Chapter 17

Family always comes first to everyone who has one and for the people who don't, someone close as family comes first. And I was from the former ones. Now I have two family, one happy, the other sad.

The former are the ones who, now have my son in between, spoiling him already. The other, is the one being spoiled and his mother, who is just away from here...

Liam didn't speak from the moment he came here, yesterday that is. He didn't talk to anyone and just smiled to everything they said, nodded when needed and shake his head giving answers. He preferred Aki from all of us, even me.

But, he still didn't speak to anyone else. I thought, he was afraid and all this was new to him, and he proved me right when today he spoke to Aki, whispering to her ear, what he wanted to eat.

"What did he say?!" Mom asks, smiling.

She still couldn't believe that she has a grandson, she always want. Even though she did throw a bomb at me, with the motherhood of hers and that she taught me abstinence and all, she always liked Liam. And the moment she saw him, she started praising Kylie, told me I was just a sperm donor and went running to the sperm I donated.

"He is telling me that he wants to eat.." Aki paused, gulping. Her face down just a little and looking at Liam who is looking at his intertwined fingers. "...he wants to eat, his moms pancake"

My face colour changed, I always knew Kylie makes the best fluffy and tasty pancakes, they were ones my weakness too. I look at the 5 old child seated beside Aki, looking at us all a little shyly.

"Liam" I slowly scoot towards him "Mom's not here now, so how about trying grandma's pancake?! They are so much more than delicious."

"Mom promished  she won't leave me again" he said looking at me with his big green eyes, "why did she leave me again? Noah said he woulsh come too, where is he?"

First time he talk to us and he is talking about the cruel mother of his and the women I donated my sperm to. I didn't want him to always think and talk about her. I was always his father who was deprived of meeting him, who was unable to even look at him, of course he would hate me for separating him from his mom.

"We will go to them today Liam," Mom said smiling looking at him lovingly, "You are going to see them today, are you happy?!"

"No need to go there, Mrs Mathews" A voice said from behind us, a voice which made my son's neck swiftly change direction and smile widely too. "He will stay here for the week as said, he just have to get adapted to the environment for him to be his usual self"

"Noah" Liam shouted, running behind towards Noah, who has his hands in his pocket and leaning on one of the  thick pillars.

"Where is Mom?" Liam ask looking behind Noah, searching for his mom. "Didn't she come, does she have work, she promised she will play with me after work, will she come here after doing her work?"

Noah chuckled, looking at us all before bringing Liam on his arm, to us speaking.

"Mom is working, as she said she will play with you after work. You know, she always kept her promises" he looked at me, as if telling me, 'that was for you' and smiled at Liam.

"Hey Noah" mom smiled, she adored that kid from before, from the moment she knew him, say he also reminded her of young form of dad.

"Mrs Mathews" he smiled widely, a different smile from what he gave us. "How are you?!"

"Am still young for an old lady who has two children and a grandson" Noah chuckle "aren't I?"

"Yes, you still are young Mrs. Mathews, you always were"he wink

Is he flirting with my mom?!

" oh please Noah, stop flattering me" she gave him a smile.

Dad should see this.

As if mirroring my thoughts dad came right away from the standing pace he took for god knows how long.

"Flirting doesn't suit you, old women" he narrowed his eyes at mom, "and you young man, I prefer you with Aki more, married women can be tough at some point"

Noah chuckled again, "I think I can handle that one, though"

"I still can throw punches, just so you know" dad smiled at Noah.

"Am afraid" Noah mocked.

From the corner of my eyes I could see Aki smiling, mirroring her mom. Dad chuckling at what Noah said and my son twirling a necklace placed on his tiny neck. He kept looking at it and them me, repeatedly.

"Are you the prince who took Mom's crown?!" Liam suddenly spoke, looking at me shushing everyone.

Shocked, I look at him and the colour drained face of Noah. Noah has wide eyes, and a pale face of what Liam spoke a little ago.

"Liam" Noah spoke slowly, keeping his face neutral "why don't we play a game?! Shall we go to the park or better Grandma has a beautiful garden here"

Liam smiled at happily after watching me a little more intently again, and nodded.

Remembering to ask him about it later on, I look at the phone ringing on my hand. I silently took my leave, hanging on Adina who has been calling, starting from the day I broke off with her.

I couldn't just see her waiting for my selfish self to love her, I know I could never love her. Yes, I did like her, I do like her, but just as a friend. And now, if I continue to hold her as a girlfriend of mine, she will be wasting her time on me. She is still younger to move on with her life, moving on from me and just living the life of her dream with someone who loves her and needs her.

I thought I could love her at very beginning, the moment I broke off with Kylie, and believed I could love another the way I loved her and more, the moment I thought I could move on without her.

Even though, Kylie and Adina are so much more than different, they had something similar. Like, they both paint, they liked painting, and...and.....I guess that's it. I thought Adina could replace Kylie, but after all this years, 2 years, and I still don't love Adina, and no one replaced Kylie.

I wonder what she did to me, to my younger heart. But most of all I wonder if I did something to Kylie's young self...

I wish I did, I wish she did love me, even for a minute, I wish I did affect her just like she did, just wish....
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