Why did he have to bring her into this? Mary shot a startled glance at Harry. Don't remind her I'm here! she wanted to yelp. She'll just... Anna turned and Mary wished again that she could figure out why she hadn't already run upstairs. Or out the door. Anywhere really but where those bright green eyes of her mother's could find her.
And then Anna was backing away from Harry and back toward her. Mary skittered to the side, keeping herself a healthy distance outside her mother's reach and edging back toward her brother. The fact that Anna was already giving her that look, and saying things that you couldn't quite call not true... Mary frowned. This was what happened with mum, you got so confused and she was so pretty and big green eyes told you to just agree and then you did and nothing ever went right.
"Stop it, mama. Harry, just--" she looked at Harry and her own eyes were wide with desperation. She wasn't sure what to ask or even say. What was there to do? What could he do? Fix it. Make her go away. Something. Anything. Help.