Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#72 Single Father

(In this imagine you basically walked out not long after the birth of your 3rd child and you don't care about any of them and you're in a bad state and things)

Niall's POV

I was home with my 3 children, 3 year old Aaliyah, 2 year old Ethan and 3 month old Isabelle.

Isabelle was crying because she is teething, Ethan was crying because Isabelle was and Aaliyah was looking between them not knowing what to do.

It's been hard being on my own, y/n walked out on us and she hasn't seen the kids since. They sometimes ask where she is but other than that they aren't that bothered since she didn't bother with them that much when she was here.

I put my youngest daughter and son into the twin pram.

"Shh please" I pleased giving Isabelle her dummy which quietened down. Since she quietened down, Ethan did too and fell asleep.

"C'mon princess, well go see grandma" I said helping my eldest daughter put her coat on.
She smiled.
"I hold pram?" She asked and I nodded kissing her cheek.

We left the house and walked towards my mums house which was about 10 minutes away.

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Isabelle was asleep in the pram and Aaliyah and Ethan were playing together while I sat on the sofa talking to my mum.

"You look exhausted Nialler"My mum pointed out.
I sighed sadly.
"I am, I..I just never imagined that y/n would do that and it's so hard with them all being so young" I admitted.
My mum brought me into a side hug.

"It'll get better , love, and you're doing a great job, Your Dad and I raised you well, you're an amazing dad to these 3" She said and I smiled gratefully.

"How did the custody battle go?" She asked hopeful that I got custody.
"I got full custody but she can see them every two weeks but it has to be supervised due to her state. They were supposed to see her Friday but she never turned up, they were so upset about it" I explained .
"The court said that she has three more chances, if she doesn't turn up then she'll be out their life for good"  I added.
"I understand that all kids need their mother according to society but I think it's better that way. You don't want to hurt the kids by having her coming in and out of their lives" My mum said.
"I know and I don't really want her around the kids when she's in that state. I'll try my best to give them the best advice and things when they get older and they'll have you and Greg and Denise to go to as well" I said and she agreed.

"But Niall, If you ever need any help with them, tell me and I'll help . When you and Greg lived with me for a while when you were younger, I struggled and you two had bigger age gaps and weren't really really young but you have 3 under the age of 4, which is going to be stressful " She explained and I nodded.

"Daddy" Aaliyah mumbled walking up to me.
"What's up baby?" I asked picking her up. I could tell she was tired because she was rubbing her eyes.

She was now sat on my knee, Ethan was playing in the floor and Isabelle was being held by my mum.

"M'tired" She muttered.
"Okay, we can go home in a minute" I told her and she nodded.