I woke up later than usual to my body feeling sore but also content and happy. I glanced around and noticed all 3 kids were gone. I slowly got up and got dressed, making sure to take off the leather strap before making my way to the kitchen. Cam gave me a large smile as he stood at the stove making eggs.
"Good morning, beautiful!" He sang but was soon followed by the twins whipping around in their chairs to spot me.
"Momma!" They both cheered before coming and tackling me in a hug.
I moved out of their grasp slightly to crouch and kissed them both on the head, "good morning, babies. I'm shocked you let me sleep in!"
They both gave large smiles and glaced back to Hunter who nodded, "it was all their idea," he chuckled. "They said you were snoring too."
I laughed before standing up and following the twins to the table. I looked around and smiled at everyone and noticed the only two available chairs were between Sean and Shannon and Archer and Asher. I noticed Shannon slightly tilt her head to gesture towards the second chair so I made my way over. I sat down and smiled as I looked down to see Addie contently laying in Asher's arms.
Asher smiled sweetly towards me but a shock wave of electricity shot through my body as he moved one hand to caress the end of my thigh that was under the table.
"'Morning," he said kindly as I pursed my lips slightly. He lightly chuckled before we both were distracted by Addie beginning to fuss. I took her into my arms but felt overwhelmed with excitement, comfort, and love when Asher snuck his hand between my back and the chair. He lightly rubbed my back as I caught his side glance. He smiled broadly to the group as Cam sat down. "I just got word that Elijah will be coming back soon. He also said he has a surprise for you and the kids."
I felt my hair stand on end and rushed to move away from Asher's touch. I got to my feet and smiled back as everyone watched me, but I couldn't speak. Soon enough I would have to face Jayden and there is no way around it. I went to the fridge and got a bottle for Addie but walked slowly to give myself a chance to calm down and breath. Hot tears were welling and I felt light headed. I fought my emotions and went over to my bag I had nearby. I pulled out my medication and quickly injected it before coming back to the table. I sat down with a smile I had to force to stay on my face.
"We need to figure out something you kids can do while I'm with the lawyer. It's definitely going to be boring."
Sean yawned and stretched his arms above him. "Don't worry about it, Will. We promised to take them to the beach today."
Cam smiled, "you need to focus on the legal stuff."
I nodded, "I appreciate that. There's a lot to go over."
Shannon glanced to me, "so are you still planning to go see his parents tomorrow?"
"I think it will be good for closure. I want to get this all past us so we can go back to California and be able to focus on setting up our lives there."
"Maybe we should move to Cali. Then we can help out with the kids."
I sighed but sweetly smiled towards Cam, "we are going to be fine, Cam. Don't uproot your life."
"But you're going to be a single parent! With 3 kids and being a male Omega..."
I chuckled slightly, "I have full confidence that we will be just fine. I raised two infants by myself for years and was fine." I smiled broadly to the twins, "but this time I have 2 big helpers to support me and help with Addie, right?"
They both smiled as big as they could, "yeah! We want to help Momma!"
"And who know what will happen in the future," Asher interjected as his hand rested gently on my thigh again. "It also seems like Elijah's friends are really helpful."
I nodded, "they're amazing."
"And we have Chase and Emit!"
Ashley turned to Archer, "they are getting married. They will make their own family."
"Married?!" Hunter said as he choked slightly on a bite of eggs. "They're getting married?!"
I sighed, "they're engaged. But they don't plan to marry until they are finished with college."
"Very smart," Shannon said as she checked on Hunter as he tried to stop coughing. "They're very lucky to have you as their guardian."
"We're the lucky ones. I can't imagine our lives without both of them in it. I'm so happy they chose to come with us."
I paused as the front door opened and closed suddenly. Asher's hand lightly rubbed my leg in a comforting and reassuring way as his gentle gaze came to me. "Hopefully you will enjoy the surprise."
"Elijah! You got us a surprise?!" Archer gasped as Elijah and a middle aged female Beta came into view. I quickly noticed that Elijah was holding a medium sized duffle bag with a large smile on his face. "I did! I hope its a good surprise."
I felt my heart begin to race and my stomach twist with uncertainty. The last thing I needed was another surprise. Everything was so up in the air and unknown, this just added to my stress. I held my breath as a large build came around the corner of the hallway and my entire body overflowed with a warm sensation.
Before anyone could react, I had handed Addie to Asher and rushed to my feet. I sprinted across the room and hugged him tightly against me as I couldn't stop my tears. Just his presence was enough to relieve almost all of my worry and fear. My tears fell faster as he hugged me back gently, causing me to let out a few quiet cries of relief.