Diana would have no qualms about keeping Nora while she left for the night with Ben. After all, the girl was practically a second child to the widowed-but-not Mrs. Abbott. However, the thought of leaving Nora behind — of being further than a shout away — turned her stomach. She couldn’t leave Nora behind — what if the house was to catch fire and they never found her in the flames? What if she got hurt and couldn’t properly explain her pain due to her mutism? There was so much that could go wrong, so much that could see her worst nightmare come to life.
“Of course she’s safe here.” Melody replied automatically despite the lump forming in her throat. Nora was safer here than she’d ever been in London or Irvingly, as they had never had so many eyes keeping watch out for the toddlers. “It’s just - I haven’t left her. Not since - “ Not since the dragons, not since they’d nearly lost her. Her palms turned clammy as she lightly tugged her wrist from his grasp. “What’s so important that she couldn’t come? What’s going on Ben?”
“Of course she’s safe here.” Melody replied automatically despite the lump forming in her throat. Nora was safer here than she’d ever been in London or Irvingly, as they had never had so many eyes keeping watch out for the toddlers. “It’s just - I haven’t left her. Not since - “ Not since the dragons, not since they’d nearly lost her. Her palms turned clammy as she lightly tugged her wrist from his grasp. “What’s so important that she couldn’t come? What’s going on Ben?”