4 YEARS LATER
Normal POV
"Mum, Connor pushed me!" I heard Odette shout from the hall.
I get up out my chair in my office and walk out into the hall. I look down at Odette who's standing with her arms crossed over chest, brow frowned and looking angrily at Connor who was standing making fun of her.
"Tell tale!" Connor shouts at her.
"You pushed me!" Odette shouts back at him.
"I did not!"
"Yes, you did!"
"Didn't!"
"Did!"
"Didn't!"
"ENOUGH!" I shout and they look up at me. I look down at Connor and sigh. "Did you push her?"
"No," he answers, a grin appearing on his face.
"You did!" Odette shouts.
"Odette!" I shout to get her to be quiet. She looks at me again. "Stop moaning!"
"But mum, he pushed me!" She whines.
"I don't care, you shouldn't be out here playing anyway. Go back into the cinema room and join Matthew to watch the film that I put on for you." I told her.
She looks from me then to Connor before storming off to the cinema room.
"Yeah, you tell her, mum!" Connor congratulates to me. I fold my arms across my chest and look down at him. "What?"
"That goes for you too," I say simply, bending down to look at him at eye level.
"Oh, man," he groans before walking away to the cinema room.
I stand up straight and when I hear the cinema room door slam shut. I shake my head and roll my eyes before going back into my office. I close the door over and walk back over to my leather chair behind the desk before I put my head in my hands and then look at the computer screen.
"Those kids are so annoying at times," I mutter before continuing my work on the computer.
2 HOURS LATER
I was still sat in my office working when I heard the front door open and close. I get up and walk out the room and down the hall. When I see Joe hing his jacket up in the cupboard, I stop and smile. Joe closes the door over and turns to look at me.
"How long have you been standing there for?" He asks as I walk over to him.
"Only a few seconds," I confess as I reach him.
He puts his hands on my waist and kisses me lightly. I smile at him then hear a door open.
"Daddy!" Odette shouts as she comes running out the cinema room and over to Joe.
Joe lets me go and Odette runs straight into his open arms before he picks her up and places her on his side. I watch Odette as she lays her head on his shoulder and he slightly titls his head to rest on top of hers.
"Looks like my little girl's missed me," Joe smiles as Odette put her small arms around his neck.
"She has. No idea how the two boys feel though," I mention, looking at Matthew and Connor standing by the cinema room door watching Joe.
"Dad, can we go and play football?" Connor asks suddenly.
"No, daddy's going to play with me!" Odette shouts as Joe turns to look at the boys.
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With Me Through Troubled Times (With Me - book 2)
FanfictionSEQUEL to "With Me From The Start". I gave Joe a second chance. Not because I had too, but because I love him so much to a point where it hurts when he's not by my side. The only problem is, can we get through the challenges that we now come face...
