Behind the Trees.

Chapter 13

Summer P.O.V

Three years later...

Holding Zack and Kaleb on each hip I tried to hold in the hurt and jealousy that always raised when Kayden was on the phone with Levi. In the past three years Levi called on the first day of every month at five o'clock on the dot. An every time he called he'd ask for Kayden saying nothing else no matter what I said.

I still don't know why he asks for Kayden and no one else and frankly it hurt. Didn't he want to talk to me as much I wanted to talk to him? An why Kayden? Kayden still held anger and dislike toward Levi but he never failed to answer Levi's calls which were always hours long.

Kayden would always go into his room closing the door behind him locking us out. He would never tell us what he and Levi talked about and after the first time it happened just the sight of Kayden made me tearful and angry. How could he kept something like that from me.
The second time Levi called and Kayden refused to talk to me about it in a fit of anger and hurt I left the house and escaped to the human city where I found a hotel.

Thinking back I knew now I shouldn't have ran away like I had nor should I have worried my mates like I had done but at the time I needed space.

I had lost Levi once before and loosing him a second time only for him to completely block me out when we had a chance to speak tore my heart apart. Alec and Matt found me an hour later and brought me home after having a long talk with me. I felt ashamed when I realized I had been completely ignoring their feelings. They were hurting just as bad as me and had been just as hurt that Levi didn't want to talk to them either. They just respected his decision and convinced me that I should too.

I managed to let my anger toward Kayden go and shoved my jealousy away the best I could.

"Daddy!" Lilliana cried tugging on Kayden's pant leg grabbing his attention.

Zach was half asleep his head on my shoulder while Kaleb was sucking on his thumb and playing with my hair. I had wanted to put them down for a nap but I also wanted to hear what Kayden was saying. This was the first time he hadn't rushed to his room right after getting the call.

He placed the phone between his shoulder and ear and bent down to pick up Lilliana who loved being held by her daddy and Kayden loved indulging her.

Her white curls were in pig tails with bright blue ribbons that matched her blue skirt and white shirt that had a flower on it. Lilliana was such a sweet little girl and was very shy when it came to people outside our little family. She liked hiding behind Kayden or Kaleb which I found adorable. She was the quietest out of all my children while Rayna was quite out spoken and loved talking as much as she could something that could be quite exhausting at times.

My boys were inseparable and hated doing anything apart. They always seemed to be on the same wave length an often spoke at the same time and while technically they were only half brothers they appeared identical until you noticed that Kaleb had a freckle under his left eye that Zach didn't. Or that Zach's hair was more curly than Kaleb's.

"Yeah? That's great!" Kayden grinned making my chest ache. He held Liliana high on his hip her sippy cup clutched tightly between her little hands. What was so great? Why couldn't I know about it?

Suddenly he let out a booming laugh I quickly turned and carried the boys into the living room. While they usually had their naps in their bedrooms Rayna had already fallen asleep on one of the couches and I didn't want to keep them in different parts of the house.

Our living room was quite large and had three large couches. I gently laid a sleeping Zach on one end of the couch before putting a drowsy Kaleb on the other end. I was placing a blanket over the boys when Kayden walked into the room. I was shocked he was off the phone so soon but I pretended to not notice. I gently took Lilly from his hold not daring to look at his face. I didn't want him to see what I was feeling.