Sixteen

Sydney's POV

I smiled as I watched my sons hug her closely.

As I was leaving for work today, I thought of Nick and Asher constantly being pent up in that apartment with Lucas. In fairness to him, Lucas was very nice to them but I still distrusted him.

Then I remembered that Mrs. Grayson had been wanting to see them for a while now. I was already halfway through my journey to work when I turned back and went home to get them.

As I watched her hold them to herself on her bed, I knew it was the right choice. She kept screaming like a teenager with her boyfriend. It was cute, to be honest.

"Sydney! How? Why? How did you get them here? I thought it would be quite a distance for both of them," she asked.

She didn't lie, it was quite a distance for them with their short legs, and I liked walking to save transportation fees.

"Well um, you know it's the holiday. And I thought of having them spend some time with you today. Plus, they're resuming in September," I said a little indecisively. I fel