Chapter Ninety-Eight

Darius POV

We are back on the road early the following day; I can't wait to show Layla my home; we only have another couple of hours driving before we get there. I have already mind-linked Abigail to ensure the nursery has been set up for Ellie and Beth; it won't take long as we still have everything that Maddie and I used as babies. My home is a three-story farmhouse; on the top floor is the main bedroom with an ensuite, a connecting door from the main bedroom to the nursery, a lounge area, and two bedrooms with ensuites, which Maddie and I used when we were growing up. My mother believed in keeping her children close to her. I wish she had had the chance to meet Layla as I am sure she would have loved her, but mom passed away when Maddie was eight years old. The second floor consists of another four bedrooms; each room has an ensuite. We have the kitchen, dining room, lounge room, bathroom, and my office on the ground level, and a sunroom used as a library-sitting room; that's the