The lead Bob mentally chastised himself for the microsecond he paused, taking in the sight.To the side of the table, the hulking mass of the werewolf ...as perched precariously on a small cafeteria chair. Its arms were tied behind its back and its legs crossed awkwardly underneath it. The creature struggled against its bonds, the metal ropes clicking and creaking. Lana stood behind it with her hand on its shoulder as if she could restrain it.Standing in front of both of the fantastical creatures. She told her daughters to never speak out loud unless they were spoken to by an adult. It was a practice that shy Selena followed to this very day and it had kept her out of trouble and allowed her to blend into the background and out of thought and mind of grown-ups most of the time. She could easily see why that was important to her survival in the wilderness when the most dangerous animals were mostly two legged and had a soul that needed salvation.Now her sister Clementine was about to get. " He then spit on me and said "I am tired from hitting this fag lets go to bed bitch."He grabs the love of my life by the arm and leads her to his room. I follow their movement with my eyes. Katie gives me a final "I love you and I am sorry look." they then disappear down the hall. I then hear his bedroom door close. The door closing makes it seem so real and my heart aches a little.The next thing I know I am making my way to my room and out my window to the fire escape we share. Once outside. He could not remember when they had any sort of joint family outing, no matter how prosaic.It began to rain as he sat in the inevitable traffic queue. He began to feel more certain that in reality Celia’s time was over. He was more than able to afford a nanny or a child minder for Beth, and Evan would be in nursery school in a few months. What was more, Siân would be local and would fill the gap caused by Celia’s absence. Indeed initially Siân would be living in, and he could see no reason why.