Raising Remi

12. Family?

"So you're not my friend?" Remi frowned. She had finally made some friends but now they weren't.

Vincent's lips twitched, "No we're your family. Do you understand?"

"Like mommy? Mommy is my family" her eyes shined at the thought of her mom.

"Yes that's a person in your family, and now you have brothers too"

"So do we have the same mommy?" she bites her lip hoping for the possibility of seeing her mother again.

"No, we have the same father." Vincent shakes his head.

Remi's face drops in disappointment, "Oh. So I can't see my mommy still?"

Vincent's hands clenched at her sad face, he would give anything in the world for her to be happy.

"No Remi not yet." He stood up, stuffing his hands into his pockets as he looked down at her.

"When can I? She misses me I swear" Remis's voice got lower. She was slowly realizing that her mom wasn't coming to get her, this was her family now, her brothers. 

"Don't worry, I'll make sure you see her." He began walking towards the door, "You need to remember you start school tomorrow"

"No I don't like school" she crossed her arms over her chest.

Vincent lets out a sigh as he checks his watch, "I have work to do. You're going to school tomorrow"

Remi frowns as Vincent leaves the room.

The thought of going to school makes her stomach flip. When she tried preschool for the first time. It was nothing she expected, there were toys but she couldn't touch them, her teacher didn't like when she even moved and she was away from her mom for too long.

Remi's eyes widen as she gets an idea. She runs out of her room and quickly goes downstairs. She finds Milo and the man covered in drawings in the living room.

"Do you have a phone?" She taps Milo's shoulder.

Milo looks up from his phone, "Yes I do, why?" He sets it down and gives her his attention.

"Can you call my mommy, my teacher did it too" I look up at him with wide anxious eyes.

Milo lets a heavy sigh before nodding, "Yes I will call your mom" He begins to type a random number before holding it up to his ear.

"Hi, Remi's mom this is Milo, her brother" He nods and pretends to have a conversation with her while Remi watches biting her lip and waiting for her turn.

"Yes she's been very good, she's going to school tomorrow" He sits back on the couch and nods, "Yes I'll tell her to be good."

Remi watches anxiously with a smile on her face as she sees him talk into the phone.

"Yes I'll tell her she's safe here" Milo smiles, "and that you love her. Okay caio"

He hangs up the phone. Remi's brows furrow and her smile drops, "I thought I was gonna talk to her too"

Remis's voice cracks and Milo's heart drops. His eyes widen as he tries to calm her down but she's already crying.

"Shit fuck I'm sorry. I was just trying to make you feel better" He hugs her hoping it will help. "She said she loves you" He rubs her back as her tears calm down.

"But I didn't talk to her" Her voice is soft and vulnerable. Milo's guilt pushes deeper into his throat. "I have an idea"

Remi's big wet blue eyes look up at his, "Do you like movies?" He sets her down and grabs her hand as he pulls her towards the theater. "We can watch any movie you want to, with candy and popcorn"

Remi looks around curiously at the theater, "Can we watch Moana" She smiles, her only focus on the movie choices. 

Milo pops popcorn and grabs a few things of candy before cuddling with Remi and beginning the movie.

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Sorry it took so long.
Happy holidays!!