Araceli POV
"Mommy, are you okay?"
Krish's calm voice, coming from the other end of the line.
I said gently, "Honey, I'll be home later. Wait for me at home for half an hour. I'll take you and Valeria to daycare."
"Mommy, I can take Valeria to daycare," Krish said, "It's only a ten-minute bus ride. Mommy, don't worry about us."
I sighed slightly inwardly.
I was an unfit mother.
Krish and Valeria were born without a father, and I was always busy with work; Krish and Valeria were really unlucky in their childhood compared to other children...
Suddenly...
My mind went back to the man I met on the cruise last night...
That man could say exactly what happened that night five years ago, so he was the same beast from five years ago!
He met me again five years later and tried to do the same thing again, drugging me...
I closed my eyes and slowly said, "Krish, thank you. Be careful. I'll pick you guys up tonight."