MayaIt was 4:00 in the afternoon, and after I picked up Axel from kindergarten, I stopped by Jess in the hospital to check on her. She and the kids were fine. Axel had done nothing but stare carefully at little Emma as if he was afraid that at any moment she would burst.Jess and I laughed at that interaction between the two kids. Luckily Jess was alone in the room and, when I came in, I found her on the bed, legs crossed, with leggings and a light T-shirt, while the children were lying in front of her, blissfully asleep with their fists clenched. I had placed Axel on the bed, who had immediately fallen asleep and had focused all his attention on Emma, watching her sleep peacefully.I was with Jess for a couple of hours, which gave me a chance to be alone with her and the kids. I had picked up Liam who was the quietest of the two, while Emma did not let anyone near her except Jess without starting to cry desperately.Jess was happy and radiant, so radiant that I would cry desperatel

JessAndrew opened the door and immediately pushed the stroller with the twins to enter, I followed him slowly. Andrew tried to make as little noise as possible, hoping that that way he would prevent the twins from waking up, but he didn’t realize that the children would wake up whenever they wanted and claim what belonged to them.I took off my children’s bag and put it next to the sofa before I sighed at it. I closed my eyes and breathed the smell of home. After three days in the hospital, it was a pure pleasure to be finally home, although I knew that the peace would not last for long.Andrew sat next to me and moved my hair from my face, I leaned to his touch, immediately feeling my body relax as always with him."Are you tired?" he asked softly.I opened my eyes, and I collided with his grey, God, how much I wanted to jump on him at that time, no matter how tired I was, I would have wanted, but we could no

NateMaya went to open the door while I closed the file with the sales proposals. I heard voices coming from the entrance and frowned, and I went, too, finding Maya standing at the door with three people. Two women and a police officer."What’s going on?" I asked."Mr. Nathaniel Dare, right?" asked one of the two women, reading a file."Nate," Maya said with a string of her voice.I saw her lose her balance and immediately I was behind her to support her. I surrounded her waist with one arm and put her back on my chest."They want to get Axel," she said in a whisper.My head snapped, as did my whole body. I pushed Maya behind me and blocked the door, preventing him from seeing inside the apartment."You can’t come in here and kidnap a minor," I said with my teeth clenched, my heart pounding in my throat and pounding."We have an order from the juvenile judge," said the woman.

NateThe bedroom was completely dark, if not for a crack that came from the space between a curtain and the other. Maya was lying on the bed next to her, and I walked over to her.I knelt before her, her eyes open and red with tears. I pulled strands of her hair from her face and stroked her cheek with my thumb. Maya’s eyes were lost in the air, and when I touched her, her red-grey eyes were pointing at mine. As soon as our looks met, her eyes filled with tears again and she began to sob."I want my baby," she said in a hoarse voice between hiccups.It broke my heart, even more, to see her in that state, knowing that I couldn’t do anything, I was powerless as never before in my life. She felt her eyes wet and I couldn’t stop crying anymore, I put my forehead on the mattress and started sobbing. She felt Maya put her hands in my hair "Nate.""I don’t know what to do, I’m powerless,

LucasI rang the ring bell and waited for the door to open. Shortly after the door opened and in front of me, there was a woman, with dark hair tied back on her nape. She looked at me frowning."Hello, I have an order from the judge, I am here as a civil educator regarding the new child, Axel Dare," I said and handed her the letter from the judge."Finally someone for that little critter. From the moment they brought him here, all he did was cry, his screams could already be heard in the car, he didn't let sleep anyone in the house."My heart tightened and I entered after the woman stood to the side to let me pass.The house was a mess, children running from one side to the other while Axel’s crying echoed everywhere."Did he eat?" I asked, taking off my purse and jacket.The woman shook her head "Reject anything, the assistants who brought him this morning said that he did not eat even last night, but