At least one of us seemed to have enjoyed the surprise.Gray came running outside the house, a huge smile on his face. He had pulled Jade along with him. They both had goofy looks on their faces. Gripped tightly on one of Gray’s hand was the big yellow truck he was playing with moments ago.For some reason, I can’t share the same excitement that was probably building up inside Gray’s body. Wait, no, actually, I knew the reason. Pinching the bridge of my nose, I sighed and clicked my tongue. Forcing myself to look at Markus, I wave my hand towards the truck, “Please tell me that isn’t a dump truck in front of my parent’s house.”He nods eagerly, “I could tell you that’s not a dump truck but then I would be l

 Keira smiled lovingly behind the screen of my phone.It had been a long time since we talked about everything that had been going on lately with my life. When I told her that I had moved into Markus’s apartment, she made a fit and went all dramatic. Once I gave her a voucher for a fresh pair of shoes, she immediately went quiet. Now, I was currently telling her about how I’ve already taken in my siblings and as of the moment, we were squatting Markus’s apartment.And that they still didn’t know I was pregnant.She screamed and asked why I was even still pregnant in the first place. Even though I’ve already told her about the contract I made Markus sign, she was still insisting that I should get rid of the thing inside of my belly. To

Markus tapped my knee while we were in the waiting area of the OB-GYN.“Nervous?” He asked, “I am too.”Shaking my head, I sink back into my chair. “No. I’m just worried about Ash.”We were seated in a waiting area that only had an aquarium as a source of entertainment. All around us were couples who lovingly held one another as they waited for their names to be called by the staff to be checked by the obstetrician-gynecologist. Honestly, it made me awkward that we were the only people who weren’t clinging to one another.Even the magazines didn’t intere

Markus was lifting the sonogram above his head, a huge smile on his face.“You should hide that,” I say, jabbing him in his side. He clicks his tongue, stepping away from me, still the sonogram above his head. “My brother’s about to meet us any minute. You wouldn’t want them to see that, would you?”

My sisters and I cried that night.It was after dinner. We were all getting ready to sleep. I was fixing the plates, but Markus placed his hands on his hips, shaking his head at me. Chuckling, I let him do the dishes because he tells me I already did the cooking. Red quickly ran towards our room carrying Ash, Gray, Blue, and Jade, hiding from us and hiding from the chores. He really ate and dash. Olive and Scarlett, plus the twins, offered to help, but Markus said that his mother would slap him if she found out that he let a guest clean up. He told me he would be talking to them about the current arrangement after everything had been settled. I knew he was doing that because of his parents, who are exactly like him, would find out just how much money we spent the past few days, with the car gas, rentals, and other checkups, they would freak out.