Chapter 20: They Arrived
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"Stop dragging those fucking legs of yours on the ground, we are going to daddy's place and we should not be late, first impression last longer,"
"I can't help it when I am so tired," Andrew moaned, getting into the car.
"Well, nobody forced you to stay up late gaming,"
"Andrew, I thought I told you that you should always go to bed at your bedtime," Sapphire said as she came out of the house with the last bag they needed.
They had to pack some belongings of theirs if they are staying at Alexander's for the meantime, she is pretty sure that Alyssa would find a way to chase them back here.
"And Andrea, he is not your dad or whatever you are calling him," Sapphire scolded her kids as she locked the boot.
'Like i said earlier, he is your husband that makes him our dad,"
'You don't have his DNA, biologically speaking, he isn't even your family"
'Families are not limited to blood or DNA anymore, from what I know they are the worst," Andrea said.
' Your families were the first to betray you, that's why we are back - to get back at them." Luci added.
'Blood isn't always thicker than water," Claire said, making a turn.
'Aunt Luci and Aunt Claire have been there since forever and you always said that they were more than family to you," Andrew said and Sapphire groaned.
'That is it!" Andrea exclaimed. 'Mom does not want us to think of dad as just family, he should be more than family."
'Let us go back to our first discussion, don't go late to bed," Sapphire said, giving up, there is no use arguing with them.
'No kids go to bed at their bedtime anymore Sapphire," Luci said from the backseat as Sapphire entered the passenger seat beside Claire who would be the driver.
"You should tell her that, she is so old fashioned," Andrew said from beside Andrea.
"You are the reason why they are so spoilt, Luci,"
Sapphire deadpanned and every one sat in silence as they drove.
"You know what," Claire said to the woman sitting beside her. "I think the sooner you accept the fact that Alexander would soon be your children's stepfather, the sooner you are close to accepting the reality,"
"I don't want to accept any reality, I should not have any strings attached to the Aldine family so I can be able to leave the time I want. I thought we had already moved on from this discussion."
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"So you did not go anywhere today because you want to be here when they arrive?" Alicia asked the girl beside her and she nodded.
"I have to be here to tell her all the do's and don'ts of this place," Alyssa scrunched up her face.
"I don't want her all over Xander's property." She sassed and Alicia only shook her head in disbelief.
"But I don't think it is a good idea to hate the person you have not met,"
"Hate is a strong word, I don't hate her I just strongly dislike her, you could say I hate Melissa," she explained and Alicia smiled.
It was then that the doorbell rang, both of them stared at each other before Alyssa took the tab and saw a lady standing at the door. There were some kids behind her, she pressed the remote and the door opened automatically.
She's ready to meet the 'Fiancee'.
After a while, they all made it to the place they were and the first thing Alyssa noticed were the kids who entered first.
'Already scared of me before she even saw me, then this should be easier, I trust that she would be out of this house in a week," Alyssa said with a smirk. She was thinking that the woman must be terrified and pushed her kids in first, until she noticed their faces.
The two kids standing before her were unbelievably cute, they make you want to spoil them but that wasn't what caught her attention about them but the fact that they looked like those kids who put Heather in her place at that restaurant.
The same height and shape, she stared at them intently for a while and they stared right back probably wondering who the weird woman was.
The fact that they were that brave only confirmed her suspicion.
"You were those kids who put Heather in her place at that restaurant right?" She asked and they stared at her in confusion.
"Is she talking about that bitch?" Andrea asked and Andrew nodded while Alicia was shocked when she heard a small kid curse.
They shouldn't be older than three and they already curse like a sailor, what did their mother teach them?
"I think aunt Luci mentioned that name yesterday , Oliver too," Andrew said to his twin like he was asking for confirmation, he was a little bit unsure.
"If you are talking about her, yes we are those kids," Andrea answered with raised chin. "You have a problem with that?" She stared at the woman in askance, she must be the lady Aunt Luci told them about.
The witch of their dad's house.
Sapphire entered as well as the twins, she stared at the girl on the wheel chair, she guessed that's Alyssa, she must have come to the door to torment her. She just stood where she was and watched her kids interact with her, they did that so easily.
Alyssa raised her head and Sapphire held her breath, she finally knew the reason why she was feared, it wasn't because she was Alexander's sister, her gaze was enough to freeze anyone on the spot, it was sharp and strict.
Alyssa maintained eye contact with her and It was scornful for a while before it turned to confusion and then surprise, the pleasant kind.
She moved towards her and stared at her face, she opened her mouth and closed it several times.
"Sapphy," she settled for that and if Sapphire and the twins hadn't been paying attention to her, they were definitely doing that right now.
It would be a fucking big problem if she knew her by that name.
