*The Next Day*

Hayley's POV

I was back! And this time I had brought reinforcements. I knocked on the door and you can guess who answered, yet again with that signature smirk

Josh looked between the two of us for a second and then he burst out in laughter. "T-Taylor's her father!" He spit between laughs. "God, Hayles I knew you were a whore but I didn't think you'd go this far." He said, brushing away his tears of amusement.

"Shut up!" Taylor spat at him and tried to console Sarah, who was on the verge of tears in his arms. "If you're here to make another bogus claim against my daughter then you can save your breath and leave my property" Josh ordered

"Josh honey, who are you talking to?" A female voice asked. Soon Jenna appeared next to him in the doorway. She smiled when she saw us, and then she saw Sarah.

"Oh what a beautiful little girl." Jenna gushed. Sarah smiled widely and Jenna awed. "You look so much like your mother" she whispered. Sarah seemed to like her a lot.

"Taylor, Hayley why don't you come in, have some tea" Jenna said. We both thanked her and nodded, pushing past josh and having a seat on their couch.

Jenna smiled at us both. "Hmm, I could've predicted this y'know." She said. "There was always a spark between you two, I'm glad it worked our for the best" she finished smiling at Sarah, who was almost asleep in Taylor's lap.

I decided to her right to the point. "Listen Jenna we're here to talk about the bullying incident that happened earlier this week". Jenna frowned and set her cup down

"Darling, I was playing with Leanne on the trampoline, would you mind taking over" she said to Josh. Josh nodded eagerly and rushed outside to his daughter.

After the sliding glass door closed Jenna spoke. "It wasn't the first time, certainly won't be the last" she mumbled to herself, sipping her tea

I nodded. "Well we really would just like it if you could talk to Leanne and get it to stop. She's already having a hard enough time at school" Taylor said sternly

Jenna nodded and smiled, "yes, the genius child, I have heard quite a bit about her". "Like what" I asked. Jenna chuckled, "that she's absolutely brilliant for her age, doing fractions, writing cursive, and I heard she's quite the little composer, but I'm sure she got that from you Hayley"

I smiled, I had always liked Jenna. She was a rational, reasonable person. She returned my smile for a second and then frowned.

"Leanne was born with a learning disability. Dyslexia. They say it's genetic but it's not on either side of the family. When she was in kindergarten she had trouble spelling, she couldn't read by the time she got to first grade so they held her back. The children that made fun of her she bullied, but not Sarah. She's jealous that Sarah's considered such a prodigy, she complains about her often. That's why she bullies her"

Her explanation broke my heart. I looked up and noticed josh standing uncomfortably behind the couch with Leanne in his arms.

To my surprise Sarah spoke, "I'm sorry Leanne, I didn't know everyone was being mean to you. I could help you if you want, and we could be friends and you wouldn't be so alone"

I don't think I could ever ask for a better daughter. Sometimes I don't know how Taylor and I got blessed with such a little miracle.

Leanne scrambled out of Josh's arms and ran around the side of the couch. She dove in my lap and hugged Sarah tight. "I'm sorry" she apologized. "S'okay" Sarah replied.

We all laughed at how adorable they were. "Leanne sweetie can you go play for a while we want to talk to Hayley's family for a while" Jenna said, Leanne nodded and scampered off

"She seems like a great kid" Taylor commented to josh and Jenna who were both now sitting across from us.

"Mommy, daddy?" We turn our heads and there's a black haired little boy rubbing his eyes like he just awoke from a long nap

"Hey, Nole" josh greeted gently and patted his lap, the little boy went and sat on him. Jenna giggled "Taylor, Hayley this is our son Nolen, he's 5"

I felt Sarah sit up in my lap, Nole waves at her shyly and she returns it. She leans up and loudly whispers in my ear, "mommy, he's cute"

Taylor and Jenna laugh loudly and josh and I just share mortified looks. "Looks like history's gonna repeat itself" Taylor chuckles

I look between Nole and Sarah who are just continuously smiling and waving at each other, oh my gosh!

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