Letting the Kids Know

"Mum?"

"Yes, Maya?"

"Why does that woman, Connor's mum, dislike you so much? Isn't she supposed to be your sister?" She asks as Mikayla sits at the edge of her bed to read them their bedtime story.

Mikayla bites her lower lips, wondering how to tell them or if she can tell them. She looks for help towards the doorway where Lucas leans on and is watching them.

He smiles and nods...

"Okay, rather than a bed time story, I'll tell you the story of two sisters, okay?"

Maya nods while Miles turns his body to face her so he'll concentrate.

"So, once in a time, there was this small baby that was left behind by her parents at the door of an orphanage. She grew up there and when she was three, a family that had no child adopted her. Two years later, that family gave birth to their own child. We'll call her El and we'll call the first sister Em."

"Em for M in your name." Miles mutters and Mikayla rubs his head fondly.

"Ever since Em became conscious, her family has always let her know that she w