Chapter 7

7

Dinner was a quiet affair, I watched the twins as they ate, both quiet and not causing any form of mischief today. I knew that I needed to talk to them about today's event but I had no idea how to bring that up.

Now that my twins had finally fixated on Callum being their possible father, I needed to make sure that I nipped this quickly in the bud before it becomes a bigger problem. The opportunity happened when Alex asked me a question pulling me from my thoughts.

"Mummy, will Aunt Flora look after us tomorrow?" He asked as I shook my head.

"No, tomorrow it will be just us three. I have a free day so I'll spend it with you." I replied as they grinned happily obviously excited with the news.

They loved spending time with Aunt Flora that was true but the rare days I do get off days, they always wanted to spend it with me because they claimed they missed me too much. And I missed them too.

"In that case, can we go back to the company we went to, today? We want you to see the man that looks exactly like us." Kevin said as my smile froze and I blinked my eyes trying to process what I heard.

"Pardon?" I said as they repeated their request.

 It seemed like I was going to have to do this over dinner but I needed to make sure that they don't have hope of this at all. 

"I don't think that's going to work out Buddy." I said shaking my head as Alex frowned, his nose scrunched up in a confused way that reminded me of D....not thinking about him.

"But why not, you said you are free tomorrow" He asked as I said,

"That doesn't mean that I'll go and disturb a stranger. Guys I know that this is extremely hard on you two, especially with the way you want to know about your father but this man isn't your father at all.. and I don't want to walk into a strange place when I had nothing there to do. The man could be married and he can call the police thinking I'm a stalker." I said trying to explain carefully how badly things could turn out.

"He didn't look married." Kevin tried to argue with me but his logic was damn right ridiculous.

"You don't look like you don't have a father!" I retorted knowing it was a low blow but it had to be done.

"Oh!" He said looking down at his vegetables playing with it sorrowfully.

"Yeah, going back there is just looking for trouble. What if the man had sworn that we would pay damages for the car, we would have been in big trouble, and the cops would take me away and put you two in a foster home...."

"No!!!! We don't want that mummy, we would never do such a thing again. We don't want you to see him again. Don't let the cops take you away from us. We are sorry." They said getting from their chairs as they made their way to me and hugged me and I hugged them back.

"It's alright. It is not your fault, but remember this act cannot continue again." I warned them as they nodded their head still pressed in my stomach as I sighed.

"I love the both of you truly, you mean the world to me." I said pressing kisses on their forehead as they murmured,

"We love you too mummy, lots of kisses and hugs." 

"Alright, you two get to your room and brush your teeth. It's getting late and way past your bedtime. I'll deal with the dishes." I said standing up as they let go of me and did as I said.

Sighing, I took the used plates and loaded it in the dishwasher before cleaning the table and using the vacuum to clean up.

After that, I made sure that the doors were all bolted as well as the windows before switching off all the lights and making my way upstairs. I took a peek at the twins room and saw that they were already in bed.

Reducing their room light, so it wouldn't bother them, I closed the door gently before making my way to my bedroom and heading for the shower.

I washed off all the grimy things that clung onto me and got dressed in a night dress before slipping into bed. I checked my phone to look for any messages but I had none considering the fact that I had few friends aside from Laura in the first place.

With nothing better to do, I put on the N*****x on my phone eager to get some leeway in the new romance movie I started.

It was actually good, talking about two estranged lovers who did everything they could to meet each other again after being separated by fate and their wicked family members. It is a touching show, one that reminds her that although her life is shitty doesn't mean that love doesn't exist..

That was what she was watching till she finally drifted off to sleep at the end of the episode.

*****

Damon

I was stuck in my office, not ready to head home for the day although everyone had left. The house was silent and empty and I didn't want to go back to that.

I sighed as I went through another prospect and I shook my headz dropping everything on the table as I exhaled deeply.

This wasn't going to work out for me, I didn't want to admit it but deep down I missed my wife. Or rather at this point, my ex-wife but I didn't like what she did trying to pin a pregnancy on me. It felt me look like a fool and I snapped.

She was no virgin Mary and I wasn't fucking Joseph to go along with her shit show but why was there now a big shaped Clara hole in my heart and the twins I never met as well but missed so much.