Falling

chapter 3

coming to the realisation

"You can follow me; I just need to go somewhere" I stated and then walked off to my car without looking back Whilst walking to my car, my mind was fogged with all the possibilities and fears that consumed me.

Would they like me

What about Alexis and Alexi

would he be proud of me.

Getting inside of the car, it took everything inside of me to not break down in front of my family, I had to be strong if not for me then for my babies.

Time skip

Reaching the day-care, I walked into the front office aware of the two pairs of footsteps following e and smiled at the old lady that sat on the small spinning chair.

"Hi ma'am, I'm here to pick up Alexi and Alexis from Mrs Sanders classroom and I called the school earlier to withdrawal their positions at this day-care." I spoke softly to the woman who I came to know as Janette

"Sure honey, I'm sorry they won't be coming here anymore, I really enjoyed having you guys here and I'll be sad to see you guys go but I wish you the best", hearing those words just made the pull on my heart worse. I was leaving everything that I had built here in this town and I'm going to somewhere completely unknown to me, one thing is for sure, I would always take care of my children to my last breath.

Hearing the little squeals of Alexi and Alexis, I snapped out of my thoughts and greeted them with kiss and smiles. I could feel the burning gazes of my father and brother as the twins babbled and called me mother but I could seem to care, all I cared about was this moment; the only thing that would make it better would be him.

Third person Pov

The two men behind Athena couldn't believe what they were seeing. Of course, the father and brother couldn't help but be confused as to why their teenage relive already had kids but they were just happy to see her smile.

Once the reunion was over, Athena strapped Alexi and Alexis into their car seats and got into the car and drove to her home. Their home was still messy from this morning but Athena just wanted to get out of there, once getting there Athena told the men to wait outside and unstrapped the kids. walking up the stairs gave her the chills. She really didn't want to leave but she had to and she would do anything to make sure that her children were safe.

when I was finished getting the twins things packed, I got my clothes ready in a small bag. I wanted to spend most of my money on my children so I didn't get much for me. This was going to be the end of a chapter in my life that I was ready to close and I couldn't be happier for the timing I just wanted to trust my brother and father and not just be numb to the face that I had a family but it's hard. So hard. To forget everything that had happened and what could have been.

When everything was done, I got out of the house I joined Alonzo and Alexius at the front of the door and I could tell that they were looking at the house that I was just in with disgust because of the little bits of blood and the beer bottles that were scattered across the porch.

"Come on lets get going" I said, breaking the tension that appeared and snapping them out of their daze. The two Regales' smiled but my father opened his mouth and said something that I really didn't want to hear.

"you guys will be driving with us to the airport and I don't want to hear any objections." the only thing I could do was bit my tongue and be quiet for now, so I got my children and sat inside of the shiny, black SUV and looked ahead.

The drive to the airport was boring, I mostly looked at Alexi and Alexis whist they were sleeping and made sure that they were okay during the drive but I could feel the stairs of my biologicals burning through my skull.

I wish I had Lana,

I wish I had them,

And I really wish I had him.

That all I wanted right now my children, my sister and him and I couldn't get that out of my head.

Time skip

When the driver pulled up to the airport, we all got out and by this this time the twins were awake and clinging onto me but I didn't mind at all. In front of me was this huge private jet and I knew they were rich from the clothes that they wore but I didn't know that they were this rich. This private jet looked like they had enough money to buy a whole private island and more but I could easily outshine them any day.

Sitting in the first seat near the door, I cuddled up to my children and closed my eyes. I din't want to but I mourned  for my children, for the mother that they never had and the life that they could have had. I mourned for myself, all the sleepless nights and the bruises, cuts and fractured bones I mourned the aunt that I would have loved and cared for. I mourned never seeing my friends again, never getting to hear their laughter or see their smiles. I would never get this chance again to live the childhood that I dreamed about. I know I said I was happy but I couldn't be anymore. Now that it has all sunk in, I realised that the woman who my unknown family loved, the sister my father loved or the auntie that my brother loved was gone. I would never see the flickers of humanity in her eyes again or the smile on her face in the rare moments of time where she used to be happy, she was gone. Gone. I convinced myself that I hated her so much but could I really hate her? Even after everything that she did could I pretend that she didn't mean something to me. No, I couldn't. I couldn't because despite everything she meant something to me. In her own twisted way, she made me love her, she made me yearn for her love, her care, her affection and all I could do was sit there and hope that my aunt was at least happy where she was and not burdened by all the sins of her past.

authors note

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