Olivia POV

The dark clouds rolled in, matching my mood. I wanted it over, if not then soon. The kids were my anchor keeping me there. Were it not for them I would have been a ghost already.

I couldn’t leave when they still needed me, so I swallowed the hurt and kept going.

Gritting my teeth I made my way down to the main floor of the mansion. Ellis kept far away from me, as he had for nearly a day since I’d told him off.

We slept in separate beds, but in the ...