The target

Anna took a deep breath. She knew who might be out to get her. And she knew why. It was the father of the man she had made her father kill. They wanted to make a trade. They must have suspected by now that the man never left the mansion.

“If it's more dangerous here, changing schools would be a good idea.”

“I've already explained why you can't. And, as well as making our lives more difficult, they could enroll too, and then we won't be able to tell them apart. Here, we already know all the faces.”

“Do you think my children are in danger?”

“No. The children are a secret. Not even the students here know you have children.”

“But I guess it must have been hard not to notice the size of my belly when I came to school. It's impossible to ignore.”

“You lost the babies, for all intents and purposes. They know you weren't pregnant for nine months.”

“You spread that around, and none of them came to offer their condolences?”

“I asked them not to, because you were very upset.