Chapter 146 First Time Thomas Heard Dad

(Thomas)

Mabel and Miles were eating their mac and cheese happily.

The meal was their favorite but what made it even more special was that I had cooked it with them. Making mac and cheese wasn’t a hard task but I hardly cooked for myself.

Although cooking with my kids evoked a very different kind of joy within me; I felt warm from the inside, which I rarely felt until recently, after my kids and the love of my life came back into my life again.

“Uncle Thomas!” Mabel called out to me, breaking me out of my daydreaming, “Can we make cookies next time?”

Miles nodded vehemently in agreement. I grinned at them and acted like I was thinking hard about it. I had an index finger on my chin with my mouth pursed. “Let me see, what would we need for cookies?”

“Oh, I know, I know,” Miles jumped up, raising his arms as he left the table to get something.

“No running, Miles! And you don’t leave the dinner table without finishing your food!” I called out to him.

He slowed down to climb up the stairs