Cassy POV THREE YEARS LATER… “Sometimes, it is okay to live alone than together. The house becomes peaceful after that.” I read the last part of the newest story to the children while they listened attentively. “What happened to the hero, mommy?” Oakley, my three year old daughter, asked. She shifted her gaze from the book we were reading and fixed it on mine. Her expression was all seriousness. “Oh, he lived on a different planet.” She pouted. It looks like my little girl did not like the response she got, but then she went back to peruse the drawings in the book she was reading. “Why?” Now it was her twin brother Joachim’s time to ask. “Because he would fit in right there.” I have long realized that we can not fit people into our lives just because we want to. It has to be a consensual thing. Life is not always a fairy tale. There is no happy ever after, but we can always make every day happier by counting our blessings one by one. “And what about the heroine?” Joachim a

Cassy POVOkaaay!I think I already gave my twins enough time for chitchat. I have to break them from planning their little act of terror.My goodness!They are only three years old but are proving to be precocious ones!I faked a yawn and stretched to alert them that I was already awake.Silence.Then, I counted one, two, three before I heard my little girl exclaim at the top of her lungs!“Mommy! Why is it hard to wake you up?” My little girl complained.I wrapped my arms around her little body and let her warmth envelop me. She sm

Cassy POVAfter I got Adam's approval, I sat my parents down for a serious talk.I told them about my plans to return to Glendale to take charge of my own business.At first, Mom pressed me to stay. She could not understand why I wanted to leave.“What about the twins? Are you bringing them, too?”Their eyes were shrouded with gloom at the impending separation from my children. Getting their support was not easy.But I made to impress upon them where I was coming from.  They needed to understand that I had to take charge of my life.I cannot always depend on them.It had be

Caleb POV“Babe!” I heard a woman’s familiar voice called out, and it froze me in place.My phone kept buzzing in my pocket, but I ignored it.  It was probably Mandy wondering where I was.We got separated earlier after we landed and retrieved our luggage. Mandy went to the car ahead of me while I stayed to go to the restroom.My trip to the restroom took a long time.  I got sidetracked by two three-year-old kids blocking my path.“We are lost, and we are looking for our mommy.” The little boy said haughtily, while he held his sister’s hand.I was amused and amazed at the same time at the protective way he stood just a little bit forwa

Cassy POVThe kids started to squirm in my arms.“Mommy, let go,”  Oakley said.I realized I was hugging them too tight.  Reluctantly, I let go.“Are you alright? You were not hurt anywhere?” I inspected them from head to toe.After seeing they were not hurt from their little adventure, I got up to meet the officers in the room."Thank you, sir,"  I murmured my heartfelt thanks to their chief. He was sitting on his desk when I approached him."It was Officer Brent who found them and brought them here." The chief admitted, feeling a little awkward at the profuse show of gratitude.