TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

26. MY FAMILY

MINDY'S POV

The look on Katrina's face after realizing her mother never wanted her infuriated me.  I always wanted children, but my late husband was unable to have children.  Since I loved him more, I was willing to give up that part of my life well, that was until he suggested adopting.  The process was so lengthy that by the time we were in the final stages, I got custody of my niece and nephew.  Even though it was temporary, we put the adoption on hold.  We meant to continue with the adoption when my sister was able to take care of her kids again.  Unfortunately, I lost him in a fire.   I always knew being married to a firefighter it was a possibility.

Even though I was told I could still adopt.  The death of my husband caused me to spiral into a deep depression.  My depression made me feel as if I was not fit to take care of another child along with my sisters' children.  Luckily or unluckily, depending on how you look at it, my sister got herself straightened out about this time and was able to take her children back.  It gave me the time I needed to heal.

 Little did I know that she and that boyfriend of hers straightening out were all for show. Once they had the kids, they went back to their old ways.  Doing drugs and making the kids clean up after them.  Their neighbors reported that the kids had been repeatedly left home alone and that they were not being fed.  Which put the wheels in motion for them to lose custody. The icing on the cake was when the two of them were arrested for armed robbery.  I am glad that the courts decided to sever their parental rights.  Now they are all mine.

As for Katrina, if I had my way, I would be on the first plane headed to Mcallen, Texas, to give all of them a piece of my mind.  Yet, I have to listen to Martin.  We should do everything from the shadows and let them fall all on their own.  Martin has already found out that all of them are having meltdowns.  Especially the spawn of Satan, she hates that she can no longer buy what she wants at the high-end boutiques in town. Even though her father is now paying for her stuff, her meltdowns in the stores have her blacklisted.

 As for Katrina's walking womb, her spending has been cut off since she had been allowing the spawn of Satan to use Martin's money he sent for Katrina.  Because there are no more accounts under Martin's name, the girl's father is footing her bill, thus cutting off his money from Katrina's walking womb.  I was not happy they stole from Katrina and was upset they wasted Martin's money. I confronted him about the accounts.  It was then he told me they were being forced to pay back most of the money he sent them because they admitted to giving it all to Melody. I couldn't stop laughing.  I will never forget the look on his face when he told me what was going on.  I could not believe everything they expected Katrina to do and all that they did to her.  

That is why even though I would have loved to see Katrina graduate, I understood it was not the time.  She needed the time to heal after everything that blew up in her face.  I will make her realize what a real mother should be like.  I hope I am not too late to show her a mother's love.

Shaking my head to clear it of all those thoughts, I can't help but be happy that Charles and Fleur decided to have a sleepover at their house so all the kids could be together.  I can tell that Katrina needs Tristan right now, and he doesn't want to let her out of his sight.  It is better this way so no one could say there was hanky panky going on and ruin Katrina's reputation.

Martin was waiting for us when we arrived at Charles's house, and he went straight for Katrina.  I smiled at him. "She will be ok.  Accepting her  mother never wanted her is going to be tough, but we will help her through it, babe."  He nodded."That we will."  He pulled me to them, and we ended up in a group hug.

TRINA'S POV

I looked at Charles's house as we pulled in and saw my dad.  I thought he would head to Mindy, but he walked right up to me, pulling me in his arms.  I couldn't help myself and cuddled into his warm embrace.  I heard Mindy say something, and it wasn't long before I had both my dad and MIndy hugging me.  Is this what it feels like to have two parents who love you?  I hope so.