Oh no! It was too close, too much like a married couple since there was only a thin door separating the two rooms.
"Cadmus, this is the best solution, don't you think?" Reena carried on as if he hadn't interrupted her. "Right now, my grandsons's needs and their best interests are the only things that matter.
We, adults, are just going to have to compromise. Isn't that right cupcake?" She walked over to Cayden and squeezed his cheek playfully, and my heart twisted when my son chortled and reached out for his grandma.
I never thought twins'd have this. My own mother wouldn't get near them, not that I'd let her, and I see now how my plans to keep them and I isolated myself from the world wasn't good for them. I'd started taking them outside, sure, but my plan was to keep them at home with me as much as possible for fear of what mom might do somewhere along the way.
Now seeing how lively and happy they were with two complete strangers made me see the error of my ways. My sons were starving for affection, pretty much the same way I had been after my dad died. The realization made me feel awful. It felt like I was as much of an abuser as my mother had been to me.
My ears started buzzing, and I was sure that I was going to pass out any second from the wave of nausea that overcame me. I closed my eyes and opened them again just as quickly only to find Cadmus watching me.