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A guide to single parenthood

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Parts 13
Time 54m

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Alejandro Cruz didn't die at war.
He came home. Just not fast enough.

Two months after holding his newborn twins-after kissing his exhausted wife and whispering "We're gonna make it"-he steps off the tarmac and straight into a nightmare.

The baby monitor is buzzing.
The bottles are crusted over.
And upstairs, his wife is tangled in the sheets with a man who isn't him.

"She used to say my name like it meant something.
Now it sounds like an apology."
Rose didn't plan to fall apart. She just did.
Alone in the dark with two screaming infants and a body that no longer felt like hers, she stopped being a wife and started surviving. When someone reached out-when someone saw her again-she didn't say no.

"I love my babies.
I love the man I married.
But love doesn't mean much when you haven't slept in three days and no one asks if you're okay."
Now Alejandro is back.
But the version of him that left-the one full of hope and fire and promises? That man is dead.
What's left is a stranger with a diaper bag in one hand and divorce papers in the other.

And two babies-Marcus and Iris-who don't know how to choose between a mother unraveling and a father made of war.

"This isn't a guide. It's a confession.
Of everything I should've said.
And everything I left too late."All Rights Reserved

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Corruption (Editing) by MoTalez

An uptight and unforgiving single father tells a young reporter, the story of his second wife and himself. A story that is hidden behind a national fight against the war on drugs. Reliving moments that were just as painful as they were joyous, never rethinking his decisions but watching them rip him apart for a second time. He informs the reporter on moments that tell his version of the story. A story that his wife couldn't tell. Remembering his love for some and his irrational behavior towards others. attempting to teach lessons that he never learned himself. **************** "Vincenzo," she stood over me, "please. Please. Please." I nodded, I looked down at Constance, then I looked back at her. She looks like a bomb ready to detonate, it's over. I stood up and put Constance in his cot, he began to giggle at the sight of the mobile. His fist in his mouth admiring the hanging sea creatures, dolphins, whales, and turtles. I looked back at Evangeline, she was breathing heavily and losing all control. She plopped down on the bed, and I moved from the cot to look at her. Once my feet stood in front of her she took her ring off and threw it at me. It hit my chest. It fell right on my slipper. She was growing with hysteria. Her fingers running through her hair. I was frozen, she was heaving and she fell from the bed onto her knees. She crawled to the corner of the room, in between the wall and the dresser. Her red shirt rubbing against the green walls of the bedroom. Her shoulder grazed the beige dresser, making scratches on her arms and she didn't care. I looked down at the ring sitting on my foot, to my Evangeline. My mouth hung open but I couldn't say anything, the only noise in the room was the scraping of Evangeline's shoulder and the little giggles escaping the cot. My money was on my foot, but my heart split across the room." -Chp 15

Barking Mad by SmlAlwaysOriginal

Third book after Jaime, and Angelica. Angelica's sons are grown and they are meeting their mate. He had an idea, that was all. He wanted to help his people as a whole. He didn't think he'd be the first to try it out. His life was turned upside down, but maybe that was a good thing. But how does he cope with mates that are more wolf then man? It's hard to have a relationship when your mates don't talk much. (Told from Blake and Andrews mates point of view.) Excerpt: Okay, I admit that this was my idea but, I didn't think that Alpha would send me. Yes, pack exchange would help to freshen packs. Blood, minds, get packs that were stagnant and stuck decades in the past to move forward. I recommended enforcers, warriors and Omega's, positions that would do the most good. I was none of those. I was just a random beta with barely the wolf to keep my position and not fall down a rank. But my alpha said that the other packs were not so keen on doing it. So he was going to lead by example. All known packs were put into a database by the council and random generators paired packs to exchange people. Since alpha wanted to lead, we were first to get paired. We got paired with a pack across the country. My flight out had been uneventful thankfully. Most of my things had been shipped, I had two suitcases of things I was wheeling toward the exit of the airport. Supposedly this pack had sent someone to pick me up. I'm almost to the door when I hear my name called.

Lost by Nickpowell6

After finding out she was pregnant with her second baby by her ex-boyfriend, Rose decides to tell her friends what happened and what her plans were they all packed up a left for Oak Island South Carolina. Shortly after opening her own machinic shop, she catches the watchful and protective eye of the president of an MC called the Angels. Xavier (Axe) Balck is one of the kindessed men that you could possibly meet at least to his town and fellow bikers, but to anyone outside the community, that's not the case. After driving past a new machinic shop that opened in town, he is quickly caught in the beauty of a light brown haired goddess, but little does he know someone already has what is left of her heart. Will Rose let Axe into her life, or will she run him off and keep her and her kids safe from heartbreak. _______________ After having to bartender flirt with me for the last hour, I finally gave up and went over to the table where my friends have been sitting with a group of men. "Hey boys, I'm goin' head home and check on the little one y'all stay and enjoy your night." I start to walk away before being grabbed by someone only to turn around and come face to face with the bartender. "Oh shit." I heard Cavin whisper. This is going to be fun. "Can I help you?" I ask, pushing his hand away. I see Cory and Cavin both stand up, ready to help me if needed, but I shake my head, signaling that I've got this. "I've been making passes at you all night just for you to ignore me like an ungreatful bitch." he says spitting slightly on my face I see my boys looking deadly but Ionly smirk at them which they return. "The only ungreatful bitch I see is you if a girl ignores your passes it means she's noy intrested so go back to your bar like a good little boy you are." I say turning around to leave only to have my wrist grabbed again. ____________________ Fallow Rose's and Axe's story to see where they end up. Will she let Axe in her and her kids life? Read to find out.

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His Secret Wife by KahnaKahn

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