Dad's best friend secret baby

Epilogue

Evie

Two And A Half Years Later

"The solar system!" I nodded appreciatively at Jason, the green-eyed boy in front of the class.

Indeed, today's lesson was about the solar system and instead of just teaching, I was incorporating movement and creativity for fun learning and engagement.

The large classroom was sectioned into different stations, each a representation of the nine planets.

The first was the sun. Large, yellow foam circles were used to depict that.

The next was Mercury. Construction paper planets and colorful pipe cleaners orbited a mini model of the sun.

All the planets followed each other like that.

I made sure to have all their attention before walking to a random planet.

"Who can tell me what this is?"

This time, there was a delay in response. I let my eyes scan over the expanse of students. No one knew?

We'd done this before— solar system— this was the practical class, and honestly, I was proud of how good they'd been doing.

"Anyone?" I made sure to keep my voice warm and soft.

"Venus?" I recognized the girl who talked as Rosemary.

Glancing at the giant red ball, I glanced back at her.

"That is incorrect, Rose-Mary."

She instantly looked sad, and I quickly walked up to her to pat her shoulders.
It's alright, Rosy. Just listen more, and you'll get other ones."

Someone yelled from behind. "Venus!"

A small smile tilted my face. Even if Rose-Mary had been incorrect I still was proud of myself.

My students were more than average. Learning disabilities, developmental delays, ADHD, autism, and any other developmental disabilities you could think of my third graders were a mix of it.

Each day I taught them amounted to progress— sometimes fast, unbelievable progress.

The class ended, and time passed as usual until it was time to go home. I watched them all leave one by one until I was left alone in the classroom.

After giving birth to Nathaniel, our son, I took some time to take care of him before Alice, the nanny, took over.

Then, I continued relentlessly pursuing my dreams in the school where I'd been carrying out my volunteering experience for over a year and a half.

Three months later, I was here— in the midst of the very academy I'd wished to be. I had achieved my dream and Mom's dream of working in the prestigious Everest Academy.

I didn't know when a tear slipped down my cheeks. This was slowly becoming a usual occurrence— me reminiscing on how I'd finally achieved all I wanted to be— followed by tears.

I didn't blame myself. Anyone in my shoes would be moved to tears. I'd come this far...

I wasn't the only one that had come far. Ethan's company was doing well, he kept receiving multi-billion-dollar deals, and Dad's carpentry business had scaled up significantly in the past few years.

He now had another branch in New York and was looking to open more branches.

His relationship with Ethan had completely evolved. The breakthrough came when Dad held our son with tears of joy in his eyes.