Chapter 289
289 –Seems Like A Spy To Me
Madeline:
The morning was the same. I woke up with the others and took care of my children.
We had our food, and now we had to leave. However, the problem was that we did not know where we would be going from here.
Once we hit the road, Baxter took Yuvonne’s bags. At that point, she was the only one who still had her belongings.
The rest of us had lost our things.
“You did not tell me why Bonnie and her family were back at the motel p>
Baxter started to speak to me, making me take a few steps forward so that I was shoulder to shoulder with him.
My kids were in front of me, trying to keep their balance with Yuvonne. Of course, they did not like her. I did not like her either.
But I wished that she would get better soon. Her trauma was immense.
Although I had woken up in a very bad mood, the moment I saw her change into a blue dress and step out of the bathroom, I noticed all the bite marks and bruises on her body, and I could not complain anymore.
She was quick to put a sweater on over it, but I had already seen enough of her injuries.
“You remember they had that uncle with them. His girlfriend had found work near the border, where rogues get some work. But they have to be very close, because if they do not take the work first, they will not get it,” I tried to explain as much as possible.
However, Baxter seemed lost.
He slowed down, and they eventually came to a halt.
“That does not explain why they left in such a hurry,” they complained.
“Right, I asked that girl, Yuri, and she said they heard screams. They were probably Nala’s, and they thought they were also under attack. So they left,” I explained, shrugging my shoulders.
“What are you talking about? Maybe I can help,” Yuvonne uttered softly, then turned to us.
“ It is mommy and daddy’s talk. You should not intervene between them,” Elara complained to her, which made Yuvonne step away from us and then wander ahead again, almost as if she was upset that a child had snapped at her.
“Elara, she is older than you, ” Baxter remarked softly, trying to be kind while teaching her manners.
Something snapped inside me.
“You do not need to tell my child that. She knows how to talk to others. It was not a big deal,” I replied sharply.
The way I snapped made Baxter stare back at me with clear disappointment.
“Anyway, I think the cabin is safe. But if you think it is not, then we will not go there,” I told him, then stepped ahead, making it clear that I was not in the mood to have another conversation with him about Yuvonne.
Once we reached the main trail, Yuvonne started turning around quite often. Because Baxter and I were falling
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behind, I guessed she wanted to know what we were talking about. I could not be sure.
“Why are we heading toward the top of the mountain?” she finally questioned after watching us for a while.
“There is a cabin up there with a lot of food supplies and other things, unless somebody else has already taken it over,” Baxter explained to her.
I noticed the way her eyes widened.
“Really? That is interesting. That must be really easy to live then,” she remarked.
I did not know why, but I felt odd about everything. Her interest in everything stood out. It could have been because she was going to stay here, but something about it still felt off to me.
Once we reached the top, Baxter and I decided to go and check the cabin, while she stayed outside with the kids. I did not ask her to stay there.
I thought she was following me, because she had been so curious, and I expected her to come and check the cabin with us.
“Make sure you are very quiet when we go inside. We do not know if anybody is staying there and might think they are being ambushed or attacked,” Baxter warned.
He explained that just because we had stayed here before did not mean we should barge in.
If somebody else had taken over, they might think someone was coming to rob them, and they could be ready to resist or attack. We did not want any trouble.
I gave him a nod and stepped behind him. We were crouching as we moved forward, but the moment we reached the living room, we realized it had been left exactly the way we had left it. It did not seem like anyone else had
come in.
“I think it is safe,” I stated, straightening my posture.
Baxter nodded as well.
“Yeah, I think so too,” he replied calmly.
“So what are we going to do?” I asked, placing my hands on my waist. “We have too many people to leave now. Where would we even go p>
“We do have too many people,” Baxter uttered, and I was sure he noticed my narrowed eyes, because thanks to him, we were in this situation.
“Okay, then we will stay here,” he added quickly, realizing we had no other choice. We had too many mouths to feed now.
But as I turned around and noticed that Yuvonne still had not come inside, panic started to rise in me. It got worse when I heard the panicked screams.
“Mommy, mommy, save me!” Gina screamed.
Baxter and I shared a quick glance before we rushe
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