"Mama!" A little squeal snaps my attention after greeting aunt Helen
"Uncle Xavier" I watch Xavier smile as he picks up Troy and holds him
"Hey little man" Troy puts his arms around Xaviers neck smiling
"Where have you been?" He asks looking at me
I smile kissing his cheek "I have been getting some things ready for us" I notice out the corner of my eye, Jacob and Danielle sitting in the lounge talking before they look up smiling at me
"Hey can I talk to you both for a second?" I ask as they nod, I tilt my head slightly in their direction to Xavier who smiles nodding to me. I must admit, I was a little nervous because these two were Chelseas brother and sister and I wanted to know if everything will be fine with me taking their nephew to live with me.
"Before you start" Danielle says rubbing her swollen tummy that I placed my hand on, she faces me and smiles "It's good to see you are happy and with your mate" She smiles up at Xavier "I want to know, will you be ok to take Troy, I know you adore him and he adores you... You were closer to Chelsea than any of us, even Vince... we want to know are you ok?"
I smile at her, staring straight into those hazel green eyes and nod my head. "I've never been more ok in my life"
"That's good, that's all we wanted to know" My aunt Helen says walking in with Vince's mum Tania her husband Jack and my uncle Roger. I hug them all before we walk into the dining room for dinner
'Baby are you ok?' Xavier asks as I dig into my food, Aunt Helen's food was something out of heaven, because everytime I ate here I was moaning at the tastes in my mouth which I didn't miss the smirk on Xaviers face when I turn to him with my lips wrapped around a fork and my eyes half closed
'I'm fine, you don't like her food?' I ask
'It's amazing' he says back smiling. I loved sharing this mind linking with him, because knowing him if he wanted to find out something without opening his mouth to speak the words to make me feel embarrassed, he did through thought. He looks away for a moment as I help Troy feed himself and laugh at him wanting something off of my plate
"Troy" Aunt Helen calls "Eat your own food sweetie"
"But grandma, mama's food looks better" We all laugh and chat about the plans for Troy, I wanted to keep them involved, afterall they are his blood and they have every right to him. We laughed, we cried and we reminisced about Chelsea and Vince.
I have to remember to show Troy when he is older, the book Chelsea and I use to share between each other. At school we weren't always in the same classes so we use to write each other letters each class that we weren't in together, about our deepest and darkest fears, wants and wishes. Everything you can think, yes even the dirty sexual kind. Maybe I will leave that out, but I want him to know the type of person I knew Chelsea was. I even had Vince write something in there, the day he told me he liked her before the mate calling.
I smiled at Troy who beamed a smile back up at me when dessert was given.
"Izzy honey can I show you something?" Aunt Helen says calling me from the hallway. I nod and kiss Xavier
"Make sure he doesn't dirty his clothes and gets it on you" I whisper to Xavier as he kisses me
Aunt Helen walks into her study with me following behind her. She stops at her desk and pulls out a small black box. She steps back around and hands it to me
"It was Chelsea's" I nod opening it to find her necklace and engagement ring inside with a letter addressed to Troy and one to me. I frown at the letter with my name on it
