- So, if Vlad has 4 apples and Connor picks one of Vlad's apples, how many apples will Vlad have? -
- Vlad should stop being friends with Connor. -
- Blair! That 's not nice. -
- Yeah! Connor should get his own apples! -
- Caleb! -
William takes a deep breath.
- Vlad has 4 apples for sale and Connor buys one, how many apples Vlad have now? -
- Oh… Three! -
The kids answered together. After the lesson, William goes to prepare dinner. They ate, brushed their teeth and changed clothes to their pajamas. William gave them one hour to play before sleep and finally checked his communicator just to find a message from Dustine that could not be worse.
Dustine - "Hi Willy! Sorry for asking but, who is Blair's mom?"
William gets creeped out and instantly stops the children from playing and puts them in bed in a very fast and cold manner. This was very confusing and annoying for Caleb and Blair, so they sneaked out of their rooms to know what was actually happening. William was walking in circles staring at the message they couldn't read because of how far it was. He couldn't believe in it, for the four years they have known each other, Dustine never made a question this personal. Blair tries to reach out but Caleb stops her, grabbing her by her tail.
- You can't do that! He will notice! -
He murmured.
- That's what I want! -
She murmured back, before slapping him with her tail to try to force him let her go, he gets angry so he pushed her with all his force, she his her back on the wall on the end of the hallway and then Caleb giver her a elbow to force her to back to her room. He throws Blair on the ground and stretches himself to close Blair's bedroom door as fast as possible, but the moment he touches the handle, he feels William staring at him with disapproval. Caleb slowly turns his head and sees William almost a meter of distance from him with his arms crossed. Caleb screams with his voice shaking:
- I…I CAN EXPLAIN! -
William makes a gesture telling him to go on. Caleb slowly releases the handle and bends down with hands on head almost crying while William slowly gets closer.
- Caleb. Hitting your sister is unacceptable, you will be grounded for this. -
William bends down to talk with Caleb.
- You're not going to get any sweets for a week. -
Caleb gets confused, so he release his head and askes:
- Just that? -
- What? You wanted me to not let you eat anything the next week? Not even criminals are treated that way! -
Caleb opens a big smile and jumps on William, throwing them both on the ground while hugging him tight.
- I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! -
William grabs him under his arms, stands up and puts Caleb on the ground. Then he entered Blair's room and she was crying and rolling on the floor.
- HE HITTED ME! HE 'S A MEANIE! -
- Blair! Calm down! Are you ok? -
- HE'S A MEANIE! -
- Blair, answer me. Are you ok? -
- mmm… Yeah… -
Blair murmured, sitting on the floor. William turns his head and looks directly into Caleb's eyes.
- Caleb, apologise. -
Caleb stays in silence for a few seconds.
- Sorry Blair. -
- Blair? -
William turns his head back to Blair.
- Sorry Caleb. -
She answers. William stands up and put Blair back in her bed, but right when he decided to leave, Blair grabs his sleeve and asks:
- What happened? -
- What do you mean? -
- The green thing. You looked at the green thing and then you sad. -
- It's nothing, now go to sleep. -
- Good night. -
- Good night Blair. -
William gets out of her bedroom and goes to put Caleb in his bed too.
- Good night. -
- Good night Caleb. -
William goes to the bathroom, he sees something in the mirror, looks like him, but something is off, like something was wearing his skin. He decided to ignore and after finishing his shower, he goes to his room and sits on his bed, staring at Dustine's message for over half an hour until he finally answered.