“Yup. They lied. Then, when mommy was gone, they lied to him and said I was stealing from him and had taken money and things which belonged to him and ran away with his stuff.”
“You thought he was a bad man and he thought you were a thief? You’re not a thief mom. You don’t even let us try the grapes in the supermarket.” Max shook his head. “Why did the people lie?”
“Well, I don’t know and it’s not really important. What is important is, mommy found out on Friday the people lied to us. He is going to find out why those things happened. He’s going to take care of it and mommy doesn’t have to worry anymore. I don’t need to be scared.”
“Were you still scared of the man even now mom? Before Friday?” Ollie asked curiously.
“I was,” she nodded. “They made me think he was a very mean and very
