Burn Out

"Okay, I trust you," she told him.

He grinned and got out of bed. She watched as he walked to the boys' room and picked up their cups and brought them back in and over to the bed.

"Drink up," he said firmly as he starts to drink.

She sipped her milk, looking at Benjamin. "So tell more about your family."

"They are your family now, too. I'm the oldest as you know. Going into labor and delivering Alexis wasn't any easier on my mom than when she had me. Only with Alexis, she hemorrhaged during delivery."

She gasped and Benjamin stopped and kissed her head. "It was hard on my mom and dad. I was young, but I remember running around trying to help as much as I could."

Benjamin stopped and grinned at her. "I think that's where my love of babies started. The years went on, and our family did well but didn't feel complete. I was fifteen almost sixteen when I started to volunteer at an outreach center. I was placed into the big brother program and met a lot of different kids. That's how M