Diamond’s POV“Mommy can we have pizza for lunch in school?”I dropped the vegetable dressing fork I was holding and picked up Hayden. I set him on the kitchen counter and cupped his face.“You boys need to eat healthy okay. I’ll tell you what, sometime this week maybe we can have an ice cream sundae, what do you say?”“Yayy!!”, he jumped down from the counter and ran into their room to tell his brothers.“Take it easy, Hayden. And you boys should get dressed okay, I’ll take a look at your backpack when I’m done.”I was really busy now. Even before Karl, at least I had Rebecca and Aaron before he died. But now it was just me. I had to wake early, cook their lunch and get them ready for school while I prepared for a day at the hospital too. And of course after that I would pick them too. Thankfully, there had been no course to stay extra hours at the hospital recently. I thought about contacting Karl’s friend who helped us watch after the kids when we had dinner together but I
Lennox’s POV Natalia couldn’t stop talking about her play date with Diamond’s kids throughout the ride home.It warmed my heart seeing her so excited, something she hadn’t experienced in a long time.“You’re really excited, aren’t you?”“Yes daddy. We’re going to have so much fun at Aunt Diamond’s house,” she continued beaming.Seeing her interact so freely with Diamond was something I never expected. And when she hugged her legs earlier my heart felt some kind of warmth. I could comprehend what it was.We arrived at the house and Natalia immediately got out of the car yelling Mommy. She couldn’t wait to tell Agatha.I closely followed her behind to prevent her from hurting herself due to all the running.Agatha was in the kitchen preparing dinner when we entered the house. Natalia immediately ran to her and hugged her from behind.“Mommy, I’ve been invited to a play date at my friend’s house.”I smiled as I equally anticipated Agatha’s response. But Agatha ignored what s
Lennox’s POV Natalia ran upstairs immediately. She must have witnessed the bickering between Agatha and I.And she wasn’t the only one who did.Agatha’s parents stood at the door way. They both looked very disappointed and I couldn’t blame them.Who would want to visit their daughter’s home and find her in a situation like this with her husband. And to make matters worse, our child watched us fight.I took some steps back, away from Agatha while still maintaining my distance from her parents. “How could you do this Lennox? In front of Natalia”, Agatha’s mother moved closer to Agatha as she rubbed her back.“Me? Did you hear our conversation?”She looked back and forth between Agatha and I.“No we just came in now. But we know you guys were arguing.”I expected nothing less from her. In her eyes Agatha couldn’t do any wrong. I felt uncomfortable being in the kitchen with all them so I excused myself. They were supposed to be my in-laws but we’ve never had that kind of rel
Lennox’s POVHow could she say that?It made me question if Diamond was really her daughter. Of course I knew she was, but still.A mother who doesn’t have her daughter’s best interest at heart?It was beyond appalling that she could even utter such words. I was stunned that Diamond’s mother could ask for such a thing from me to her daughter. There was no way I was going to adhere to it. Knowing Diamond, she definitely earned her spot in the surgery and no one had the right to take it away from her except the senator himself of course.“I can’t do that?”“Why not?”, she frowned.I was surprised she could even ask why. But I couldn’t sound too defensive before she began to question my loyalty again.“I don’t have the right to do that.”Finally taking the hint, she nodded and turned back to the TV. She picked up the remote and hit play.The sound of women chattering soon filled the room again. Just then, Natalia came into the living room to tell us that dinner was ready. I barely notic
Diamond’s POV The play room was almost ready.I had arranged all their favorite toys and some toys I thought Natalia would like. They had a TV in the room where they could watch their favorite shows. I thought the play date was a good idea to go all out for the children not just on special occasions.I went into the kitchen to prepare their snacks.I got all of the boys favorite snacks, candy included. I didn’t forgot to make some salad by the side though. They would have that for lunch. I had woken up early to prepare and set up before it was time for the boys to prepare.When I was satisfied with the way everything looked, I got the boys prepared.I walked into their rooms to make sure they were already dressed. Yes, they were at home but I still needed to make sure they looked smart.“Already boys? I’m sure Natalia will be arriving with Lennox anytime from now.”“We are ready Mummy!!”, they chorused.“Wait, I want to wear my green joggers too”, Hayden said immediately
Diamond’s POV I didn’t want to stress what could have been perceived as normal.Aaron could have been a family friend after all. Besides, he was just looking at one framed picture.And in the spirit of not stressing things more than they should be, I went back to the kitchen to make his coffee the way I knew he preferred it.Two spoons of sugar and condensed milk.For a doctor, he took a lot of sugar.I held the steaming hot coffee in my hand as I walked back to the living room.Thankfully, he had dropped the framed picture now. He was staring at something else.I walked further into the room and Lennox turned to look at me.“Why isn’t Karl in any of these pictures?”I didn’t understand the question until I looked down at what he was holding and I was met with the sight of my worst nightmare.Lennox had moved on from looking at the framed picture to the photo album I had made of the boys.It contained pictures of the day I gave birth to the boys as well as other memorie
Diamond’s POV I was surprised to see Karl.We had spoken to him earlier in the morning and last I checked the time it was mid afternoon already. I was sure he was in Texas when we had the phone call with the boys. Although the journey from Texas to New York wasn’t a long one, especially if you were using a flight.Either ways, I wasn’t expecting him anytime soon.He didn’t mention that he would be back in New York.Or was it an attempt at a surprise?The situation he found me in didn’t look so good though.I was in a heated conversation with Lennox when he walked in.The expression on his face showed that he disliked everything about the situation.“We were just talking. I’ll excuse myself,” Lennox said and left the room.Karl frowned and walked towards me.“I didn’t know you were coming back today? You didn’t say anything over the phone.”“I missed the boys and I missed you. I wanted to see you guys, so I caught the next flight to New York”, the frown never left his
Diamond’s POV I was surprised to see Karl. We had spoken to him earlier in the morning and last I checked the time it was mid afternoon already. I was sure he was in Texas when we had the phone call with the boys. Although the journey from Texas to New York wasn’t a long one, especially if you were using a flight. Either ways, I wasn’t expecting him anytime soon. He didn’t mention that he would be back in New York. Or was it an attempt at a surprise? The situation he found me in didn’t look so good though. I was in a heated conversation with Lennox when he walked in. The expression on his face showed that he disliked everything about the situation. “We were just talking. I’ll excuse myself,” Lennox said and left the room. Karl frowned and walked towards me. “I didn’t know you were coming back today? You didn’t say anything over the phone.” “I missed the boys and I missed you. I wanted to see you guys, so I caught the next flight to New York”, the frown never