The Lives We Live

Chapter 40

Waking up at six AM, He found his two boys cuddled against him, they had a great time the previous nights and now it was time for him to drop them at school. Reggie was having a great time with his boys, he knew that he would miss them too much but moving back to Toronto was the best option for him. He sighed and turned his attention to his boys. "Guys, wake up. It's time for school."

Luke grumbled causing the man to laugh. "Wake up buddy, I'll make pancakes." He knew it was the only way to wake up the three-year-old.

"Pancakes!" He yelled happily.

Lucas laughed. "Way to go, dad, you sure woke him up."

Reggie laughed and kissed his boy's forehead. "Come on, I'll prepare breakfast."

The boys nodded and went to the bathroom to freshen up, as their father was taking out the ingredients for pancakes. As he was preparing food, he was hit with a gush of sadness in his heart. It would be the last breakfast he would have with his kids. The brunette man isn't sure that if he would ever come back to the USA but until he decides to visit his boys again, it will be a long time.

Luke and Lucas sat on the island that was in the kitchen, dressed up and ready for school and waited for their father to finish their breakfast. "This is the last time we are going to have breakfast with you isn't it?" Lucas asked sadly.

Reggie sighed and nodded. "It seems like it buddy, I'm sorry that I am leaving."

"Then why are you? Dad, I know you aren't happy with what happened with you and mom but what about us?"

"You have Toni,"

"She is amazing, her family is awesome. But that doesn't mean we don't want our father in our life."

"When did you become so smart?" Reggie asked as he placed two plates in front of his boys. "Lucas, this is hard for me too, but I will see you on holidays."

"Do you promise to call us whenever you can?"

"I do, now eat up, we gotta go to school."

The kids nodded and ate their breakfast, it took them about thirty minutes to reach the school. Reggie sighed as he parked the car and helped his boys with their bags. He kneeled in front of them. "Okay guys, I need you to take care of yourselves. And not give mom a hard time. And I will call you every weekend to check on you guys."

"You promise?" Luke asked sadly.

"I do, now give me a hug and get to your classes,"

The boys wrapped their little arms around their father and kissed their cheeks. "We love you, dad,"

"I love you too kiddo's. Get going," He said with a sad smile.

By the time it was eleven AM, Toni and Cheryl were still binge-watching CSI, the brunette was positioned on the couch, one leg was laid on the couch and the other one was on touching the floor, Cheryl was between the brunette's legs, with her back resting on Toni's chest. "Who do you think is the killer?" She asked as they were close to finishing the episode.

Toni shrugged, "I think it's that blond lady,"

"I don't think so, I think it's the rich guy."

"Want to bet?" Toni asked with a grin.

"If I win, I'll get to do anything with you for an hour."

"And If I win, you are going to wake up the kids for a week."

"That's not fair!" Cheryl whined.

"Tsk, what do you say?"

Cheryl huffed. "Fine!" Toni laughed and kissed the redhead's temple as she pulled her impossibly closer. A few minutes passed and they continued watching. Cheryl's phone chimed informing her that she received a text message. She sighed and picked it up.