"My greatest apologies for causing your family pain." It was Eli apologizing this time.
Tamina blinked her tears away, waving a dismissive hand in the air as her sons resigned to a brief moment of sadness. "We were all fooled. What is done is done. The right thing to seek now is the way forward." She clapped. "Boys, let us be on our way now. Help the travellers with their things. We use the backdoor, do not forget the ones we are avoiding."
Her sons started getting to work.
Done, they all started their short journey to Kami's family house. Now realizing they had left their carriage behind, Eli walked behind Belladonna like her shadow, if she were to be tired from exhaustion, he would be there to help.
"Boys, do not tell your wives of this."
Were they all living in the same house with their wives?
"What? That is impossible! Kristi knows everything I know." Braided beards yelled, as they moved around the trees.
"Can you, for once, keep a secret?" Baldy jabbed.