Theif 3

Chapter 17

There is about two more minutes until we will be home. Wesley has been silent almost the entire ride.

"Wesley. You up, baby?" I ask.

A small groggy voice replies to me. "Yeah."

"Alright, don't go to sleep on me buddy. We're almost home."

"Okay." The same voice answers.

I focus on the road and headlights that pass me until I'm pulling into the driveway.

"We're here." I announce only to be accompanied by silence.

I turn around to see big brown tired eyes gazing at me.

"You ready to go night night?"

He nods.

I get out the car, help him out, and carry him into the house.

"Alright." I say, "Let me put you down so I can get my shoes off."

I bend down after putting him to the floor and start to unlace my right shoe then my left and slip both shoes off.

"Now daddy can take you to bed--" I look up to see that Wesley is no longer there.

I furrow my eyebrows.

Wow that kid is fast. No wonder how he got away so far today.

I go up the stairs and look down the hall to see his bedroom light on. I quietly go toward the yellowish glow until I'm in the door frame, peeking inside.

I see Wesley standing in his big boy underwear. He puts on his sleeping pants backwards before putting on his shirt. I smile.

"Why you watching me?" He ask while continuing to adjust his shirt.

I frown.

He didn't even look at me.

"Because your pants are on backwards, silly."

"You help me?"

I bend down in front of him and he puts his hands on my shoulders for balance. When his pants were off I turned them around and put them back on.

He looks up at me. "Mommy not coming back, is she?"

I furrow my eyebrows.

"That why you sad."

"I'm not sad." I tell him, barely touching my nose.

He looks down with big sad eyes. "Why do you hate Niall and your daddy?"

"I don't hate them." My thumb comes in contact with my nose.

"Do you hate mommy."

"No." I gasp. "No of course not. I love her."

"You don't have to lie to me daddy. I'll keep all of your secrets."

"I'm not lying, Wesley." I grab both sides of his face that holds very cold emotion. "I love your mommy. I love her with all of my heart."

For a moment the room was still. The only thing heard was us breathing.

"I know you do, daddy."

He turns around and walks towards his bed about to lift his blanket.

"Hey, do you want to sleep with daddy tonight?"

He shrugs before leaving his bed, walking past me straight out the room.

What the hell? If he knows I love Babe then why did he tell me I could tell him my secrets after I told him I did?

I exit his room, only to enter my own. I take off my shirt and by the time I turn around, Wesley has already got on my bed. I take off my pants as he crawls under the covers. I put on some sweat pants and I make my way to the door and switch off the light.

"Sleep well, baby." I say, just about to exit the door to go do the dishes so the house won't stink.

"Daddy." Wesley says before I can go.

"Yes?"

"You go to bed now too."

I turn around to look towards him, although I couldn't see him, the room has absolutely no light.

"I want you lay with me." He finishes.

"Um," I hum debating on whether or not the chores were important enough. They aren't. "Alright, we can go to bed now." I agree walking into the room.

I memorize the set up of the room so I don't run into anything.

I get in the bet under the covers and get comfortable, I feel around the bed until I fins Wes' small body and pull him towards me. He then takes the opportunity to climb over me and rest his head on my chest. I wrap my arms around him and his body relaxes.

I sigh feeling a slight frown when I say, "Wesley, I love your mommy with all my heart."

"I know."

"So you believe me?"

I feel small fingers brought up to the middle of my face.

"Yes. I be-liv you."

Of course. It was the nose thing.

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Short but oh well.

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