Chapter 51 –  The Hired Daddy

(Anj’s POV)

As the small gymnasium was slowly filled with teachers and staff, parents, and their kids, I could feel my heart in my throat. I sat nervously at the first step of the bleacher bench and watched my triplets play and run around, looking adorable in their pigtails.

Who would know that last night, Leyanne proudly recited the multiplication table, Lyra Helene, the periodic table, and Selene entertained me with solving a sudoku table? I may have lost my opportunity to hone my abilities and skills because of what happened to me, but I am not letting my kids lose their chance.

But today, it was the least of my problem. In a few minutes, the event will start, and the big tarp with the words ‘Family Day’ was like a sharp knife piercing my heart. I could not think and breathe as I saw my girls stop running and watched other kids coming with their mother and father.

Leyanne turned her head to me, her eyes hopeful that a man, claiming their father, would enter the large entrance of