All Chapters of When Dreams Become Reality: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

TANNER*My alarm sounded on my phone, and I quickly reached up and turned it off before it would wake Kaysen. She stirred and bucked into me."Shhh, I need to get home and get ready for work. Go back to sleep, and I'll see you tonight. I love you, Kaysen," I said as I kissed Kaysen on the cheek and climbed out of bed.Kaysen and I had walked back to her room last night, and I had stripped down to my boxer briefs while Kaysen had changed into her nightgown. We had crawled into bed, and I had cuddled her all night long. It hadn't taken Kaysen long to fall asleep as I spooned her from behind and brushed my fingers through her hair.I got dressed and slowly made my way down the hall toward the bathroom. After relieving my bladder, I made my way out of the bathroom to find Nancy outside waiting for me."Follow me, young man," Nancy hissed quietly, and I followed Nancy to the kitchen."You stayed the night last night?" Nancy questioned me while pouring herself some coffee."Well, yes, Kayse

TANNER*"Goodnight, Mrs. Richardson," I said as I reached the front door."Why are you doing this?" Nancy asked."Because I love your daughter Ma'am, and I'm going to ask her to marry me, but we are going to live together first. We can't be rushed, but Kaysen and I don't want to be apart from each other any longer. I promise to take care of Kaysen and Cora. I will care for Cora as if she were my own flesh and blood. Please let this go and let Kaysen and I be happy, don't make this any harder than it has already become," I said as I opened the door to walk out."You're taking my only child and granddaughter away from me; I'm not going to stand by and let you do that. I will fight this. Mark my words, young man," Nancy said as she tried to block my exit."For one, Ma'am, I am about to turn thirty-two years old, and I'm CFO and Co-owner of a billion-dollar company; please stop calling me young man. It would be best to let Kaysen go; I'm not going to take either of them from you. We will

KAYSEN*It is crazy how a week flies by, and you look up and try to think about what had transpired that week. Pregnancy hormones don't allow me to remember much. It has been hard keeping the fact that I'm pregnant from Lyra and Vega. Sometimes they would look at me with questioning looks, as if they knew, but wouldn't say anything. The new medicine Dr. Ryan has given me works like a charm, and Tanner has gotten me some saltine crackers to hide in my room. The new furniture for our new home arrived yesterday. Blaze and Jace have been helping Tanner move the furniture in and get all of the furniture assembled. It is now Friday, and Tanner feels like the home is ready for Cora and me to move in. I've gotten all of our things packed, and I'm patiently waiting for Tanner to arrive so that we can load up mine and Cora's things and head to our new home. Tanner seems to be taking forever, though; my patience has grown thin these days. I don't know whether to blame my mom or the pre

TANNER*"Cora, baby, guess who we are going to go see here in a little while," Kaysen bent down at Cora's level and hugged her tightly."Who, mommy?" Cora squealed."Nana called, and she misses you very much. So we are going to go spend some time with her,""Yay! I can't wait to see her! Will she have knew toys for me?""I don't know, baby. We will need to wait and see. Be a good girl for mommy and fetch your shoes and socks for me, please,""Yes, mommy," Cora squealed and ran toward her room.Kaysen sat down on the sofa and waited for Cora to return, and I packed Cora's backpack with a change of clothes in the event that she should have an accident and would need to change. "Cora dear, let me help you. We can't have you showing up to your nana's with two different shoes and two different colored socks. Silly girl," I chuckled and searched for a matching pair of socks and another pair of shoes. "Here, these will do just fine. Take them to your mommy, and she will put them on for you," I said

TANNER*I have never been so scared in my life as when Kaysen and I realized that Cora was gone. It took everything in me to stay calm so that Kaysen would remain calm. I paced around her parent's kitchen after the second attempt of Kaysen messaging her mother and hoped that her mother would text back. After driving several places and not finding Nancy or Cora, I wanted to punch something. Clark and Nancy better be glad they don't have a huge hole punched in their wall.I had a feeling deep in my gut that something was up when Clark told us we should stay in the living room. He and Nancy had put a lot of thought into how they would take Cora. The fact that Kaysen won't be pressing charges has my nerves going haywire. But I knew that I needed to get a hold of my dad as soon as possible, to get the restraining order drawn up and put into effect. I stopped to get gas after leaving Kaysen's grandparent's house and went into the store to text my dad. My dad and I both agreed, and Kaysen an