After that incident, I got news that Mr. Smith got in jail, finally. Roux was out of nowhere, and Lethia was missing. Some of Mr. Smith's men were missing and some died, then the others were in jail with him. We fled my dad's place once again, and to my surprise the man was with us. I was trying to shove him but he was hardheaded.
I was standing on the patio, dressed in my grandmother's dress. Daddy's garments, Hiro and Raven, were kept by me because I wanted to keep them. While my children's father seems to have inherited something from his childhood, he has something that matches him. Perhaps we should go shopping at a mall further away tomorrow.
I was enjoying my coffee when there was an unexpected visitor. It turned out to be Raven, even though I had assumed it was Hiro. I grinned at him as he lifted his glass, and he took a seat in the chair across from me. When he arrived, the atmosphere became awkward, and I was at a loss for words. Should I be quiet or start a talk? I'm not the one who came. Oh my god! Rather this argument between the two of us than being like this.
"Hi," he greeted me. I suddenly felt something moving in my stomach. I tried to look him in the eyes, but a sudden electricity came in when our eyes collided. "Do you want to talk today or the next day first?" Why is he always that gentleman? His voice always brought me solace; whenever I heard it. I shook my head to concentrate on us because I might embarrass myself.
"I want it now because something might happen again," the man chuckled. I grinned and made up my mind at that time that I shouldn't think about other things.
"Okay, where do I start, hmm?" he massaged his chin while directing his eyes on me, which I naturally found attractive, or is he just like that though?
Even before he spoke, a child's voice suddenly appeared; his voice sounded like he was afraid. "Mom," Rayden called me, so I stood up and attended to him.
"What is it, baby?" I picked him up and looked into his eyes.
"I'm afraid, Mom," he told me. I looked behind me to see what he was seeing.
"What? Why, baby?"
"Someone said that I should take care of you, so I thought you were gone; I thought you left us and chose that man over us." He squealed; he couldn't stop crying; it was the first time that he cried like that. "I'll be a good boy, Mom; just don't leave us." He hugged me tightly with his small body, and I did the vice versa.
Is it Dad who told him that?
"I'm here, baby; I won't do it, promise." He raised his hand, and I followed what he was doing. We made a pinky promise, then we hugged again.
I said goodbye to the man that I was leaving first, using my hand sign. I didn't wait for him to answer. I was in a hurry to leave because Rayden couldn't stop crying, and it was as if he didn't want to stay because he was crying so much.
"It's okay, baby, I'm here, shh." I caressed his hair, but he didn't seem to hear me. It's a good thing Red didn't hear because he was sure to cry too when he heard Rayden make a loud noise. "Baby, mommy is here; you shouldn't be sending your dreams. I won't leave you and Red." I kissed his temple and comforted him so he wouldn't make any more noise, but no matter what I did, he still didn't want to stop crying.
I allowed him to weep till he nodded out. My baby has never cried in anything since he was born, so I was worried about him at that time. Normally, I would say that he was more courageous than his brother because he didn't hide anything from him.
It breaks my heart to see my son behaving this way! "Is he fine?" I gestured to the youngster, who was already soundly asleep, and said, "It looks like we can't talk right now, Raven; I'm focusing on my baby."
"It's okay for me; there's a time for that. And I need us to come to an agreement before everything will be good." He waved goodbye and went. I'm not sure why, but a part of me is screaming for him to stop, yet I should never take life too lightly.
In the morning, Raven was the first to wake up. Why is he here in our room, and where are my kids?
"They're in the living room playing." I just nodded. Sometimes I think about many things, and it happens if it should have happened.
Shaking my head, I decide to go to my bathroom and clear my head, since perhaps this is just stress-related. But even after I left and Raven had left, I continued to feel strange and deranged and was unable to comprehend who I was. Is this what happened to my baby?
They were playing when I got down, and Rayden was obviously joining the two as well but he's with Hiro. Watching them made me grin; if only I could have trusted Raven instead of what I'd seen years ago, we would be the ideal family. I can't go back and undo what I did; the wrong thing has already happened.
Is there no hope left for any of us? Is it possible to create the ideal family portrait? I wonder how.
I joined them, and so did Rayden but stuck with me; we laughed while playing hide and seek. Red and Raven were together. They were quiet, and from what I could see, it looked like Rayden had trained their father to be there. Hiro was about to catch us, but Rayden and I held our breaths so we wouldn't be seen. Unfortunately, we laughed and got caught at the end.
It was the best of all, however what I thought was the beginning of Rayden and Raven was wrong. It was just nothing because after that, Rayden went back to his normal hobbies. It turns out that Red just begged him to join.
“I will never like him,” that's what Rayden always said.