Hopey sat straight in Samuel's lap, her tone turning serious.

"There's a mean old witch at Daddy's house. She's really bad, and she doesn’t like me and mommy together. She won't let Daddy and Mommy be together either. I hate that mean old witch! She sent my mommy away and I ran to find her, and then I met you, Uncle Samuel."

Samuel understood now. Eliana and Marcus didn’t really fight and break upfight.

The problem was the Sterling family, poisoned ...