Chapt. 15

"Anna," Louisa yelled from her daughter's room after noticing her absence. "You better be down there already dressed." Nothing but the children's show could be heard. Louisa reached the sitting room to see Gianna seated on the carpet legs crossed. One good thing is she was already in her uniform.

"Won't you give mum a morning kiss or aren't you happy to see me?"

She arrived at Marley's from the hospital when the kids were already asleep. Zaphrina pleaded to return the next day for her daughter but the urge to have Gianna by her side suppressed the pleads. The little girl must have been so tired to have slept during the ride home and not bulge when carried in and out of the car. If not for Gianna's slow breathes, she would've thought her daughter was dead.

"I'm sorry, mum." She rushed to hug her mother tightly.

"I missed you so much, sweetheart." Gianna nuzzled in the crook of her neck so much that Louisa felt like she was in a lake of lilies due to he