Briar smiled reassuringly at Lyra as if saying, 'It's fine,' and said, "Whatever you are thinking, stop it. Just always know that no matter what title I carry, my love for you kids will never change." Her gaze scanned the three as a whole.
"We_"
Briar cut the one who wanted to speak and continued, "I just hope that in this period we are mother and children, or even after this all ends. You will continue to carry yourself with dignity and be good kids.
I have been your nanny since I was fifteen years old and it's been over a decade now. I know the kids that I raised and I am very proud of those kids. They are my whole world and for them, I can do anything," her tone deepened as she looked at the kids.
If she didn't love the kids, she would have disrupted their lives a very long time ago. And all it would take was to expose Selena. Even without including herself, she could do it covertly and benefit somehow. But she didn't do it.