A few days later.Koda woke up to a grumbling stomach. He groaned and turned in bed and his arm hit against a space where Helianthus was supposed to be.He frowned and listened carefully within the house. He heard cutlery falling with a few mumbles and curses.He got up and walked to the kitchen with silent steps and saw that Helianthus was in the kitchen baking.He walked into view and his hoarse morning voice hit her ears, “Why are you up so early?”Helianthus jumped but quickly calmed down and looked at him surprised, “And you, why are you awake? I put you to sleep not too long ago.”Koda turned around and looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was three in the morning and he went to bed around twelve. It would have been later if Helianthus did not force him to stop working and go to bed.He looked back at her and said, “I’m hungry.”Helianthus chuckled and answered his question, “Well, I got the bright idea to bake bread and made muffins and fudge.”Koda nodded his head an

The family of four arrived at a cafe and were shown their seats.Heather sat beside her father while Briar sat beside Helianthus and both twins sat by the windows while the adults sat across from each other.They all looked at the menu and ordered when the waitress came by.After she left, Koda looked at them and asked, “So, about visiting your mother’s grave this week. Do you both still want to go?”Heather looked up at her father and asked as she looked at Helianthus, “Will it be okay? We have our Sunflower now.”Briar nodded his head in agreement. “I also don’t want to go.”Helianthus did not feel right hearing their words and said, “Briar, Heather, that is not something you should say.”She looked at them both, then at Koda and continued, “Remember, your mother is the one that gave birth to you, not me, and I am not here to replace her but to help her raise you. I am not your mother biologically, but I am your mother right now. In fact, I would have loved to meet your mother becaus

A few days later…Helianthus forced herself up from bed and slowly climbed out.She made her way to the toilet with heavy steps and accidentally bumped into Briar on her way.“Are you awake?” Briar asked as he looked up at her suspiciously.Helianthus nodded her head slowly as she yawned and asked, “Why are you not dressed for school?”Briar raised a brow and asked, “Did you see the time?”She frowned and darted in the other direction. She arrived in the living room and saw that Heather was lying on the tiled floor, drawing pictures on paper, and turned to look at her.She stopped when she saw her daughter, then looked up at the clock on the wall and paled.Briar walked in and looked at Helianthus as he said, “You looked like you were dying, so we phoned daddy and told him. He said we should leave you to sleep and that he would phone the school.”Helianthus looked down at her son and sighed. She pulled him in for a hug and said, “Mommy’s so sorry. I don’t know what is going on.”“It’s

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