Chapter 90: Chapter 90

Ava's POV

"Mom, we're home!" I heard Dahviel's delicate voice from the living room. I smiled as I wiped my wet hands with a napkin. He had an habit of announcing his arrival from wherever he went.

"Mom, I'm starving!" Davina yelled out too as I walked out of the kitchen.

"Mom!" The both of them yelled in glee and ran into my already outstretched arms.

"Hey lovelies,how was school?" I asked them as I hugged them close.

"Quite interesting." Davina said as I let go of them.

"Mrs Sarah taught us how to make paper mache." Dahviel said enthusiastically.

"That's nice." I said with smiles as I got up to my feet to the grownup ones among them.

"Hey mom." Lucas and Luna said with weary smiles. Over since we left Scotland,they've being calling me mom. It was a new and interesting feeling and I adored the fact that they considered me worthy to be called mom.

"Hey, you two. Am I not going to get a hug?" I asked them.

Luna walked into my arms with smiles. "How was school, love?" I asked her.

"Wish I could say the same as the twins." She said with a sigh as she pulled away. "Elementary school is hectic." She groaned and I chuckled.

"High school is the worst." Lucas said.

"I see," I said staring at both of them. "Tell me about it." I said in interest.

"Trust me mom it is." Lucas said.

"I've been through it too you know. Just not the way it is now. You'll have to cope. Lucas you're rounding up soon and Luna you'd be in high school soon so both of you should prepare." I said to them and they both groaned.

"I'll be upstairs." Lucas said turning away.

"Don't you think you're forgetting something Lucas?" I asked him with a slightly raised brow.

"What's that?" He asked puzzled.

I stretched out my arms. Since he got into senior high, we've been having issues about our usual hugs. "Don't you think I'm too old for that now?" He asked me. I shook my head and went towards him and he attempted to run up the stairs but I grabbed him on time hugging him from behind and Luna and the twins laughed.

"Cmon mom." He whined.

"I love you." I said to him and let go. He turned back with red cheeks. "I love you too." He whispered and dashed off. I felt like he was trying to act like a man in front of the girls but he had no idea he was still my little boy.

"Did I mention at a certain time that I was hungry?" Davina said pouting her lips. She was too much of a smart mouth. I turned back at her and she pouted sheepishly. A look that would make you do whatever she wants.

"Alright, love. Go upstairs with your siblings and in no time lunch would be ready." I said to her.

She flashed a smile as she bounced happily towards the stairs. I watched as they trooped up the stairs and I returned back to the kitchen. I smiled knowing I had a happy family. Luna who was ten was in her final year in elementary school and Lucas,eighteen by age was in his final year too in high school. The twins five years each still had three years to complete their elementary education.

And Camila? She has a job as a secretary in a company. And I? I worked from home. Who would have thought we could be living good now after two years of hardship in a foreign land where the first year we literally had no place to sleep. We even had to stay in an immigrant refugee camp and Camila and I had to do tedious and back breaking jobs just to feed all of us.

It was really a rough year till a good samaritan who worked at the refugee camp took us into his home and Camila and I had to get jobs to sustain us,which we did and here we are. Here we are in a fairly furnished apartment and no longer in the streets or owning to anyone. I'm forever indebted to the good samaritan kindness that day.

Just few years ago,I was wondering if I'd ever survive the ordeal that happened in the apartment Robin got for us. Lucas bravery and Camila's had really saved us all that day. Sometimes I wonder,what if Lucas hadn't come in with that distraction? What if Camila was not bold enough to hold that sword? What if.. I shook my head. There was no more what ifs. We were fine now and that was all that matters.

In the coming month,I'll be a mother of graduates and I just couldn't wait. Nothing could possibly go wrong in our lives ever again. It was time I wrote to Robin. The man who had stood by me when my world was crumbling. I wonder if he was doing okay. To be precise,I felt bad for separating him and Camila. I knew she was hurting despite her reluctance to show it. Maybe a letter from him would cheer her up and give her a ray of hope again.

And me? I sighed as I placed the peanut butter sandwich,tuna salad,a pitcher of juice and slices of fruits. Over the years,the memories and the face of who bears those memories never left my head. Every night,I force myself to sleep just not to think of someone far away who couldn't even remember me.

"Lunch is finally ready." Davina said as she advanced towards the dining table. I gave her a smile. How could I even forget when i have an exact replica of him.

"Eat as much as you want love." I said and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Where's Lucas?" I asked noticing he wasn't seated with the rest of them.

"In his room. Said he's gonna be down in a few minutes." Luna said picking up a sandwich.

"What's he doing?" I asked her.

She shrugged. "Dunno." She said.

"Alright. I'll be in my room if y'all need anything." I said and they nodded. I walked up the stairs and into my room. I picked up a paper and a pen. It will take days,probably weeks before the letter gets to Scotland but I still needed to write to him. It was better I did than never. Five years of silence was just about enough.

I took a seat by the reading table. How would I start? What would I tell him? How should I apologise for my five years of silence? I sighed as I began to write. "Dear Robin," with that alone, the words poured out freely on the paper. The emotions and feelings of the past years of suffering flowed through the ink of the pen. I didn't need to think of what to say or write to him. I had a lot I wanted to put down for him.

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