Diamond’s POV“Hayden come on let’s go.”The boys were excited for their second day in school. They had woken up early and gotten dressed up on their own. Hayden forgot his special pencil in their room so he went back to get it.“I’ve got it Mummy, I’m coming now,” he yelled from inside the house.As pumped up and excited as the boys were I couldn’t help feeling exhausted about the things I was required to do. Karl was out of town now, so I would have to get off work early to pick the kids and take them home, and take them to school every morning before heading out to work again. I really felt Karl’s impact in my life and the kids too. He had been of so much help these past years and I didn’t know how I would have coped without him. I truly did appreciate Karl’s presence in my life. Hayden finally came down and we all entered the car as I drove them to school.“Mummy where did Uncle Karl go to?”, they all said at the same time and I laughed.“You really miss him huh?”“Yes Mummy w

Diamond’s POVI stared at the text with mixed feelings. I didn’t know what to make of it. The text was a reiteration of what Karl had told me a week ago. My mother was inviting me to dinner at their place. Karl and I still hadn’t made a decision. But then, it was easier because there was no pressure. Now Karl is gone and my mother made her request over a text which I had already opened. Clearly I couldn’t ignore her.I read her text over and over again.She had added a cute heart emoji and (hopefully it wasn’t just all in my head) she sounded genuine, like she actually cared and wanted to rebuild our relationship. I didn’t know how I was able to get all that from the text but that was the feeling I had as I kept on reading it.I was tempted to accept her request, besides it could even happen before Karl got back. I couldn’t shut my mother out or any member of my family at that. After all we were blood and it does say that blood is thicker than water. Thinking about it further onl

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 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

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