Bradley’s POVIt’s been two brutal weeks. Never in my life did I imagine lying this much, especially not to the two most important people in the world to me.A day didn’t go by since I fired Mercedes that the kids didn’t ask about her. I avoided their questions as much as I could, coming up with several ways to distract them, but it wasn’t enough, as they could tell I was hiding something, that alone fueled their resolve, so I gave in.Three days ago, after picking the kids up from school, Penelope asked me when Mercedes was coming back, why wasn’t she calling them, or if she was angry with them. I couldn’t bear to see them think it was their fault she left, so I gave them the safest lie I could make up.“She travelled,” I told them both, as I knew Carter was listening even though he was quiet. “I don’t know when she'll be back.”Both their faces fell instantly, and it broke my heart to shreds. I couldn’t tell them that she was a liar, they have so much faith in her in the short time
Bradley’s POVMy alarm went off at 5:30AM sharp, like it usually did. But instead of getting ready for work, I sat in front of my laptop rescheduling more than half of my meetings scheduled for today. I already rescheduled some from Saturday to today being Monday, and still, here I was rescheduling them again.Most of them were furious as my phone wouldn’t stop vibrating from their endless calls and messages.But I couldn’t care less. I had more important things to do today. My kids.I couldn’t bring myself to hand my kids to anyone for now. Absolutely no one.Almost an hour had passed by the time I was done, so I got most of my things ready, before heading to the kids room.They were still sleeping, as expected, so I got in as quietly as possible, and ran them a bath. Just as I was about to take out their uniform from their wardrobe, Penelope stirred awake.“Daddy?” she murmured, rubbing her eyes and stifling a yawn at the same time.She sat up slowly.“Good morning, Princess,” I sa
Nicole’s POVI was just about to crawl into bed when the doorbell rang.What the hell…?Adam was out of town for a few days, and no one ever showed up unannounced this late unless it was an emergency or a neighbour complaining about my music being too loud.But I wasn’t playing any music tonight.So who the fuck was at my door.With an exasperated sigh, I pulled on my robe, and walked over to the door, ready to breath down fire and brimstone on whoever was about to disturb my sleep.Peeking through the peephole, I saw Mercedes.Not the usual put together Mercedes, a complete wreck Mercedes.Her eyes were red and puffy. And she had tears streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably.What the hell? Something is wrong. Without a second thought, I swung the door open.“Mercedes what happened?”The moment the words left my lips, she broke down in tears.“Hey, what’s wrong?” I asked softly, wrapping my arms around her.She gripped me tightly, and sobbed into my shoulder harder.We stayed like t
Bradley’s POVSaying I was furious was putting the storm raging within me mildly, I was livid! More at myself than anyone else.How could I have let this happen?How could I have handed someone the safety of my kids, and not done my own background check?Goddammit! I rammed my fist against the wall, anything to distract me from the fact that I failed my kids.I trusted Mrs. Roberts with the background check. She has always been through, and I couldn’t understand how something as big as this could slip past her.She should have been packing her things alongside Mercedes, but I’ve known Mrs. Roberts my entire life. She was my siblings and I nanny, and when I decided to leave Minnesota and everything that had to do with the Pack behind ten years ago, she offered to come with me, and has been with me ever since.The fact that I wasn’t firing her didn’t mean I was going to let this slide, so I confronted her about the slip up, and she gave me the most asinine excuse I’ve ever heard in my e
Mercedes POV Penelope and Carter are sweet little darlings. It’s been a week and some days of working as the kids' nanny, and I must say everyday has been very fulfilling.They’re times when I wondered if they were some grandparents stuck in a kid's body, due to their level of thoughtfulness. And how they pay attention to details. But when they ask silly questions like ‘How old was I’ and after telling them I'm 27, Carter asked me how was life during WWII. And then out of nowhere Penelope jumps in asking if the world was in black and white before they invented color TV–and that right there always snapped me back to reality that I was dealing with kids.But regardless, it was fun. If not for the fact that I needed the cash to keep me afloat, I wouldn’t mind being their nanny for free–but a girl got bills to pay.Today was Sunday. My second Sunday in the house actually, and also my day off, which means, my new check-in day with Mrs. Jenkins.Thankfully. She had been understanding about
Bradley’s POVMercedes was trying her best to talk the kids out of using the first aid kit in my office, but I knew better–there was no winning this. When it came to my kids making requests, there was a chance I could wiggle my way out of it if it's just one kid making the request. But when both are in agreement? That was the end of the conversation.While Mercedes got busy trying to convince the kids otherwise, I called Benjamin.He picked up at the first ring.“Everything’s been taken care of, Alpha,” he said immediately.“Good,” I muttered. “Reschedule every of my appointments left for the day. Push them to Monday or delegate where you can,” I informed him.“Understood,” he said and I hung up.I’ve wasted a lot of time thanks to those idiots' actions. I can’t believe I almost got into a partnership with that jerk. Who in their right mind hurt a kid? Regardless of whether the kids were mine or not, I think it's completely sick to hurt kids–people who can hardly defend themselves.J