"I'm not going anywhere!"
"You will watch your tone, young lady!"
Ian's gaze hardened at the statement. He had initially softened his stance with Samantha earlier as he felt like he had been guilty from the 'neglect'. After Shelby had spoken to Ian that day about the children, he had thought long and hard and knew that he had to keep his promise to the woman he had loved with all of his heart. However, that did not mean that he would tolerate such disrespect.
Samantha folded her arms, her sentiments, painted all over her. She angled and raised her chin slightly and narrowed her eyes as she stared at Ian. Shelby looked from one to the other as Gabriel folded himself more into her as he also watched on. She rubbed his back fondly.
"I don't like Sam now…"
"Why?" Shelby probed.
"She is going to make Daddy angry, and then he will leave us!"
