MayaNate stood behind the door and opened it so that I could see the empty corridor, surely Axel had hidden somewhere because he had done one of his."Axel" I called him more softly and he felt the imperceptible steps on the wooden floor "What are you up to?" I asked."Axel good!" he shouted again.I saw Nate laughing before biting his lower lip to avoid making noise."Where are you?" I asked, looking down the hall.I heard the sound of some containers then Axel’s blonde head appeared from the bathroom, his face completely stained with shaving foam. I opened my eyes wide and a creepy sound came out of my mouth. Axel’s blue eyes lit up and he ran down the hall and laughed. I knelt down on the bed."If you run again I won’t show you the surprise I have for you!" I said immediately and Axel froze in the middle of the corridor.He just turned his head, his whole mouth and cheeks filled w

NateI woke up early that day because I was anxious. The night before, after putting Axel to bed, my father had answered my message, demanding that I go to the office today to talk, despite the fact that I had told him that once I returned I would take a few days off to be with my family.I knew Dad was pissed, and as I knew it, there was nothing more important to him than having his name on such important cases, cases that could make the office more famous, especially if we could solve them in such a short time, would bring more customers.But I also knew that it was tremendously difficult, I had never felt so alone as in those weeks in Seattle, I had never realized what loneliness was, because before I had no one and now I had everything to myself.I sighed and put my shirt on and then looked in the mirror in the walk-in closet. If my father had been pissed off he would have come to terms with it. I didn’t care.I

MayaI went to Nate, who was walking into the house with grocery bags while Axel was holding what seemed like a brand-new toy. God, he fucking spoiled him too much. "What is it?" I asked arms crossed to my chest. "No big deal," Nate replied quietly. "No dig beal" Axel sang cheerfully. Nate went into the kitchen with the bags while I picked up my baby and stormed him with kisses making him laugh and then following Nate into the kitchen. I watched him put the groceries in place and immediately noticed how tense and rigid he was. I sat on the stool with Axel in my arms and looked at him carefully. "How did it go?" I asked him"Wonderfully," he replied sourly."Is that why you use the doors as a punching bag?" I asked quietly as he squeezed one of the doors. "A lesson! Can you believe it?! He wanted to teach me a lesson because he thought my life was

NateThe two of the deliveries laid the last box sighing. I looked at the room full of boxes full of stuff fromhaving to assemble in order to complete the baby’s room."Perfect," I said, proud of myself, "thank you, I show you the way out," I said to the two men.We walked out of the room and I walked them to the door, and as we passed by the living room we heard uncontrollable crying, I immediately looked at what was going on, seeing Jess and Maya sitting on the couch.I got chills, that morning I barely managed to contain a crisis of epochal dimensions just because for a moment I did not become hard, and now I found myself with a double crisis, one of which was my sister, the harpy."Women," said one of the men, snorting as he walked out the door.I left the tip in the other man’s hand and closed the door and then took a deep breath and went into the room, praying I didn’t get the blame t

Maya I sighed and looked at the ceiling again, it was the umpteenth time when I turned around in bed that night, I had not been able to close my eye in the slightest, even though the children had all slept. I could not find a comfortable position in which to relax and close my eyes, every time I turned around something hurt me and I could not close my eyes. I snorted for the umpteenth time and I turned to Nate who slept happily next to me. During the night he had tried to hug me several times but, considering that I could not stand still, he had given up and had put himself back in his place and now he was blissfully sleeping on his side, one hand under his kitchen and the other resting next to me, Like making sure I stayed by his side. I looked at him for a moment, his face so relaxed that it looked angelic, his hair ruffled and some strands ended up on his forehead. His bare, muscular chest drew my attention as he rose and fell wit