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my other half.  They share children, something that will never change, but Brad ruined their future, and now her future is with me; it’s mine.  No one and nothing will take that away.  I hope he truly knows that being their father is as far as he goes.  He will never have the opportunity to cross the line and become more to Laney, never again will he be able to claim her as his.  He said she’s a street he will never travel again; well I will just make certain that I am a full-blown road block. 
    I finally feel like I’m not alone, that I have a purpose.   I haven't felt this way since my mother was alive.  Natalie is great, I couldn’t ask for a better sibling, but I still have had this sense of loneliness, a void that I haven’t been able to fill.   Having a bastard for a father is rough.  A son needs to have his father there, to show him how to be a man, a husband, even a father. Mine didn’t show me the things that I needed to know.  Money was the only thing that was on his mind.  I can actually laugh that I hold the power to take all that money away from him.  That fact is not lost on me. I'm sure it’s not lost on him either.  It’s sad that he had this beautiful woman at home and two kids who would have given up their world to be something to him.  He could have cared less for his family, for me.  There were no examples to live by at home when it came to becoming a man. I have had to learn on my own, and I never thought I would be able to do it.  But looking into those molten chocolate eyes of Laney, I know my purpose, and I know that I am going to be the man I want to be.  She gives me hope; reason.     
    Laney isn’t far behind me when I return to the room.  I put the food and drinks on the table and take a seat in one of the open chairs.  I can feel the tension that has developed between Brad and me .  This is only the beginning when it comes to us, and I hope it won’t always be like this.  I hope lines are never drawn, and we can work to be there for the girls as a team.  “The doctors came in,” Laney says as she walks over to me taking a seat on my lap.  My hand automatically comes around her waist and pulls her flush against my chest.  Stella is still cuddled up with Amanda while Addie is lying comfortably in her bed with Brad by her side. 
    “And?”   Brad said, clipped. 
    “Amanda will be able to go home tomorrow, but Addie will need to stay a few days.  The specialist that Nathan found would be here tomorrow morning to assess her condition.”  I nod in agreement.  “He’s going to make sure everything’s where it needs to be.  He wants new x-rays to determine if the growth plate was damaged and if so, to what degree.  His preliminary finding that the hospital sent over looks promising, but he wants to make sure and see new films tomorrow.”
    “That’s good, love,” I said as I give her a squeeze.
    “Yes, I’m off for two more days, but I’m going to arrange with the hospital to get my shifts covered until Addie is taken care of and up and around.”
    “How is she going to be able to move around with her leg in a cast?”
    “Crutches Brad, they have them for kids.  She will be fine.”
    “Laney, you do realize the girls’ bedroom is on the second floor.  How do you expect for her to get there?  Are you planning on her sleeping on the couch for the next several weeks, possibly a month?  Or are you going to roll a bed into your office, or library?”
    “We will make it work Brad.”
    “My apartment is one level; she can stay with me while she recovers.  Panda can too if she doesn’t want to be away from Bug.”
    “That’s not going to happen.  I want them both with me.  I’ll figure something out.”
    I stay silent while Laney and Brad discuss the situation.  I am using all my restraint because I really want to tell him to back the fuck up and allow their mother to take care of them like she has been doing their entire lives.