lot of convincing and threats, but eventually I agreed to let you go to live with us. And you have to promise me that you won't ever try to leave us."

Serena nodded. "I promise."

"Good, because you can't just run away every time things get bad. If you had done that, we never woul