A Different Type of Family

The Plain And Simple Truth

Lena Adams Foster got up very early and she eyed the sun and smiled. Today was their Labor Day Weekend barbecue at home and they invited family and friends. Mike came over to take his five kids out so the moms won't be so bombarded.

"Hi Mike. Come in," she replied as she opened the door for him and he walked in with two coffees from Starbucks. Lena took the offered coffee and drank and sighed.

"Better?" Mike asked in a teasing way. Lena nodded.

"Do I get any?" Stef asked.

"Of course. You are the mother of my five kids," Mike added. Lena tried not to let it bother her, but it did. She took those thoughts out of her mind as the big twins and the triplets came downstairs. 

"Hi dad," the triplets added. "Can we get coffee too?"

"Over my dead body," Stef added.

"Hi daddy," the triplets added. "Where are we going?"

"That is a surprise," Mike added as the five kids hugged their moms' goodbye. Mike and his brood of five went to Monterrey Bay to see the fish. The five kids eyes went wide as they saw how big the place was. 

"WOW," the twins added. "This place is huge."

"Bigger than Birch," Caleb and Callum added.

"More fishes," Callie added in a smile. Mike nodded.

"My dad brought me here all the time," Mike replied as the five kids nodded.

A few hours later, Jackson Owens rang the doorbell at the Adams Foster home.

The door was opened to reveal Lena and she eyed him in a smile. "I have missed you."

"Me too," he added as he walked in and brought a veggie, meat and fruit trays and placed them on the kitchen table.

"How was sabbatical?" Lena asked.

"It had its perks," he replied. "How is the home front?"

"Good and we need to talk," Lena added. 

"What's up?" he asked.

"Do you know Jeff Hunter?" Lena asked. "He brought over three siblings. A set of twins and their younger brother. The twins are a boy and a girl."

"I know Jeff and are you talking about Jesus, Mariana and Jude?" he asked hoping that it wasn"t them.

"Yes," Lena added. "I think he lied to Stef about them."

"He did lie. Jesus is allergic to cats and dogs, Mariana can't be in a home right of the foster parents have biological or adopted daughters and also fostering daughters."

"Why  not?" Len asked.

"She hates and hurts them," Jack added. Lena closed her eyes and realized that Callie's broken arm could have been avoided. "What did she do?" Jack asked.

"She pushed Callie from the top part of the slide and her arm was broken. In a cast for eight weeks," Lena replied.

"Just great and they need to leave today and I will make it happen," Jack added.

Stef stopped at the store to get last minute stuff for the barbecue. She got a 50 count case of Canada Dry Ginger Ale, bags of chips, more hotdogs and Bratwurst, Chicken, veggie and beef patties for burgers. 

"Anything else?" Stef asked. AJ eyed her.

"Vanilla ice cream and Root Beer mommy," AJ added. Stef winked at her son and he smirked.

They got 4 five gallon tubs of Vanilla ice cream and bottles of Root Beer. 

Stef even got two party trays of wings as well as cookies. "That's it."