Chapter 27: Meet the Moms
"Moms!" Kir shouted, drawing his parent's attention. The scowl on Darlae's face immediately disappeared as she marched over, Kordia still under her arm.
"Kir you had us worried sick!" they chorused together.
"Hi Kir..." Kordia said meekly, wiping her eyes.
"What are you doing with Kordia?" Kir asked.
"When you didn't come back, we went to find you," Brigit said, sitting in the unoccupied chair on Kir's right.
Darlae took the seat on Kir's left, and plopped Kordia into the seat across from him. "We split up and wandered the city. I found this one drawing pictures of you by the fountain."
"You found..." Kir facepalmed. "So you just abducted her?" Kir briefly wondered why Kordia had continued to draw him after promising not to turn over his likeness to the city guards, but the more pressing matter was... "That's kidnapping!"
"I wasn't gonna ransom her," Darlae said defensively.
"You don't need a ransom to kidnap someone!" Kir raised his voice. Already, their table had the attention of the entire room. It was free drama, after all.
"Kir is right," Brigit said, "We should probably let the girl go now..."