Chapter 477: Growing family (4)
Annalise tried to think of the last time she had cared for a child more than one night. She played with the children at home, but she never had any need to watch over them for more than a few hours at a time.
She didn’t have any siblings nor did she take any jobs watching over children when she came to this kingdom.
There was the one time she helped her mother hide the children in one house when they thought the war was going to go on for many days, but her father had returned with news that the guards were backing off.
It wouldn’t be the best answer to mention that the one time she cared for children for nearly a day had something that had to do with war.
"I have not taken care of a child for more than one night. At home, I was busy following my father’s lead because I would one day have to take care of leading our people. Rafael didn’t mention that, did he?" Annalise asked as Thelma’s reaction seemed genuine this time.
"You will be the leader. Something like a queen, I assume. That means the two of you will be busy so who will be caring for Lydia? I hope that you do not plan to have others raise her while you are away," Thelma said against this if that was what the two planned to do. She disliked seeing parents hire someone to care for their children.
It was an issue Thelma had with some of the nobles because they sometimes left their children in the hands of strangers. She witnessed it often in her job as a maid before working at the orphanage.
Lydia was a sweet child who should have her mother and father around. Thelma thought that with Rafael still being a knight, Annalise would be around in his absence to care for Lydia, but now it seemed like the two of them would be busy.
"No. The war has come to an end so I won’t be so busy that I will need someone to care for Lydia every day. Even if there are days when I must be away and need to have my mother or Beatrice watch Lydia, would that be so wrong? I would be there in the morning and at night to see Lydia. I won’t rely on anyone else to raise Lydia," Annalise promised.