Natalia Walker’s Point of View:
I glanced over at the sky as we descended down to the airport. When I went home yesterday with Luke my mother was already gone much to my relief. I carried Luke to his bedroom and put him in his bed so that he would be comfortable in his sleep.
I then proceeded to pull out two suitcases from his walk-in closet and packed up most of his clothes and shoes. I didn’t pack them all because I was convinced that there would be a reason for me to come running back here in the near future.
After that I checked up on Luke to see that he was still fast asleep. I left his room and crossed the hall to enter my room. I packed all that I would need in a few suitcases including a few of Luke’s things that were in my room. After that I checked on Luke again just to make sure he was still asleep and okay.
I had to pull Luke out of school for the time being since we wouldn’t be in the state. I went down to the kitchen and prepared dinner just as Talia arrived, we talked for a while before we went to sleep and now here, we are exiting the plane.
I paid first class for the seats so that we could travel comfortably. I’m actually a very good song writer and author of numerous books. Nobody knows about it except Talia because I’ve been going anonymous. Once again I had to hide a part of me because I didn’t want Chase to find me but since I’ll be home for a while I’ll be coming out on both.
“Let’s go big guy,” I said shaking Luke awake.
Talia was already off the plane and with the help of one of the flight attendants we had all our luggage off the jet. I called my mother and she said that she would send two cars for us since we had so many suitcases.
“Are we there yet?” Luke asked more awake now.
“Almost honey almost”
“Am I going to go to school here?” he asked hopefully.
I didn’t know what to say to that since I didn’t know exactly how long I would be able to tolerate living here. I also don’t want to give him any false hope so its best to not give him a definite answer.
“Maybe baby”
I held his hand as we watched the drivers put our luggage in the cars. I’m so glad I didn’t have to do it.
“Let’s go mommy,” Luke squealed pulling to the front car.
Laughing I followed closely behind him. I opened the car door to find Talia inside on her phone. I rolled my eyes at her. She’s been playing Temple Run for the past few hours. Getting in I strapped Luke in the seat and sat beside him.
“So,” Talia spoke “we’re home”
“Yeah we’re home”
“You think anything has changed?”
I played with Luke’s hair as he played a game on my phone “I think everything has changed, I’m just not sure if its for the better or worse”
“That’s what I thought,” she sighed “well at least we have each other”
I smiled at that, “yeah we have each other”
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“We’re here,” I told Luke who immediately jumped up and tried to look outside of the window.
My Luke so eager to see new places and learn new things. He’s quite the curious boy and loves adventures.
He looked up at the mansion in awe probably not expecting a sight like this. Even though we had lots of money it didn’t show too much as I wanted to live a simple life. I didn’t want Luke to be a spoiled rich kid either.
“Do you want to go inside?” I teased him already knowing the answer.
“Yes please,” he screamed running up the steps.
I ran after him pulling him up and into my arms. I tickled him earning giggles and screams for me to stop. He looked around and spotted Talia.
“Aunty Talia help,” he choked out in between laughs.
“My hands are full,” she snickered laughing at his horrified expression.
I put him down after that he looked pretty scared but that all vanished when he saw we were on the last step. He became excited all over again.
“You guys ready?” I asked shakily.
They both nodded their heads, Luke excitedly and Talia with a solemn look on her face. Luckily Luke didn’t pick up on the tension.
I knocked on the door and waited. In all the scenarios that were running through my head none of them prepared me for what happened. The door opened and I was utterly shocked by who I saw. Of all the people in the world it had to be him.
“Chase