Anastasia took a deep shaky breath and looked at Samsul, "So it scared her... Enough to let you work too hard too often."

She looked away from him and out the window at the other side of the room. If his mom had gotten that scared, to allow him to work harder than she ever want him to. To the point of where she met her and asked if she was pulling him out of his shell, making him work less. If she had gotten scared... How was Anastasia going to handle it when the moment came. She looked back at Samsul, tears in her eyes, "I'm scared..."