"...Mom?"
Hannah and the others turned their heads up, watching as Diana slowly made her way down the stairs. She just strolled there casually, almost as if she just came back from buying groceries; none of them really knew what to say at the moment— except for Hannah.
"This… thing is your doing?" Hannah said as she pointed at Karina.
"That thing is your brother's daughter," Diana quickly answered; the tone of her voice, slightly stern as she looked Hannah straight in the eyes. After several more steps down, however, she turned her attention to Karina, who was hiding behind Bernard.
"Ah, aunt— Grandma Diana!?"
Karina's entire body quickly jolted up as soon as their eyes met. Karina tried her very best to not stray her eyes away; her hea, however, didn't seem to share the same sentiment,
