Chapter 117
Lisa smiled at her and stood up pretending she was about to leave but to Isabel’s surprise she removed the duvet Isabella used in covering her body and to her surprise she saw Isabella’s leg bandaged.
“Isabella, Did you break your leg?” Lisa asked, almost yelling. Isabella joined her lips together staring at her mom who was looking so furious. There were a lot of traits the quadruplet possessed, one was joining their lips together when scared or rather nervous, they got that from Lisa.
Another was them biting their fingernails and many more.
“How come? When did it happen?” Lisa asked Isabella who was almost on the verge of tears. Isabella hated the fact that her mom was yelling at her. It hurts her to see her mom angry.
“It happened in school yesterday when I was running down the stairs” Isabella sniffed
“It happened in school and the school authority didn’t bother to call me? Did your nanny know about this?” Lisa asked. The quadruplet’s nanny was the one who took them to school every day and made sure they got home safely from school. She also bathed the kids, prepared food for them, and made sure they were okay.
“Yes mom,” Isabella said in response
“And she didn’t tell me? What about your sisters? They knew too?” Lisa asked and Isabella nodded. This time the tears she’s been holding for so long she let go. Lisa wasn’t surprised her other kids knew and wouldn’t tell her.
If there was one thing she knew about her quadruplets, if they made promises to keep something from Lisa, they were going to keep it and nothing in this world would make them break their promises. In the same way, they’ve to get each other’s back.
Lisa joined her lips together as she stared at Isabella who was in tears and at the leg which was bandaged.
“Lisa, what’s going on? I heard your voice from outside” Daniel says as he walks inside the room with the kids behind him.
“Daniel, Isabella broke her leg at school and the school authority didn’t bother to call me, nor did her nanny bother to tell me. No one told me, not even her sisters” Lisa said, staring at the rest of the kids who were now hiding behind Daniel.
“Lisa let’s talk outside,” Daniel said and Lisa walked out of the room.
“Isabella, stop crying alright? I’ll talk to your mom. And the rest of you wait here, I’ll be back with what I got for you guys” Daniel said and smiled at the quadruplets before walking out of the room.
“Lisa, Lisa ” Daniel called as he walked behind Lisa who was walking outside the house. Lisa turned to him and Daniel was Surprised to see Lisa in tears.
It breaks Lisa’s heart to see her daughter that way. She must be going through a lot of pain, Lisa thought as tears poured from her eyes.
“Lisa, ” Daniel called as he took a step toward her
“I’m gonna report the school to the ministry of education and I’m gonna fire the nanny then change them from the school. How can a child break a leg and they wouldn’t call a guardian? They should have called you at least ” Lisa said as she brought out her phone in her pocket but Daniel took it from her and hugged her.
“I hate to yell at them. It hurts me a lot” Lisa cried on Daniel’s shoulder.
” You know how convincing Isabella can be. I’m sure she told the school and her nanny not to tell you. She knew you would be at work and didn’t want you to worry about anything else” Daniel said
“But at least someone should have told me. Isabella is my daughter” Lisa said
“I understand how you feel. Isabella is going to be fine, they are all going to be fine” Daniel said as he pulled away from the hug and wiped her tears.
“It’s all my fault, Daniel. I hardly make time for the children, I’m always busy with work and when I return home at night they’re already asleep. If I had been paying more attention to them these wouldn’t be happening. I have not been a good mother to my kids” Lisa blamed herself.
“No no, Lisa it’s not your fault. Being a mother isn’t easy, especially for a beautiful quadruplet. All you do all day is for your kids’ well-being, for them to be able to go to school and have a good future. You are a good mother Lisa ” Daniel said to her and Lisa stared at him without saying a word.
“I’ll have the doctor come check her. I’m sure it’s a minor injury” Daniel said to Lisa and she nodded.
“I’ll go check on the kids. You should rest alright” Daniel said and with that, he walked back to the children’s room.
After Lisa and Daniel had left, Clarabella, Annabella, and Arabella stared at Isabella sadly as she was in tears.
They walked towards her and sat beside her.
“Stop crying, Isabel,” Clarabella said as she cleaned the tears in Isabella’s eyes.
“I’m sorry mommy yelled at you, please stop crying,” Anabella said
“Isabella,” Arabella called in her tiny voice and burst into tears. She hated the fact that her sister was in tears. It hurts her a lot.
“God!! Must you cry about everything?” Annabella said as she rolled her eyes.
“Stop crying Arabella, I’m fine,” Isabella said as she smiled at Arabella.
“Does your leg still hurt?” Arabella asked
“A Little bit,” Isabella said
“You’re gonna be fine,” Clarabella said and they all hugged each other.
Daniel stood by the door as he watched the children hug themselves. He loves these kids so much.
They loved each other and would console each other in hard times. They’ve always got each other back, Daniel thought smiling.
But there was something weird about the quadruplets that Daniel kept on thinking. Their eyes and most of what they do remind him of his old best friend, Alfred.
He quickly shook off the thoughts, maybe he was the one overthinking things.
TBC