FIRE CRACKER

5 years later.

“What happened here?” I sucked in a sharp breath as I glanced around what was supposed to be the children’s room but seemed like a battleground. World war three happened here.

“It was him!” Bella cried in her high-pitched voice, I cringed at her tone and glanced in the direction of her voice, my heart skipped a but when I could not find her, but if the mop of blonde curls that peaked out from behind the bed was anything too do by; I was definitely on the right track.

I took tentative steps toward her and crouched down to her height, “Baby, what’s going on?” my voice trembled slightly with worry but that was not the only thing threatening an anxiety attack from me at this moment.

It was already 10:00 am and I wasn’t even dressed — forget about dressing up, Tyler wasn’t even around to handle the kids and he promised me. Today was my bug day and he promised he would fill in, but as always, he just runs off with his burger.

Bella reluctantly reached out to mean because