forgot.”
“Forgot?” Luke asked incredulously. “Well, where are you going?”
“Home.” Adam didn’t hide his agitation with his brother’s interrogation. “Where the hell else would I be going?”
“Ah.” Luke sounded cynically. “Anxious to see Destiny?”
“No.” Adam defended with a snort. What a ridiculous notion? “She requested I have dinner with the children tonight.”
“ They’ll probably like that.”
Adam had to agree. They probably will.
“Ok. Well, I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I’ll let you go.”
“Alright. Talk to you later.”
“Tell Destiny I said ‘Hi’.”
Adam rolled his eyes and disconnected the call.
Chapter 11
“Destiny.” Jason growled when he spotted both his equipment bag and backpack in his chair.
“Well,” Destiny shrugged from her seat across the table. “Put them where they belong and they won’t be in your way.”
He scowled at her as he shoved the bags onto the floor and dropped in his seat.
Stubborn as a mule. She shook her head.
She glanced over at Ali and had to hold back the laugh when she saw the poor girl staring at the empty space in front of her, her hands twitching on the table.
When she called them for dinner Ali walked in, eyes on her phone, and Destiny couldn’t take it anymore. She pulled out her phone and sent this message:
If you bring your phone to the table it will have a tragic drowning accident in the toilet tonight.
Ali texted back: You wouldn’t dare!
Destiny replied with: Wanna try me? You have to sleep some time and when you do ‘Bye, Bye’ phone.
Ali placed her phone on the island and sat down at the table. She’s been fidgeting like a drug addict going though withdrawals ever since.
“Ali, it’s really not that bad.”
A stone cold death glare was all the response she got from the girl.
“Ok everyone.”
Dela and Richard lowered platters of roast, potatoes, and other veggies in front of them.
Destiny waited for Jason to say something about the dinner and smiled when he began to eat without a single word. Well, at least he listened to his father.
The table was quiet for about ten minutes and then the sound of the front door closing caught everyone’s attention. No one moved which Destiny thought was odd. Shouldn’t at least Anna be running to her dad when he came home?
T hen it dawned on her. He probably didn’t greet the family when he came home. He probably went straight to his office.
Her breath caught in her che st as she waited, hoping that he would do as she requested and have dinner with them.
She didn’t release it until his tall form stepped through the archway. At that moment Anna squealed, “Daddy!” and darted for him.
“Hey Beautiful.” He scooped her up and hugged her tight against his chest. “How was your day?”
She lifted her head off his shoulder, her face radiating pure happiness. “It was great! What about yours?”
“It was crazy. I’m happy to be home.”
“I’m happy you’re home too, Daddy.” She wrapped her arms back around his neck.
“Sir?”
He glanced at Richard, still holding Anna against him.
“Would you like me to bring your dinner to your office?”
Destiny’s heart warmed when he shook his head. “I’ll be having dinner with the children, Richard.”
Destiny could feel the shock fill the room as Richard nodded and made his way to the kitchen.
“Daddy?”
Destiny’s eyes snapped to Ali. It was the first time since she arrived at the Fates’ home a little over 24 hours ago Ali spoke.
“Are you feeling ok?” She asked, eyeing her father curiously.
“Yes Baby.” He laughed as he shifted Anna to his hip. “I have a little free time and thought it would be nice to join you guys.”
The atmosphere in the room shifted from solemn to cheerful instantaneously.
Mr. Fates lowered Anna to her feet and motioned for her to head back to her chair. Once he
“Forgot?” Luke asked incredulously. “Well, where are you going?”
“Home.” Adam didn’t hide his agitation with his brother’s interrogation. “Where the hell else would I be going?”
“Ah.” Luke sounded cynically. “Anxious to see Destiny?”
“No.” Adam defended with a snort. What a ridiculous notion? “She requested I have dinner with the children tonight.”
“ They’ll probably like that.”
Adam had to agree. They probably will.
“Ok. Well, I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I’ll let you go.”
“Alright. Talk to you later.”
“Tell Destiny I said ‘Hi’.”
Adam rolled his eyes and disconnected the call.
Chapter 11
“Destiny.” Jason growled when he spotted both his equipment bag and backpack in his chair.
“Well,” Destiny shrugged from her seat across the table. “Put them where they belong and they won’t be in your way.”
He scowled at her as he shoved the bags onto the floor and dropped in his seat.
Stubborn as a mule. She shook her head.
She glanced over at Ali and had to hold back the laugh when she saw the poor girl staring at the empty space in front of her, her hands twitching on the table.
When she called them for dinner Ali walked in, eyes on her phone, and Destiny couldn’t take it anymore. She pulled out her phone and sent this message:
If you bring your phone to the table it will have a tragic drowning accident in the toilet tonight.
Ali texted back: You wouldn’t dare!
Destiny replied with: Wanna try me? You have to sleep some time and when you do ‘Bye, Bye’ phone.
Ali placed her phone on the island and sat down at the table. She’s been fidgeting like a drug addict going though withdrawals ever since.
“Ali, it’s really not that bad.”
A stone cold death glare was all the response she got from the girl.
“Ok everyone.”
Dela and Richard lowered platters of roast, potatoes, and other veggies in front of them.
Destiny waited for Jason to say something about the dinner and smiled when he began to eat without a single word. Well, at least he listened to his father.
The table was quiet for about ten minutes and then the sound of the front door closing caught everyone’s attention. No one moved which Destiny thought was odd. Shouldn’t at least Anna be running to her dad when he came home?
T hen it dawned on her. He probably didn’t greet the family when he came home. He probably went straight to his office.
Her breath caught in her che st as she waited, hoping that he would do as she requested and have dinner with them.
She didn’t release it until his tall form stepped through the archway. At that moment Anna squealed, “Daddy!” and darted for him.
“Hey Beautiful.” He scooped her up and hugged her tight against his chest. “How was your day?”
She lifted her head off his shoulder, her face radiating pure happiness. “It was great! What about yours?”
“It was crazy. I’m happy to be home.”
“I’m happy you’re home too, Daddy.” She wrapped her arms back around his neck.
“Sir?”
He glanced at Richard, still holding Anna against him.
“Would you like me to bring your dinner to your office?”
Destiny’s heart warmed when he shook his head. “I’ll be having dinner with the children, Richard.”
Destiny could feel the shock fill the room as Richard nodded and made his way to the kitchen.
“Daddy?”
Destiny’s eyes snapped to Ali. It was the first time since she arrived at the Fates’ home a little over 24 hours ago Ali spoke.
“Are you feeling ok?” She asked, eyeing her father curiously.
“Yes Baby.” He laughed as he shifted Anna to his hip. “I have a little free time and thought it would be nice to join you guys.”
The atmosphere in the room shifted from solemn to cheerful instantaneously.
Mr. Fates lowered Anna to her feet and motioned for her to head back to her chair. Once he
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