Chapter 25 - Familial Matters

"So, how did it go?" questioned Aaron and Victoria when Sean and Seraphina dropped in to pick Sia up from the former's house. "It went better than I had expected," replied Sean, "Aunt Sophie told Seraphina off in court today. She testified for Adrian too." "Oh honey," Victoria said softly, trying to comfort Seraphina, "I'm so sorry that happened. Don't take it to heart, sweetie. Sophie's a nice woman. She's just trying to protect her son like any good mother would do. She probably doesn't even know the real story." "It's okay, Aunt Victoria," Seraphina replied with a small smile, "things are going to get harder from here and if I wanna survive this, I'm going to have to toughen up." "I think we've had this conversation for far too long. Why don't we move on to a lighter conversation?" Aaron said, realizing that the air had become gloomy.