Before Jacqueline could answer, Micah pulled her behind him and stared at Anna warily, "If you're done apologizing, you two can leave now."

Anna looked at Micah unhappily. When she saw Micah protecting Jacqueline like this, she felt as if something that originally belonged to her had been taken away from her.

Micah used to be her brother and her brother only!

"Micah, I know I shouldn't have talked about your Mommy like that. Please forgive me," Anna said pitifully. This apology was much more