The Lives We Live

Chapter 49

"DAD!"

Reggie turned to the source of the voice and his eyes went wide at the sight in front of him."L-Luke? Lucas?" He asked not believing his eyes as he approached the table.

"DAD!" The boys yelled again as they hugged him tightly. But he didn't hug back. He pulled away from the hug and looked at the table to see Toni and Cheryl still in shock, along with the women on the table.

"I-uh," He stuttered as he walked away from the table and out of the restaurant.

"Reggie! STOP!" Toni said as she stood in front of him. "Don't run away, you caused enough damage by running away."

The man shook his head. "What are you doing here? Of all places, why did you have to be here?"

"We came for a vacation. Why haven't you contacted them? Why did you break their hearts? Do you know how many times Lucas cried because he missed his dad? What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Look, you don't get to lecture me about my actions! You were the reason my life was ruined! Now do us both a favor and leave me alone!"

"REGGIE!" Cheryl yelled angrily. "She did nothing to you! You are the one at fault here!"

"Oh great, the lovebirds reunite." He replied sarcastically. "What do you want from me? I gave you the divorce, I let you have the kids. Why don't you just take the boys and leave me alone?"

"What about your promise to Luke and Lucas? Why do they have to abandoned by you?"

"I don't want them anymore. I left them for you to raise, they don't need me, they have you and your lover."

"Who are you? Because the Reggie I knew would never speak like that about his kids." The redhead asked as she crossed her arms and gave the man a confused look.

"The Reggie you knew died the day you decided to cheat on me." He said as he walked away. "After tonight, consider me dead to them!" He yelled again. Cheryl stood there with tears in her eyes. Toni hugged her tightly with a sad sigh. "Let's go back, the kids will be asking about us soon."

Cheryl looked at her with sad eyes. "What am I going to tell them? That your dad doesn't want you anymore?"

"We'll talk to them once we go back to our hotel. We will handle it together, as a family. I promise." The redhead nodded and exhaled a breath as she took Toni's hand to enter the restaurant. The family looked at them as their eyes were full of question. "We'll talk later," Toni said firmly. Everyone nodded and continued their food, Noah joked around causing everyone to forget about the drama that has just happened.

Toni and Cheryl entered the kid's room to make sure they are ready for bed, they sighed sadly and called for Luke an Lucas. The boys came and sat beside their mothers as they snuggled into them. "Guys, we need to talk about what happened."

"Dad doesn't want to see us right?" Lucas asked sadly. "If he wanted he would've hugged back us when we did."

"I'm sorry honey, but dad made it clear that he is out of our lives."

Luke had tears in his eyes, Toni noticed and quickly hugged him tightly. "I love you guys, and we will always want you in our lives. Do you guys understand me? Mommy and Momma will always love you."

"I-I love you, momma, and mommy." The three-year-old said in a sad voice.

"We love you too kiddos, what do you think? Should we put you in bed?" The boys nodded and wiped their tears and made their way to the bathroom. The redhead sighed sadly. "They are going to hate him."

"It's his choice. He doesn't want them. But I do, and I want to adopt them, make them officially mine."

Cheryl's eyes went wide. "I-I was thinking of doing the same with Norah and Noah."