134\u2013Fighting Over My Children\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeline:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you focusing on Gina? Ask him to give us Bodhi. If she wants to keep the daughters, she can keep them,\u201d that was when Lord Eldon spoke, and everyone went silent to look at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Graham wondered, staring at his father in confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am telling the truth. It is hard for any father to take care of daughters. They have their own issues, but we can keep the son,\u201d Lord Eldon explained, and Graham began to frown even deeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, I want Madeline to stay with me. You remember the promise you made to me,\u201d he told him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anxiety filled my veins. My fingers curled into tight fists. Bodhi and Gina were so frightened they hid in Baxter and Graham\u2019s arms, crying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember your promise, but she is clearly telling you she will not accept you. In that case, instead of taking Gina, why not take Bodhi?\u201d his father complained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I guessed Graham mentioning Gina made him assume his son only wanted one child to pressure me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So he chose Bodhi for the most obvious reason coming from a man like Lord Eldon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, Gina is more important to me than anything in the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as Graham said that, I saw Lord Eldon scrunch his nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy her? Why not a son? Do you not want a powerful heir? Bodhi could be that,\u201d Lord Eldon insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to look at Bodhi and noticed Baxter share a glance with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was written all over his face that he wanted desperately to tell the old man that Bodhi was his son, and the way he held his tongue made me realize he was far better than Graham.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not taking any child from me,\u201d I hissed, but the two ignored me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I am taking Gina. I am more connected to her,\u201d Graham explained, biting down on his words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His father shook his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are making a mistake. You are not thinking clearly. I will make the decision. And do not worry, I will get you Gina. And if you want, I can get all three of them,\u201d Lord Eldon stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was obvious he wanted Bodhi and wanted to be a grandfather to a boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it? You two are bargaining over my children?\u201d I asked, raising my voice until it broke.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I snapped out of my shock and reached over to pull Gina out of his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was when he began to protest, and Gina started to scream as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not want to be near Elara!\u201d She cried, and I paused with one hand holding hers while carrying Elara on my other arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGina, she is your sister,\u201d I told her, speaking through heavy heartbeats pounding in my temples.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why did she push me? She took me out here to see the well, and then she pushed me in. She said she does not love us. She said she will kill us,\u201d Gina cried, and the sound crushed something inside me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou heard her. She is scared of Elara,\u201d Graham replied, making me turn my head toward Elara, who seemed so stunned she could not even speak for herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was still just a baby, and her own siblings were staring at her as if she was something to fear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if you win custody someday, for now, do you not think you should separate the children from your murderous child?\u201d Lord Eldon remarked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grunted at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not open your mouth and say something like that about my child,\u201d I shouted, feeling pressure build in my\u00a0<\/p>\n
ears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, please step back. Do not ruin matters for me,\u201d Graham told him, finally realizing he had pushed me too\u00a0<\/p>\n
far.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you want to appear as a hero? You ruined everything for her. Look at her. All she needed was a good friend, Graham, but you used her state for what you wanted, even now,\u201d Baxter argued, still holding Bodhi in his arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not listen to you. I know what I am doing. All she has to do is\u2026\u201d Graham started to repeat himself, but I lifted my palm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGive me my daughter,\u201d I demanded, holding my hand out for Gina.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. Then we will take Bodhi,\u201d Lord Eldon countered, and I scrunched my nose at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you will not,\u201d I replied, and he began to chuckle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I will. He is my grandson. He will live with his grandfather,\u201d he said with pride.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At this point, I wished one of my children would speak up and tell him they did not want to go with him, but they were so afraid of Elara that they did not understand what their silence could cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I kept glaring at Lord Eldon while taking steady breaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, we cannot take Bodhi,\u201d Graham stated as he stepped up from the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment he moved, I did the same because I feared he would wander off with Gina but I was also afraid Graham was finally going to crack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
135\u2013Just The Daughter\u00a0<\/p>\n
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