Chapter 69

It was early morning when he woke up to Sarah shaking his shoulder. "Mmmm?" He asked.
"You wanted to get Daniel in the morning, he's awake."
That woke him up, now he heard Daniel on the monitor as well. He sat up and rubbes his eyes, it was much too early but he wanted to see his son.

Sarah got comfortable in the sheets again as he got out of bed, which is what he wanted, she'd been taking care of their son all alone for the last few weeks. A short little break was the least he could give her right now.

Before walking out of the room, he leaned down by her side and kissed her sweetly.

In Daniel's room, the night light was dimly lighting the room so he did not have to turn on any lights to get to his son. He had expected Daniel to be excited or surprised at the least but it seemed like Daniel was absolutely fine with him showing up out of nowhere. He went straight for his sons outstretched arms and picked him up gave him a tight cuddle before taking him to get changed.

It was too early to take him downstairs, besides that, he wasn't dressed. His small son wouldn't care about that but he knew his big sons would.

He carried Daniel across the hallway to their bedroom, where he let him sit on the bed. It warmed his heart to watch Sarah's lips turn into a smile, her eyes still closed but knowing what was going on straight away. She cuddled her son as Richie went into the closet and got dressed.

A smile appeared on his face when he walked back into the room dressed. He took a mental image before walking over to Sarah, gently kissing her before picking up Daniel. He was only home for one more night and he was going to let Sarah rest and take on his fatherly duties while he could.

In the kitchen, he put Daniel in his high chair and started making breakfast for everyone. Noah had school today so at least someone should be joining him down here soon. First he started the coffee. First things just came first.

"I smelled coffee." Caleb said as he walked into the kitchen, straight over to his little brother that had been asleep the night before. "Hey buddy." He grabbed him out of his highchair and sat down with him.

He poured an another cup of coffee, added sugar and cream, then passed it over to Caleb.

"Oh thanks." He said. "Do you need help making breakfast?"
"No," Richie said on his way to the fridge, "just going to scramble some eggs and make some bacon."

He started with the bacon and started making toast before he started scrambling eggs into a second frying pan.

Richie looked up when Sarah walked into the room, but she turned back down the hallway almost as fast as she walked in.

He frowned at Caleb, who knowingly clued in and put Daniel back in his highchair before taking over at the stove.

"I'll go check on her."