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day without fear. Terrible secrets cloaked in beauty ready to pounce fr
olet-a charm before they left for school. The charm contained some magic to cloud their
hem feel special. The charms were made from wood and carved into the shape of fl
," I said. "Promise me." I sm
, Ma
y and kissed me goodbye. T
vel witch who opened a tarot shop, saw
she asked curiously. "Their true identity... You
, it's still too early, Gloria," I replied, smiling faintly. "No doubt that is the o
"Just don't tel
ain. "Absol
gle parent was challenging, especially when I had to be e
people would want to hurt my family or kill them. That
se I had to work. Before leaving the ap
but his military uniform made him more defined. Yet Rose, Jasmine, and Violet know him a
staurant. My boss, Mr. Mathew, was a tyrant; he wanted everything done perfect
e one over there hasn't been cleaned yet!" he
possible. I don't want his dirty, fat hands on m
, ignoring the people passing by outside. The mortal with the same routine tended t
as hard as river water. A smooth wave as gentle as a feather swept over
's t
styled black hair didn't move as he walked. He stopped in the midd
my eyes met those beads, I felt skinned alive. But a second later, a sense of familiarity hit
was startled, frozen in place. Once again, I ventured to look a
a trick of
cal had happened as I sta
in my mind that m
s, I think he was a werewolf. I
ews. I had to think of some
hy I've been hiding for years. Someone I never wante
into a panic attack,
a thousand away and located at the end of this continent. With no family who would
oon, when my shift was over, I boarded a bus and got off in front of an e
g. Their faces were indeed similar. Gloria said they're inheriting my beauty and g
waved first when s
hree daughters healthy and safe, clos
oday!" reported Violet, some
y second daughter. Jasmine's pink chee
to what those brats said
rubbed her tiny shoulders. Gently, I asked, "W
ine looked somber again and added, "They also said that Violet
med to understand her responsibility to look after her sisters, e
My chest ached every time the same case occurred. I was an orphan, too; I
red soothingly while holding back tears.
Rose e
n't bring you together
e and pointed behind her. "No,
ked in the same direction
right. I
an off. I was distr
t!" I shouted, running after t
an I had expected. I smelled my daughter's aro
aaah
aaah
the man in front of them pu
me? I'm not your Papa!" the man shouted with a voi
r occurred to me that the man was real. I downloaded a random soldier's image on the intern
tried to hug him
e man became
d my triplet
aight before the stranger, pleading, "Please forgiv
" Violet insisted and pulled ou
et, t
an's hand. He was startled and snapp
, I
going
ro. A gust of wind brought the familiar scent of vanilla and bergamot to my nostrils-the unforgettable one, as if I had smelled that
ned m
ht at me with a piercing look in his red eyes. My
ding had brou