THE TIES THAT BIND-Book 3 In The Sexy As Series

Chapter 99

Once they were settled in their private car. Kaia shook her head at the opulence of it knowing it was her husbands doing. They sat down and were brought champagne by the steward.

"You and only you Katia," she said. "Not for Marian not for Zayn and not for Liam," she said.

"I just had to check for myself. I'm here for me and the fact I want a real relationship with you," Katia smiled that and to find out why her parents still loved Kaia. Why they still asked about her and never wondered about how she was doing.

 Kaia held up her glass. "To new beginnings and happy memories."

"Cheers," Katia laughed as the bubbles in the champagne tickled her nose.

Kaia moved to sit next to her sister and pulled out her phone. "Smile," She said and snapped some pictures of them. And then went back to sit across from her. She sent them to Katia and then smiled as she felt the train begin to move. "What do you think of this private car?"

"Opulent. I am not used to fancy stuff. We never had anything growing up in the home," Katia said with a shrug her shoulders.  "Zayn likes to spoil you."

 Kaia smirked. "Sometimes I think he overdoes it," she said. "But he always tells me I'm worth it." She said and drank down her champagne. "I'm still not used to fancy things even after all the time we've been together. I didn't grownup with anything fancy."

"Marian was the first person to ever give me a present. I had totally forgotten it was my birthday and she arranged for catering to make me a cake and the whole cast sang to me. I burst into tears as I realized it was my first birthday celebration ever." She smiled wiping away happy tears at the memory.  " I had gotten so used to no one caring it was my birthday. I hadn't celebrated in forever."

Kaia smiled. "Really?" She asked. "No one ever gave you presents?" She said. "What about your adoptive parents? Didn't they celebrate your birthday?"

"I never stayed with a family for more than 9 to 12 months. Never came up."

Kaia was stunned. "I'm...I'm sorry," she said and quickly refilled their glasses. "That wasn't fair to you."

 Katia took another sip of her drink.  "It's okay growing up in-the system teaches you things. Some people would take us in for the paycheck. Some because they needed help pulling of scam and heist. Then you had the lonely Hollywood style wife that couldn't have kids they would take you in and actually treat you nice and with respect and love." She smiled "Those were my favorite and it was heartbreaking when they packed up and left for Europe without you or the husband didn't want you around anymore. It was just the roll of the dice. I learned how to survive," she said finishing off her glass.

Kaia felt her eyes rim with tears and she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. She looked out the window as the cityscape of London left their view.  "Katia....I...." She stammered. She herself had been in three foster homes before the Klein's took her in when she was 14. Her foster families weren't mean to her but they weren't nice either. "I'm so sorry you had to live with that," she said. "I'm sorry you were so alone for so long."

 "Thanks, but it made me who I am. I think I was in at least a dozen different homes before I took off for good when I was 16."

 "A dozen?" Kaia asked her eyes almost bulging out. "Wow," she said. "Katia...I don't know what to say..." She was completely stunned. "What...where did you go? Didn't anyone come looking for you?"

 "My last foster mom was a bitch, a lazy one at that. All she cared about was the fact we made her money and she looked good in front of her pastor," she said gagging. "I met a man at church and ran away with him."