If you would have asked Noah five years ago what he imagined his life now, he wouldn’t even picture that he would be married, have a son and a set of twins. He did think that he would have been far away from Sterling City but his wife’s big heart to still help the slaves at the House kept them in Sterling but they made sure to distance themselves from the House so that their children wouldn’t be exposed to the House until they were ready to tell them about the House.
“Finley homework before video games please” Noah’s words were calm but stern, Finley had grown to be such an amazing young man, he thought that Finely’s teenage years would be more difficult and he didn’t know how he would feel when Noah first started hanging around his mother more and more but when Finely took a liking to Nah, he wasn’t worried at all.
“just one game dad? please?” Finely begged and it caused a chuckle to move from his lips but he wanted to keep to his word.
“How about you do half of your homework and then you can play for a little bit deal?” with Noah’s words, he saw Finely nod, it was a good compromise, he remembered how stressful homework could be and how much he hated it.
Noah then closed Finely’s bedroom door and made his way downstairs and to the kitchen where his wife, Flora was preparing lunch for their children, they had a boy and a girl and it amazed him that they were already two years old and saying words and walking, they were growing up so fast. Xavier was busy drawing while their daughter Rosalie was playing with her dolls. He walked over to Flora placing a gentle kiss to her cheek and smiling before he made his way over to the twins. Despite the fact that Finely wasn’t his birth son, he treated Finely and the twins equally, loving them all just the same.
Rosalie tilted her head up towards her father with a bright smile on her lips “Papa, brother bought me new doll” she held the doll up very proudly, a warm smile forming on his lips before he spoke “Finely bought you that, he must love you a lot” she then proceeded to giggle “he bought Xaviey a book to color” she spoke happily. Noah leaned in to place a gentle kiss on her head before turning his attention to Xavier who seemed so focused on his drawing, a chuckle moving from his lips as he watched him. He stood up, running his fingers threw both of their hairs before he made his way over to Flora.
“He bought them with his allowance, I was very proud” Flora sweet voice echoed in his ears, he pulled her into his arms and held her close with a smile.
“He has a big heart, much like his amazing mother” Noah smiled as he spoke the words and he leaned in to place a soft kiss to Flora’s lips and that caused both of his twins to say yucky and that only caused a soft chuckle to move from Noah’s lips, he gazed over at the twins and then at Finely when he waled down for lunch before he gazed back at Flora “thank you.”
Flora looked confused before she spoke, “for what?”
Noah then smiled brightly “for giving me a family, a home, I love you.”
His words seemed to bring a happy tear to Flora’s eyes and a smile on her soft lips and he leaned in to place a soft kiss to her lips smiling when she quickly returned the kiss. He had never thought he would have a family again, a part of him always thought he would end up with Rosalie but she had become engaged to a man who was better suited for her, they still kept in contact but he would ever regret his decision to marry Flora, She made him realize that home wasn’t where you lived, home was where your heart laid, she had his heart, his soul, she would always and forever be his home.
