"Ma'am?" The Dean looks at Lily as she stops mid sentence. "Your son, what were you about to say about him?""Oh." Lily tears her away from the startling eyes that was looking right at her. "Yes, I was saying that my son, Connor Woods fell from the staircase two days ago, Saturday. He's been in the hospital since then.""My goodness. I'm so sorry to hear that. How is he? How are you and your husband holding up? I can't imagine the shock." Dean Lawney sympathizes with her, patting her consolingly on her shoulders."He'll be back in school in about a month I hope.""Don't worry ma'am. We'll come check up on his once in a while. I'm sorry to hear that once again."Lily nods and turns to leave, then she turns right around, her curiosity not letting her. Is it really Mika who's the mother of these two children? "Ma'am, I know this is not the right time but my sister just returned from San Francisco some months ago. We met on Friday at an event and she told me her children also attended thi
Later at home that night, as they all settle for dinner, Mika wraps the napkins around the twin's necks just as they lay the general dinner of fried rice in front of them all."Hm. It smells delicious." Miles mutters as he picks up his spoon to dig in.Maya dives for her food immediately, smiling as she eats so that her small imoressioned dimple shines through, her glee obvious in her humming.Luc chuckles as he fills up a glass of water for her. "That good Hun?""Yes Dad."Mika chuckles into her food. She had been so skeptical, felt bad every single time she heard them call him their Dad but now, it feels so natural...So right."Mum, I have something to tell you.""What's that?"All form of table etiquette forgotten. "I saw that woman on TV today."Miles suddenly bobs his head as well. "Yes, she came to our class today to talk to the dean."Both Mom and Dad drop their spoons and exchange a glance. "What? Who?""That woman on TV that her child is in a class below our own." Miles exp
At the family house, Lily has managed to bring along Price with her and she has sent him on an errand to the kitchen area to do something that might take him a while so she might have a little while with her parents."Mum, what's the assurance that she's coming with him? I mean, the message didn't really include him but just as a bypass. I don't like this." She whispers loudly as she walks around restlessly.Stella places a hand on her shoulder. "You should be optimistic. I specifically told them to come together so it'll seem like we want to accept their relationship and do something like welcome them into the home.""Are you sure she'll fall for that? I believe she's a little smarter than that. She might come for her own personal apology first." Lily whines again, still pacing."Come on, I said be optimistic. She'll come, I know my daughter. They will come together, she's probably looking for the best thing to put on right now so she won't disappoint us again..."In a way, Stella wa
As soon as the duo gets to the doorsteps, the door opens right as Mika raises her hand to knock.Stella looks at her, a smile beaming right on her lips, the sun glinting on her eyes gives her a genuinely happy look and somehow, Mika musters a tiny smile in return as she pulls her into a hug."I was so worried you were not going to show up, thanks for coming honestly. Thanks for giving us another chance.""Are they here?" Reese asks from inside and Stella gives an excited "Yes." Almost immediately, Reese appears behind Stella, also smiling. "Mikayla!" He says as he pulls her into a hug as well, a brief one.Lucas just stands stoically at the back, looking at them and doing the minute observations but nothing seems to be wrong at the same time and he doesn't like that. He knows he ought to be at peace and at the same time he's trying to embrace her family the way she's doing but something in him, his guts and instincts tell him that something is off, terribly off but he can't put his f
Lily walks back to her seat after throwing Luc a dirty wink which he clenches his fist at.If only his principles didn't exist...Mikayla closes her eyes briefly and takes a breath, squeezing Lucas's hand to keep him from bursting. Both of them walk fully into the dining room. "Well..." Mika starts. "Move over and sit beside your husband, the way you're sitting makes things uncomfortable for everyone.""How? How is this uncomfortable for everyone?" Lily asks, spreading her palms fakely. "You can take the seat beside Price there while Lucas sits here be... Here on this sturdy chair."Mika laughs amusedly. "Fine then, if that's how it is. I'm sure my considerate Lucas would want me to have the sturdy chair that himself so without him telling me, I'll just take the sturdy one beside you and he'll sit beside Price. Solved." She shrugs her shoulders and pulls out the chair beside Lily.Lily scowls immediately and holds on to the chair, stopping Mikayla. "You can't sit here...""Of course,
At the hospital few days back...Price slides the door open after overheating the Anderson's discussing how to swap the men amongst the children. As soon as he opens the door, everyone goes silent, Lily turns to Connor, holding his hand and squeezing it like she's been born doing it, while Stella rests her head on her husband's shoulders, almost like they are sleeping or something... But of course, he's heard everything they've said up till the second he opened the door."I heard every word you all said." He says, a low anger coming into his voice. "These kinds of schemes... Did you even think of how I'll feel knowing this?" He asks, looking at Lily who shamelessly rolls her eyes at him."Don't blame me. You're the one that has been incapable. I looked up your net worth since I married you and you've not even gone up one billion from them. What's your worth then? If you can't get more things then let me swap you for a better person."Lily jerks suddenly at the sharp laughter that ring
Just a few minutes after Willow leaves the room, Danielle hears a loud knock on her door and she grunts.At least, this person didn't just bang open the door like some sort of barbarian. "It's open, you can push your way in." She half yells, looking there to see who comes in. It's a man she hasn't seen before. "Ma'am, I was asked to escort you to your new housing residence. Please give me the bags."She's a bit surprised at the seemingly good natured man or is it because she has a job now and she's to be a versatile person that they can't lose, that's why they are now taking care of her? She doesn't ask her questions out loud and just hands over the medium sized suitcase that had contained all her things right from San Francisco.He takes the bag from her exits the room, she walks closely behind him out of the tiny apartment room.She's not going to miss the place.She looks around as the car drives her to her mysterious new location that's supposed to be much better than the one she
Even though Luc is already awake, he still seems groggy and a bit slow.But Mika is more than happy that he's awake already at least. Mika wounds down the window a bit to let some fresh air come in as they are well known cures for grogginess and this only just lets Lily have a way to speak to them."Ah, finally. Will you come down now? You can't leave here without our permission anyway. And Mika, you're usually too scared to drive for as long as I've known you and Lucas can't drive in this state of his either. You'll either have to come in and let's face whatever it is that needs to be faced or you'll sleep in the car all night. It's your choice."They just ignore her as they attend to themselves.Luc looks at Mika and holds her face. "Are you okay? I hope he wasn't able to touch you?" He asks, his voice sharpening slightly.She touches his palms on her face and smiles softly. "Because of you, he didn't succeed. You came just in time. Thank you.""That's a big relief.""I'm sorry for