"Since then, both of us have lived here, and mother has never once left this house. Even if she goes out, it's just walking in the back garden and sitting on the house's terrace. I believed Aunt Britney never mentioned us to protect us both.
That's why no one mentions the name Bethany or Britney's niece. No one ever knows when a confidant turns into a traitor or a spy masquerading as an internal member. Pretending that Bethany and Gina were never in Britney's life is much safer than discussing them quietly.
Britney and Hades lived pretending they didn't have a sister but never stopped thinking about the condition of little Bethany and Gina residing in Europe.
Only when Pierre, traveling abroad on the grounds of a student exchange while secretly giving some cash to Bethany, made Britney feel calm. Pierre often brought videotapes of Bethany and Gina to show Britney but finally decided to stop contacting Bethany as soon as Gina started to grow up.
