Chapter Eighty Three

Chapter Eighty Three

Luke’s Point of View

Arriving home, Peyton was sitting in the den, Cartoons on the TV, Jenson was in his bouncer and Kacey was on Pey’s lap, clapping along to the tv. I just stood there for afew minutes, watching. My perfect little family. They meant everything to me, and now that includes Jenson. I mean, it did before, of course, but now we’re just one step closer to it all being official. Things were moving so fast, but I guess that's for the best, given the current situation… and the mental state of Mike right now.

After a few minutes though, Pey realized I was standing there and looked up, smiling.

‘Oh, Look, Kacey, it's daddy!’. She held the baby up to me and she instantly started making happy gurgling noises. I took her from Peyton and held her close, placing a kiss on her head. ‘You were gone before I got up’.

‘Yeah, I know, but I looked in on the kids’. She smiled.

‘I know you would have... Where did you go?’

‘To see Mike’. Her smile faded a little