Chapter 12: The Children (B)

The insides of the house was a mess! Mud everywhere!! And there was not a child in sight. The furniture was buried under the laundry and every other thing was out of place.

"I knew this would happen, they obviously did this to scare you away." Julien said, a dark look on his face. "Boys!" He yelled into the silence, going into the rooms to look for the children. I was left standing in the dirty sitting room. Well, what did you expect when you leave little children all by themselves?

"Mama?" I was startled to hear a tiny voice from behind a dirty armchair. A head was poking out but I couldn't tell what the child looked like as the child's face was covered in mud as if he was swimming in it.

"Hello, there. Come on out." I said to the pair of eyes staring at me.

"Mama?" The child said again. I wasn't sure if I should agree that I was the child's mother or not. I mean, I am now, only that I wasn't legally married to his father yet.

I decided to accept it.