551 Family time (2)

Scarlet and Jaden were eating Luther's precious roast after nicely forcing his guest away. Not that either of the two seemed to care: the guest had a smile on his face while leaving, and Luther was observing the twins with his usual keen eye.

Maybe the Woods had missed it, but Lara could see that he was really looking at them, with all of his attention. It had been like this for her too when she was a child. He would actually listen - and remember what she said later. It was one of the reasons why she loved him so much. He wasn't pretending to listen. Even if she was a child, he cared about what she said. He saw what she did.

It was not much of a surprise that he had noticed something was off with the twins.

«I have something to ask, uncle,» she started when she was ready. On one side, he was scary. He could see things she wanted to keep secret.