Chapter 92-Seeing A Ghost

I sat at the little café, the same one I had sat at for the last two days trying to figure out how to talk to him. I had gone by the address and had seen him out in the garden with her. He looked the same yet different. They laughed as they played spraying each other with water. I looked away when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. I got back to my room as fast as I could and spent the rest of the night curled up on my bed crying. He looked so happy, so in love with that woman. I second guessed disrupting his life. Here things were easier for him; he didn’t have to deal with any of the craziness I brought into his life. It was Mulo telling me to let it go and come home that made me want to stay. I had come this far and I wouldn’t give up that easily. That’s what he wanted and I refused to leave without even talking to him. I pulled out the picture of us and the boys taken the day we moved into the new house trying to decide how to approach him. We looked so happy, he was happy with me even with all of the craziness. I finished the last of my latte, then got up to leave backing into someone.

“Perdonatemi.” (pardon me) His accent was flawless but his voice was still the same. I stood there frozen unable to speak as I stared into the face of a ghost.

“Oh Marcus.” I cried wrapping my arms around his neck without thinking. 

He was shocked for a moment to have a stranger fling herself on him but recovered removing my arms from around his neck and taking a step back. He had a fleeting look of what I thought was recognition when he looked at me but it quickly passed. 

“I'm sorry Miss but I believe you have me confused with someone.”

 I knew he wouldn’t know me but it didn’t make it hurt any less. Since he didn't recognize his name, I guess he didn't know who he was. Mulo really wanted to make sure we never found each other again. Seeing him, realizing he truly had no idea of who I was, was the sign I needed to just walk away. I turned and quickly grabbed up my bag.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know why I did that. Excuse me.” I tried to move past him but he grabbed my arm, his brows scrunched together in concentration looking as if he was attempting to recall something. 

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Chapter 91-What I Need

Mulo left that day after telling me the truth about Marcus. He stayed until after the kids got home from school so that he could tell them he was moving back to his house. It didn’t matter because Elphie still got angry with me. She ran upstairs packed a bag and informed me she was going with him. He was the reason they were vampires, he was the reason they didn’t have a father; that I didn’t have my husband yet they loved and idolized him. It pained me to say it, but I told her she would still get to see him and talk to him but he couldn’t live here anymore. I was then hit with the dreaded why question from Edson. Even with him here to tell them in person he was leaving, somehow I was still made to feel like the bad guy in the situation.

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Chapter 90-A New Low

I woke up feeling well rested. It had been a long time since I had a peaceful good nights sleep. I stayed up most nights worrying about things, most I had no control over, but I worried anyway. When I did finally fall asleep, I would dream of Marcus and of what could of been. Sitting up I gave my body a good stretch but panic hit me when I glanced at the clock. It was 10 am, the kids they would be late for school and Finley why didn’t I hear her crying?

“Crap!” I hissed throwing the covers off. The moment I stood up I was hit with a wave of dizziness. I grabbed the post of my bed to steady myself. The memories of last night came filtering in; my hand went to the side of my neck.

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Chapter 89-Never Gets Easier

In the weeks since Mulo’s return, my life began to evolve again. Aric called me daily to check on me. I would be lost without the constant support he offered. Often times the line on who was the parent and who was the child seemed to be blurred. Dax was doing well in his career. He would be moving soon to Starlight Shores moving up from the minors onto a major league team. He was excited and I was happy for him. The thought of him being thousand of miles away made me sad, but I wouldn’t dare stand in the way of his dreams.

He left shortly after Kylie’s birthday. She wanted a pool party so we threw it here at the house. Aric and Mulo were civil to each other. Jonathan and Finley were nearly inseparable. Ceula announced that she and Trey were expecting.

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Chapter 88-Making Amends

Mulo POV

“Why are you here?” Aric stood outside his house blocking the door way. He didn’t even give me a chance to knock.

“Is that anyway to greet your father?”

“Well I could punch you again.” I smiled remembering the right hook he caught me with the last time we saw each other. I was proud of how he defended his mother like a good son should.

"I like the new house. Grow tired of the beach?"

"No, Nina thought it was too large for just us and wanted something smaller, that felt more like a home. Mom rents out the beach house now. You haven’t answered my question.” The anger rolled off of him in waves. I hated that my actions caused this rift in our relationship, but now that I was back I wanted to make amends for the wrongs I made with him.

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Chapter 87-Bygones

“Hey mom.” Aric said giving me a hug. He and Nina came over when I called telling them I needed to talk to them both. I took little Jonathan from him giving him a big hug. He was getting bigger and looking more and more like Aric every day.

“Where’s Finley?” Nina inquired. “I was hoping they could play a bit while we talked.”

“She stayed the night with Carter. He should be bringing her home in about an hour before his shift starts. Let’s go sit. I need to tell you something.” We walked into the living room. Nina sat John on the floor where some of Finley’s toys were before taking a seat next to Aric.

“Mom you seem upset. What’s going on?” Upset was an understatement. I barely got any sleep last night. I was haunted by the memory of seeing Finley face down in the pool. Knowing that my children had been so corrupted that they would stand by and let something happen to their sister broke my heart. I was also angry, so very angry over the fact that she just couldn’t leave me alone. I was doing what she asked yet it still wasn’t enough. Taking a deep breath I told them about how the triplets haven’t’ really gotten better explaining the near fatal incident with Finley.

“Is that why she’s not here?” Aric asked.

“Yes.”

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Chapter 86-Cruel Intentions

After the meeting with the school I tried to be more diligent in making the triplets spend more time with me and Finley. To help bring out their individuality I enrolled them in different afterschool activities. Edson was in Art club, Elphie was taking Ballet, and Elton was now a scout. Aric and Bynni had both come over to talk with them about the importance of being responsible with what they are. They seemed to understand and apologized to me and the teacher for their behavior. We enjoyed family meals and they started even taking an interest in playing with Finley.

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