Chapter 1: He’s back
Year 20xx - New City
Chapter 1
The joy of a single mother was seeing her kids enrolled in nursery school. Katherine squatted to her children’s height, caressing their faces lovingly as she sighed gloomily, feeling her mood dampened. She felt like taking them back home and hid them under her comforter.
This was the first time her children were leaving her sight. They were never alone, either with their nanny or her, but the twins were starting school today, and she was nervous. She was scared about leaving them by themselves.
Even though there would be a teacher assigned to them, the tug in her heart wouldn’t let her believe the competence of the teacher. She had researched the school before opting for her children there, a good, conducive environment, competent teachers, and all.
Her babies have grown. She pouted, sighing in distress, seeing her babies were less concerned about her endless worries. They were itching to mix it up with the other kids and started an adventure away from her.
Katherine stared at them, linking their hands together, squeezing them a little to comfort herself that her little babies would be okay.
"Be careful in class, always listen to your teachers, don’t fight—" Her lecture was cut off by her little girl.
"Mom, we know." Jasmine said with a frown, her brows coming together as she held her twin brother’s hand protectively. "We should take care of each other; whenever we see any stranger, we should run and find a policeman to call you or Uncle Mathew." She recited the anthem her mother had inculcated in them robotically.