My Life Is Changing

Part 7

Both cars pulled up outside of Kayla's one bed flat. She got Ethan out still in his car seat and headed up the grass bank and waited for Dan and Tom to follow her.

She opened the security communal door and walked up the first flight of stairs and started to undo the two locks on the door to be greeted by Phoebe and Mia at the door.

"Yes, yes little ones I will feed you in a minute, let me get Ethan settled in. Come on in. It's not much but it's home to me." Kayla mentioned.

Tom shut the door behind him and followed Dan into the living room.

"Sorry, but I am on a waiting list for the council to move into a two-bed flat, but its waiting for one to come available." Kayla put Ethan down in his car seat on her sofa.

Dan looked to see a 3-seater sofa and a small puffer stool and a bouncer which had a cat bed either side of the bouncer.

"Just find somewhere to sit, I know it's not much but it's what my side of the family could get for me." Kayla was in the kitchen trying to find some things to make up some late tea.

"Could you take Ethan out of his car seat and into the bouncer. He won't bite Dan." Kayla shouted from her kitchen.

Dan looked at Tom and then knelt down in front of his son. He unbuckled the car seat and picked him up. Ethan opened his eyes and looked into his daddy's eyes, he then yawned and fell back to sleep.

Tom opened up the straps on the bouncer so that Dan could just slip Ethan into the bouncer. But he turned to see that Dan was hold Ethan to his shoulder and hugging him. He moved the car seat to the floor and sat on the sofa still holding Jacob.

Kayla entered the front room with a tray of snacks and drinks to see that Dan was rocking Ethan to sleep. Tom looked towards Kayla and got up taking the tray from her.

Phoebe and Mia came running in to see what was happening. Mia rubbed herself up to Dan and then jumped up to see who he was holding. Phoebe just came and went to her cat bed and curled up looking at the stranger sat on the stool. She then fell asleep.

Dan started to stroke Mia and the little one started purring as she was enjoying the stroke from her new friend.

"Mia, behave yourself." Kayla warned the little tortoise coloured cat knowing what she was up to.

Kayla put the tray down on the small table which held the landline phone and modem.

"Sorry its nothing much, need to do the shopping tomorrow. Laundry, go to my solicitors to finalise the divorce proceedings and some other stuff." Kayla started to cry as she sat down on the sofa next to Dan.

"Kayla what's happened since I last saw you?" Dan was very concerned.

"Oh, my idiot of a husband decided to show up and handed me our divorce papers. Then I find out a couple of months after you left, that I was pregnant.

I am struggling to pay my rent and other bills here and having to borrow money from my parents as my maternity pay is just covering to keep clothes on Ethan and well fed. My life just went downhill when I found out that I was pregnant. I just wish that I could just up and leave everything behind." Kayla put her head in her hands.

"What if I said to you that you and Ethan could come with me to New York for a couple of months." Dan mentioned looking down at his son.

"Daniel, I can't. Ethan isn't on my passport and there is no way I can get him added on in such short time. I have sent it off, but I'm not due to get it back anytime soon." Kayla explained.

"But your documentation has been sent off?" Tom asked.

"Yeah, as we are both going away before I go back to work. Just to France though, I am scrimping and saving for that holiday." Kayla looked at the Coke a Cola money tin with some savings in it.