Nancy takes her time responding, looking at the floor. They loved her more than the bastard, she wanted to say. But she didn't feed or clothe them. She didn't rescue them from whatever has happened to them.

but she could.

She presses her lips together.

"I can't promise anything. But I'll try." If they could do something about this man, she wanted to do it. "Them hating me is a small price to pay, if I can save them."