The Lives We Live

Chapter 37

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"Okay, calm down Reggie , I was just being polite

"Well don't, I just want to spend some time with my kids," He said through gritted teeth and a loud voice.

"Is something wrong?" Noah appeared behind his momma with a raised eyebrow. "How can I help you?" He asked the tall man, he knew it was Reggie but he wanted to mess with him a bit.

"Noah," Toni warned. "Go call Cheryl and the kids please."

"Cheryl! Some man is asking for you and the boys!" Noah yelled through the house as he didn't move from beside his mother. The man balled his fists and took a couple of deep breaths, he just wanted to take the boys and leave. A few seconds later, Luke and Lucas appeared with Cheryl. Noah being the little tease, he bent down and kissed both the boys forehead. "You guys have fun with your father and tell me all about it tomorrow, do we have a deal?" He asked looking at both boys.

Lucas nodded, "And don't play need for speed without me!" He warned.

"Can we pway catch towmowwo?" Luke asked excitedly.

"Of course buddy!"

"Luke! Lucas! Let's go!" Reggie said firmly.

Cheryl  looked at Toni and Noah, silently pleading them to enter the house. The brunette sighed and entered the house, pulling Noah with her. The redhead then turned to her boys and kissed their cheeks, "I will see you tomorrow after school, and you have fun with daddy tonight, okay?" The boys nodded and ran to Reggie's car. She then turned her gaze to the man who was clearly angry. "What is it?"

"You really have some nerve don't you Cheryl?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You let that bitch open the door! You clearly want me pissed!"

"HEY!" Cheryl yelled. "DON'T YOU DARE CALL HER THAT! I WAS GETTING THE KIDS READY WHEN YOU RANG THE DOORBELL!"

"SINCE WHEN DO TEENAGERS LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH THREE AND SIX YEAR OLD'S?"

"SINCE THE MOMENT THEY MET EACH OTHER AND THEY BECAME JOINED TO THE HIP! WE ARE DIVORCED! WE ARE OVER!"

Reggie laughed darkly. "You really think that you have the perfect family now? That you have it all? The house? The car? The kids?"

All of a sudden, Toni appeared and pushed Cheryl behind her. "Run a long, there's no need to be speaking to her in that tone." She said in a calm tone. Noah, Norah, and Betty all came and stood beside the redhead. "It's too late now to be saying all these stuff."

"Heh, Betty's okay with this too? God, how was I married to such a fucked up family?"

Toni launched herself to hit him but she was stopped by Cheryl. "Leave him be, it's not worth it, we got divorced."

"Leave," Betty said firmly. "Take care of the kids for the night."

After Reggie left and everybody calmed down, Cheryl excused herself and went to take walk around in Toni's backyard, she was in need of some time alone. She took a deep breath and sat under a tree, burying her head in her hands as tears started to fall. She was angry at her ex husband for insulting her in front of everyone, she never thought that he was capable of doing or saying such things.

She didn't know how long she has been sitting there, but she felt an arm wrap around her shoulder. She recognized that it was Toni as soon as she inhaled her scent. "I'm sorry," Cheryl said in a broken voice. "I'm sorry that you had to see and hear that. He was never like this."