Daniel’s eyes flicked past me and widened when he saw them.
Aaron stepped forward. “Where have you been? And why did you leave us? We found the box with the money and our documents…”
Daniel and Laura looked at each other.
“We can explain,” Daniel said.
“So, it’s true. You are alive.”
“We wanted to take you all, we planned to,” Laura said, “but… There were seven of you. And Grace was only four.”
“We had to leave in a hurry that day. We didn’t even have time to come back for the money in that box. The situation was impossible,” Daniel said. He turned to me then. “It’s still impossible. Mom, please, you must reactivate that account. We need—”
Grace cut through his words like a blade.
“No!”
Everyone turned to her.
“It was impossible.”
“You left us. You let us think you were dead! You had ten years to explain, but you only came back now for money,” Grace said.
