Mr. Hunter's Home for Disturb Boys.

Chapter Twenty Six

I woke up a lot later that day and noticed the only person in bed was Ethan, playing on his phone. " what time is it?" I yawned as I stretched. "Noon. Sir said to let you sleep so the other boys are getting ready for your brother and his family." Ethan said as he looked up from the phone and gave a small smile. "I should get up and help" I said sitting up as my stomach growled causing me to blush. "You can help after you eat," Ethan said getting up from the bed and grabbing my hand before pulling me to the kitchen slowly. I rub the sleep from my eyes as we pass Francis, who was grumbling as he cleans the windows. Liam was cleaning the kitchen and he smiled brightly as he saw us. " There's some leftover in the fridge from lunch. We just had soup since we are having a big dinner." Liam said as he continued to sweep the floor. Ethan left go of my hand and grabbed the soup from the fridge and heated it up in the microwave. " here you go" Ethan said as he put the soup on the table. "Thanks" I said as I started to eat. After eating I helped clean up the house before changing into a button down shirt and some jeans. "You look nice" Zavier said, making me blush and mumble "Thanks" We decided to watch some TV before dinner.

I tense up as there was a knock on the door and Sir gets up from the couch to answer it. A little boy with curly blonde hair came bouncing into the living room. "uncle Eli! Daddy talks a lot about you." The little boy said as he stopped in front of me. He looked over at me before tilting his head "you don't look like daddy that much" he said confused. "Chris you can't just go in right away. Sorry" Marcus said as he held a blonde ladies hand. "I don't look like him because I get my looks from our mother. Kind of like how you have your mom's blonde hair." I said awkwardly. "It's good to see you, this is my wife Kim" Marcus said as Sir closes the door after them. "Dinner is ready now so why don't we sit at the table?" Sir said as he led them to the dining room. I sat by Sir and Liam but across from Marcus. We started to eat quietly "so how have you been?" Marcus asked me as I pushed my food around on my plate. "I've been okay" I mumbled. "Sorry for leaving you with mom" He said biting his lip. Before I could reply Francis spoke up " Then why did you leave him?! You're not really a good brother if you knew your mom was neglecting him and you left your little brother on his own to deal with it. Do you know what she and her boyfriend Jack did?" Francis asked glaring at Marcus. "Francis, it's fine" I said quietly. "It's not fine. He should have taken you with him. You don't deserve to be abused" Francis said crossing his arms. "Abused? I didn't know that" Marcus said, frowning which caused Francis to stand up " bull-" sir cut him off "Francis calmed down and take a couple of deep breaths. We aren't here to point fingers. We are just wanting Marcus to take custody of Elijah until he's 18 so he can still live here." Sir said. Francis rolls his eyes and sat back down as he took a couple of deep breaths.

"Mom abused you?" He asked weakly which caused Francis to huff. " Jack d-did it more than her" I mumbled. " I'll take custody of Elijah so he can stay here if he wants. His birthday soon anyway." Marcus said as he looked down at his plate and his wife squeezed his hand. "Yes it would be appreciated" Sir said patting my thigh as I added " I want to say here. Everyone is nice". " I'll go to my lawyer tomorrow. Thanks for dinner, sorry if we disturbed your evening" Marcus said as some of us finished eating. Francis opened his mouth "you di- Francis" Sir said in a warning tone. The dinner was awkward after that. Once everyone was done, Noah started to clean up the plate as Sir and I walked Marcus and his family to the door. "Thank you for your help and have a nice night" Sir said, opening the door. Kim took Chris to the car as he waved. Marcus hesitated and pulled me into a hug which caused me to tense up. " I'm sorry. Take care, call if you want" he said as he drew a small infinity sign on my back, which was something our dad always did, before he pulled away. "Bye, I'm going to help with cleaning" I said as I felt emotions bubble up in my chest. I went to the kitchen and started to help dry the dishes as Noah washed them. 'I should get a job. It would help my expenses here. I looked tomorrow' I thought as someone hugged me from behind. "Sorry for trying to argue with your brother" Francis mumbled which caused Noah to look at him. "Oh looks like someone got in trouble with Sir" he joked. " shit up" Francis said, hiding his face in my neck. " It's okay. You meant well. It was kind of hot seeing you like that. " I said as I turned around and kissed his cheek. Francis blushes " whatever" he mumbled as he helped me dry the dishes. Once we were down Alex suggested to watch a movie and Sir room and to cuddle. We went to his room and change into sleep clothes. Liam made sure I was beside him as the movie started.