Your Favourite Crime

6

Damien

"King Daddy, can we get a dog?"

"Maybe. What kind of dog, Princess?"

"A Dobernman," She says wrong but with confidence. I chuckle.

I pause my push-up and hold into a plank. "A Doberman. I'll think about it."

"More push-ups!" Flavia demands. She lays on my back, her head on my shoulder.

"10 more. Then you're gonna sit on my shoulders," I tell her

"ok," She says

Sometimes when I workout the kids join me. I use Flavia as an extra weight if she doesn't decide to use the 2 pound dumbbells.

Ethan usually does a full body workout his coach gives him. He's on the treadmill running, with his headphones in.

His packers came and he's been a lot happier. That's all I want.

"Now we're gonna do squats," I tell Flavia as she climbs off my back.

When I stand up the doorbell rings.

"Let's go see who that is," I pick Flavia up and leave the gym.

I walk through the basement and head upstairs.

"Is it Princess Adriana?" Flavia asks

"Maybe," I shrug

Adriana is coming over for lunch so I wouldn't be surprised if it's her.

I go to the home system screen to see the gate camera.

"Sandra?" I question

"SURPRISE! I'm here early!" My sister beams

I press the button to let the gate open with shock.

I head to the garage where my sister should be pulling in.

"Princess Auntie!" Flavia beams

My sister comes out of her rental with a smile.

"Hi, Princess! I missed you!" My sister takes Flavia out of my arms and hugs her.

I walk around them to the trunk of the car. I open it and take Sandra's luggage out. "You should've told me you were coming early."

As I take out her final bag I notice Adriana's car pull up outside the gate as the garage door closes.

"Why? Do you have plans?" She questions

I walk over to the home system screen in the garage and open the gate for Adriana. "No. Kind of. There's someone coming that I'm not sure is ready to meet you. She was still thinking about it." I grab her bags again and head inside.

"She?" Sandra questions, following me.

As we walk in the front door opens.

"Stay here. Let me introduce you," I tell my sister as we stop in the mudroom. I let go of her bags and leave them.

"Hi, baby," I say to Adriana

"Hi," she sighs

"What's wrong?" I question, I take the container of cookies she's holding in one hand and take her hand in my other. "What's wrong, Cheríe?"

"my period, that's all," she tells

The week we didn't work and went on our first date, she came over everyday which the kids and I didn't mind. On the weekends we'd go out for dinner or to a movie. Now is another week we don't work so she's been coming over.