Madison's POV
Today is Charles cremation day. He's always told me how he wanted to be cremated when we were together, so here I am doing just that.
Even though he was abusive to me, he would often remind me of how he wanted things done when he died.
"You the one that's gonna handle this when I die, so listen!" He hit me. "No need for me to have a body, so just burn me into ashes!"
"Okay."
I come back to the here and now when I feel spoke on my legs. It's all my babies. They smile at me and I don't realize I'm crying until Eric says "Mommy needs hugs guys. She's crying." Amar, Eric, Sai, Kai, Marcus, and Hope hug my legs.
"No cry Mommy. We here." Hope smiles.
There's a child in the corner crying. I approach them. When they look up, they are the spitting image of Charles.
"Mommy you found me!" He runs to me and hugs my legs. Eric, Sai, Kai, and Marcus, push the boy off me.
They cage the boy in. Hope and I look at each other and go elsewhere.
"Jr!!!" She reaches for him when she sees him. He hears her and comes over with a smile.
"Hey Mommy. You okay?"
"Yeah baby."
"Good. I'll mess him up again if I had the chance for harming you and trying to harm us."
I know this isn't the time to laugh, but I can't help it. Jr's turning into Eric.
"I get it from dad if you're wondering." He kisses my cheek and walks off. I shake my head.
"She is my mom!" I hear a foreign voice yell. The kids drag the little boy to me.
"Go ahead," Sai says. "We gone wait right here."
"Hi mom."
"Hey! Bring your ass here! That isn't you're mom!!!"
"Who the fuck are you?" All of us ask.
"I don't know you, I know her." The boy points to me. He secretly hands me a paper.
The woman looks like a drug addict. I peek at the paper and glimpse 'mom: Madison McKnight.'
Holy fuck!
The woman approaches the boy and grabs him by the neck.
"Not today, Satan." Hope says stepping in front of the boy.
I read the paper quickly.
Charlie is my son, I find out.
Charles out my name as the birth mother and as I read further I see that his birth mom died, so Charles out me as the mom.
Okay Charles. I'll care and love him as if he were my own. I promise.
"Kids, this is Charlie. He's Charles son. His birth mom died after giving birth to him. All the kids relax physically.
"Brother!" They all run to him and hug him.
"Welcome to the family,"Sai says. "Hope you're definitely out numbered now."
"Whatever, Sai!" All of them laugh.
After the cremation is done I hand the urn to Charlie.
"He was the best!" Charlie says. The kids look at me saying "cap!" I smile, feeling a tear roll on my cheek.
"Daddy!" Everyone runs to Eric. When he's close to me, I hand him the paper and introduce him to Charlie.
Eric kisses me and we all leave the funeral home.
"Thanks dad." I hear Charlie say as he looks at the sky. I smile sadly. Eric holds my free hand until we get home.
"He's ours now, and we're going to treat him as such no matter what."
"Yes daddy. I mean Eric."
"You better be glad I know you aren't up for sex tonight, sexy."
I smile at him. Once we're home I help Charlie get comfortable.
Eric's POV
"Well Charles, rest assured we're gonna protect him and raise him." As I'm cooking dinner, a pair of arms wrap around me.
"How do you feel, Maddie."
"I'm just happy that Charles trusts me that much to know that if care for him."
"The food is almost done, by the way. It's he settled in?"
"Yeah. He didn't bring much, which means he needs clothes."
"Uh huh, but I don't want you in any later."
She laughs. The kids bring Charlie to the table.
"Don't worry. You'll be fed really good here." Jr says. Madison and I look at each other. Was he starved before finding us?
We look at Charlie, and, yep. He says it all with his eyes that he was in fact starved.
I feel a tear this time.
"Dad's crying now." The kids hug me. Maddie smiles. Jr and Kayden joins in.
........
Everyone's asleep now, so it's just Maddie and I. "I love you." We say at the same time before crawling in the bed and going to sleep.
What a day.
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I'm speechless myself that someone would treat a child like that, but Charlie's in a loving family now!
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