Chapter 12

KADE'S POV “Mommy?” I couldn't describe my feelings when I heard that childish voice. It was like a hand plucking away the gloom inside me. I turned around almost instinctively, however, Andrea was faster than me, and like a mother animal protecting her cubs, she rushed toward the voice, rightly blocking my sight. “Hi, sweetheart. What are you two doing here?” Her voice was cheerful mixed with a kind of worry. You two? I frowned and then I saw two little heads leaning over her side to look at me. Those faces, were clearly a replica of mine! My blood was boiling, and an almost frantic certainty welled up in me: those were my pups, and Andrea had hidden them! “Who is he, mommy?” The taller of the two kids asked and my heart handed over the air. “Nobody, darling.” Her voice was unruffled, fueling the anger inside me again. How dare she call me Nobody before our kids? I approached her angrily but soon I sniffed the air. My feet stopped as my puzzled eyes fell on the two kids. Why did they