Unconditional Love: A Mother's Gift

The Calm Before the Storm

A few days later, Stevie had pulled Aiden from his school. She had spoken to Lindsey and told him that Aiden wanted a change. Lindsey didn't question Aiden's decision to be home schooled. He just wanted his son to be happy and if it was being home schooled then he wouldn't say no to it. Although, he did wonder the reason for the sudden change.

Aiden was much happier now that he had come out to his mom. He felt so much closer to her now and she was most definitely supportive. Everyone could tell a difference in him and they were all relieved. They were all starting to worry about him.
Lindsey figured that Aiden had finally gotten over his breakup with Amanda. So, he didn't have to worry about his son's broken heart anymore.

Aiden started home school and he loved it. He got to sleep in a bit later, he made his own schedule.
Lindsey was a bit worried that Aiden wouldn't be able to keep up with his school work but Aiden made sure he finished all of his lessons and homework before he did anything else.

Aiden also found a chat group online where other kids that were also being home schooled got to hang out and talk about their experience of home school and just about everything else.
It was their own support system.

Aiden met a boy named Owen Rogers. He lived an hour away from where Aiden lived.
Owen was also home schooled because of being bullied in his old public school; Owen was also gay. Aiden would video chat with him when they got their school work done. They would talk for hours online.

Aiden really liked Owen; this was Aiden's first crush. He really hoped that something more would come out of their friendship.

Also as time went by, Stevie had spoken to Lindsey, Mick and John about taking pictures for the album cover. Only Lindsey knew the real reason as to why Stevie wanted to take the photos early.

All agreed and they all got together to take the photos for the album cover. They weren't sure what the title of the album was going to be yet but they all had a vision of how they wanted the cover to be.

The day of the photoshoot, Stevie had to excuse herself several times to throw up in the bathroom. She was still having to deal with morning sickness.

Mick and John were concerned but Stevie assured them she was okay. She told them that she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her and must have upset her stomach.

When she had those moments, she would also have to hide her morning sickness from the camera crew, as they were already filming for the documentary.
It was tough but she made it through the day.

Once the photoshoot was out of the way, Stevie went back to being a stay at home mom for a while longer.

As time went on, Mathew's guilt was slowly building even more than he was already feeling.

Madison at first stayed away but then she began to go to Mathew for any little thing.
She even began asking for money to stay quiet about their affair.
Mathew gave in to Madison's wishes just so he could keep her quiet. The pressure was mounting because he didn't know how long he could keep this from Destiny, especially about the money he was giving Madison.

He just hoped that Destiny wouldn't want to check in on their bank account anytime soon. But he knew his days were numbered; he had to find a gentle way to break the news to Destiny before Madison could do so.

Destiny could feel that there was something going on with Mathew. She would ask him if he was okay to which he would reply that he was fine and that he was under a lot of pressure due to his work load.