"Mommy? Where are you going?"

"Mommy has to go to the store, dear."

Ekaterina looked at her mother in confusion. Her daddy wasn't home, and her mother never left her and Dmitry alone by themselves. Her mommy also never took a suitcase to the store.

"But mommy, why can't you take us with you?"

Adeline Shamolodchikova looked into her daughter's eyes. She couldn't do this anymore. She didn't want her children. She regretted ever getting pregnant, ever getting married. Being married hadn't ever stopped her before though. She had to leave. Her lover was moving, and she was going with him. The drugs were going with him.

Adeline had never been a very good person. She had gotten into drugs in her early teens, and had never let them go. They consumed her and she was okay with that. She was an addict, and she was okay with that.

"This is just a trip for mommy. Now go play with your brother"

"Okay mommy. I love you."

"I love you too," Adeline said, though she didn't really mean it. Sure, she loved Katya and Dean. They were her children after all. They were just a burden, and they reminded her of her husband too much. Her husband. Denis. She never really loved him. She just wanted to make her parents proud, or maybe just make them stop hassling her. She was broke, a galleon away from living in the streets. So she moved to muggle Russia, and found Denis.

Adeline walked out the door, wand in hand.

As the door shut, Katya heard the lock click, then the loud crack of apparition. Her mommy was gone. She just didn't know that it would be forever.

Four hours later

Denis Shamolodchikova got out of his car, and walked up to the door. He knew his wife was a witch. She had moved to Russia 5 years ago, and they had both moved to America after that. They had gotten married a year after that, and now had three year old twins, Katya and Dmitry. When Denis walked in the door, he expected to be greeted by his wife, who had stayed home sick from work. What he didn't expect, was to find his children sitting by the door, waiting for one of their parents to get home.

"Hello Katya, hello Dmitry. Why are you sitting by the door?"

"We were waiting for you or mommy," Dmitry answered.

"Where's mommy?" Denis asked, immediately concerned that Adeline had left their children alone. Sure, sometimes he didn't think she had been as good at parenting as she should have been, but she had never left Katya and Dean alone.

"Mommy left a long time ago," answered Katya, "She said she had to go to the store, but it was just a trip for her."

Denis walked to the kitchen to find the phone to call her, and if she didn't answer, he would owl her. But when he walked in the kitchen, he found a note written on parchment, with ink and a quill sitting next to it. She had never used paper and pencil.

Dear Denis,

I can't stay here anymore. I had to get away. Katya and Dmitry are your responsibility, I never wanted them. I shouldn't have done this to you, but I was desperate, and you were the easy way out. I've taken all my belongings, so there isn't anything you need to worry about. I've left enough galleons in the vault to annul our marriage. I know you don't understand, but it's better I leave now than later. I would have left eventually. I'm sorry

Adeline

Denis read the note once, twice, three times. He felt numb. The love of his life was gone and she had never loved him back.

Denis went back to his children and scooped them up in a hug, with tears streaming down his face. He loved his children, and he still would. He would love them enough for two parents, he would make sure they knew that they were wanted.

A few months later

Denis and his children moved out of the wizarding neighborhood, and were planning on moving back to Russia. Adeline had loved teaching Katya and Dmitry languages, and they had picked up Russian the best, thankfully. Denis missed his home country, and he wanted a completely new start. They were going to live in a muggle neighborhood, go to muggle school, and basically forget the wizarding world. It was too hard for Denis. He knew they would have to go to school for magic sometime, but they were going to stay away from magic for as long as they could.