#Chapter 35 - Protectors

Third Person “Mom? Is everything okay?” Sebastian asks as soon as he begins to drive away from the mall. He glances at her through the rearview mirror, his eyes just barely meeting hers. “I met her foster family,” his mother lets out a long and aggravated sigh. She looks out the window and frowns. “They are…something else.” “Aren’t they?” Sebastian’s grip on the steering wheel tightens. He has only had one previous experience with Clara and her family. It was when Clara tried to frame Stella for stealing a necklace that she had her assistant plant in her bag. After that, Sebastian has lost all respect for that family and the way that they have treated Stella. Sebastian is honestly really happy that Stella is back home with people who love and adore her instead of being stuck in a cruel and toxic situation where she feels like she is actively dying. Oh, wait, they already did that to her by making her undergo surgeries for their precious daughter. “How could they be so cru