It Should Have Been Like This
er's v
rs have all taken their baths but haven't brushed their teeth because as you can se
here's
algorithm to... what he said. Shou
and started wal
She asked, following
d the door partly, and smiled as I saw Zachary focused on wha
r that is. He was more of the cold-hearted type to outsiders and too obsessed with drawing a line between him and everyone he finds underneath his standard. His personalit
I'm not allowed to carry him so I just let h
s, stressful. How did o
stopped school, they made use of their old laptops and surfed the internet for daily educational videos. Zachary, Zayn
om bought pizza and ice cre
it all!" And with that, he ran out of the room
me, and even took over my cleaning obsession... Ur, I mean, the ability to kno
Savvy helped me brush their teeth and change them into their pajamas. I sang them to sleep, kissed their
a huge stool, washing the dishes. If those two weren't so helpful, I would never have been able to survive. They started taking care of their s
the snacks. Cream cracker?" He raised his head
it in hot cocoa? Can yo
lows," I promised. He nodded in agreement. I tore the wrapper open and dropped it on the isl
ent every Friday with for game night. Their children were nine and eleven by age, but they were the only family we associated wit
kids' hair black to make it more difficult for people to spot the resemblance between my kids and th
ighed, the kind of sigh she normally did when she wanted to tell
land to drop the glass and the milk while she climbed down. Zach sh
ay.
d our old landlord sold our house. He used to let me live for free but after he sold it, he told me I would have to pay the
ked about t
inced, "he called you all sorts of names, really bad ones that I do not wish to repeat
ould be forced to evict us out of his property," Savvy mur
did he scr
ke a year's payment or more and t
ed money for Zayne's surgery, they sent people over today-" I clapped my hand over my mouth to stop myself from screaming out loud. "And Mom," Zach sniffed back his tears, "Zayne showed
he drugs are t
m, I think Sere
o?!" I cried. "She stopped breathing again?" I s
y were not healthy children, especially Zayne. They had been sick since they were born and that
emporarily tightened her lungs and sent pangs of pain to her chest. At first, the
r medication but the problem was that I didn't have the money to keep it up. I only bought some drugs to suppress it and keep i
It was an emergency surgery to prevent permanent paralysis. I spent it all but I didn't finish the treatment. He needed some drugs to comple
doctors told me when they were born that Serenity and Zayne would have very weak immune systems, that sickness would threat
, just one mo
better after ten was high. "There's a way," Zach said as he dropped to the floor to sit beside me. He place
RLICE, COMING TO LAS VEGAS TO FINALIZE THE A.J. COLLA
d and never bothered to look at the magazines or watch the news
between him and his father at five years old. Then he intentionally showed me magazines and talked about him to see my reaction. I fai
ay from their younger ones. It wasn't capable of scarring them (h
, I know you would rather remain dead to him and the world, but,
N
need him because no on
u away from me through the law! I don't
and Zayne could die, I don't want them to die." She burst
ather doesn't need to know about me or either
t,
ad. I rather watch my children die than have him fi