Family Love 💠 [1]

Why did you

I walk behind Sophie as she rides she scooter down the street, Frank on his leash trotting along. Everyday without fail we go on a walk around the neighbourhood. We smell the flowers, collect leaves and sticks, sometimes we pretend we're bunnies trying to jump the whole way. It was different everyday but we alway smelled the flower and tried to find the biggest leaves. Sophie loved showing Henry the big leaves it is her favourite part of the day, to the point if his late she has a full blow meltdown. She goes back and forth never going to far, I have trained her well.

"I can't wait to show daddy my weaf" she holds the leaf up to her face smiling. I snap a photo of her laughing. "It's as big as your face" she giggles "it's the biggest" she runs up to the door as I walk up the driveway, her scooter abandon at the front steps. Making sure no one would trip on the scooter before walking up the steps unlocking the door. "Lillie" I spin around along with Sophie who's trying to see who called me. She races to the other side stuffing her face in the white fence we have on our front porch. "Rin" she yells excitedly racing down the steps into her sister arms. Erin carry's her back up the steps to me who's standing in the doorway watching them with a smile. The whole time I can hear Sophie telling Erin all about her giant leaf and how it's the biggest. I allow the sisters inside before closing the door "Sophie go put your leaf somewhere safe where the cats can't get it" Erin puts her down as I kneel down taking franks leash off, putting it in the bowl beside the door, Before walking through the house putting my phone on the counter. "You ok what are you doing here" i asks confused getting out cups to make coffee before pausing "if this is a wine thing maybe wait till Henry's home or I call someone to watch Sophie" she shakes her head "coffees fine" I nod putting the kettle on, putting the coffee milk and sugar in the mugs. Sophie comes back in holding Mowgli causing Erin to laugh "Adam would be so jealous of you right now Mowgli was always his favourite" I smile opening the back door for Frank to run around in. "Mow mow is mine" she hugs him "which ones mummy's cat" she rubs her chin pretending to think "umm Mertie they always snuggle daddy doesn't like Mertie" Erin laughs glancing at me "but daddy likes Mow Mow and Tiger" she said smiling "but I tink his favourite is Frank" I laugh nodding "you know I think that to" I say walking over to pout the now hot water into the mugs. "Sophie want to go play for a bit while mummy and Erin talk" Sophie pouts crossing her arms "but I want to play with Erin" "how bout you go play by yourself and later we can meet Erin at the hospital and you can time with your brother and sister" I glance at Erin who sends me a nod Sophie lights up "really" I nod and before I can blink she races off. "Ok what is it" I ask turning to Erin "the whole time something has been bugging you...you forget I have known you pretty much your whole life" "how did you do it" "do what" "live with the fact that he cheated" I sigh leaning against the counter sipping my coffee. "Why did you forgive him" I sigh "forgiveness and lies are something I have come to learn that I view very differently" she looks confused "what's that mean" "my brother killed basically my entire family because of lies...god the only ones who knows that is Al Henry and Justin he somehow found out" "that's why Hank dad it's still a bit weird I don't know what to call him" I nod "it's why he always told me not to lie" I nod "Henry became my entire I threw myself into relationship and clung onto it way more than I should have...I was scared more than anything else scared to be on my own again and he told me what happened and I somewhat respected that. We had not long married. I slept in the spare room for months then there was a blimp it was like a week or something where I was back with him before I went back to the spare room" she looks confused "someone got injured or something it was bad enough that I just wanted to be in his arms. I found out I was pregnant a month later. That's when we really started to work on us. Before that we were talking but nothing was changing. That's when we started to be a strong team it wasn't until Justin was born we were us again" she smiles "we found out about you when you would have been seven" she nods "Jay told me his married he just left said he didn't know or something" I hum sipping my coffee glancing at Sophie who's in the living room playing with her toys "he didn't cheat Erin right" she shakes her head "I don't think so he said he just wanted space to sort it" I smile "so don't over think it his trying to protect you even if he doesn't need to. Henry did the same thing once upon a time thought he was protecting me although I think he finally realised I don't need protecting" he laughs "he will come around seems like men are just a bit slower" she laughs harder this time catching Sophie's attention who comes over I lift her up sitting her on the counter "it wasn't your fault what happened I love Henry more than anything so I was going to always shower you with that same love I have have for my kids" she smiles "was mad when you moved in Henry even offered to figure something else out and that just made me madder i wasn't having you move out...poor Henry he couldn't win" I shake my head, Erin laughing this time Sophie joins "your daddy couldn't win" "not with your mummy the bossy" me and Erin both tell her she just giggles laughing. "Despite what anyone says your a Voight and incase you haven't noticed we have quite the influence on people" "I notice Flynn really letting his Voight out" "his calming down his dad was in a coma we couldn't blame the guy" I shrug "no seriously don't fight it and hey guys we will finally solve whether it's Voight blood or Anderson blood that's psycho...it's been a common joke in this house sometimes even a playful argument since the first time Justin got in a fight...my brothers in jail but" I stare at her she's laughing shaking her head "if I loose my cool to that extreme it's a Voight thing" "daddy said Voight things are cool" Sophie joins in making both of us laugh. "Your perfect Lillie" I give her my attention I didn't know where she was going with this "for him I mean, I have never seen him calm when anyone else talks to him and you forgive her like nothing happened" I smile at her "his my whole world him Justin Sophie you and Flynn...also Ellie Lexi and Al" she laughs "I love being a parent and wife more than anything I only got my badge to be with him all the time and try to help my brother. I mean I loved being a cop but it wasn't what I truely wanted honestly. My brother told me to be happy forgive him other people would see that as one thing but I know him even if I haven't seen him in forever. He wanted me to give up that part of me that never gave up on him and truthfully I don't know how to. I dedicated my life to him. To finding away around the law to help him, Henry stopped helping years ago probably believing it to be fruitless but" "his your brother and you can't give up on family" I nod "he should have killed Cat that night not Josie" I sigh "you ever ask him" I shake my head "no" "you know your the only mother I ever really had" she changes the subject which I'm thankful for "I was alway so jealous of Justin and Kyra" I sadly smile at her name "they had everything I wanted a loving father and mother who would do anything for them" "you always had that since you were six" "I didn't know that until recently" she rolls her eyes "why didn't he take me away when he first found out" I sigh I knew she would ask that eventually she was blunt much like her father "Bunny is" I begin trying to think of the right words "we had to tread delicately or Henry did I kept my distance I didn't want to ruin it for him...he didn't want to startle bunny and have her run disappear with you" "I remember you showing up late at night offering to cook bring me things...for the longest time I didn't understand why I couldn't go home with you. All my friends described their mother and they described you and it took me along time to figure out you were my step mother not my mother that was bunny...I begged him more than once to take me I did but then he stopped showing up" I rub my face "Bunny moved disappear we tried to find you" "I can't believe I forgot" "you wanted to burry it that's nothing to be ashamed of" I smile at her "I wish you guys would have taken me" "then you would have gone through him and Justin being in jail and that was hard enough for me I couldn't imagine how bad it would have been for you. I fled to New York" she nods "Tin told me he going to take me to the lake when he is better" Sophie chimes in making us look at her "she has your obsession with the river" I smile nodding "I take her walking along the river one a week we take Frank he loves it to" she smiles "daddy can't take mow mow from me" Sophie said stubbornly making us laugh.