“You won’t break your promise?” Colton asked, arching his eyebrow.
“I won’t. I swear.” She said, kissing his hands again. “And I’m glad that you’re such an intelligent boy, Colton but don’t lose your innocence this soon, baby. I agree that there are some issues between your mom and dad, but you don’t have to worry so much.”
“But…”
“Listen to me first and then ask your questions, okay?” Sophia asked, to which Colton nodded. “Yes, I agree that I shouldn’t have lied to you or Calvin, and I’m sorry for that. Yes, I agree that your dad didn’t know about you two until now. I also agree that he acted to be normal even though it was far away from the truth. But you see, I didn’t want you or Calvin to take so much stress; that’s why I kept lying about everything. But… but I have planned to tell you both about it on your 5th birthday. You can confirm about it with Aunt Eden or Aunt Arya if you don’t trust my words then.”
“I trust you, Mom,” Colton said quickly.
Sophia smiled before continuing, “There are things that I will share with you both in detail when you will grow a little older. As for now, just try to understand your parent got… got separated five years back, like decided to stay away from each other.”
“Oooo,” Colton carefully listened to what his mother was saying.
“Your dad didn’t want me to contact him ever again for any reason. But at the time, neither of us knew that I was pregnant with you two. So, we just chose our different paths for ourselves, and when I came to know about you two, I didn't inform about the same to him." Sophia explained, on which Colton furrowed his eyebrow.
"That's your parent's story, and you have nothing to do with that part. Your relationship with dad shouldn't depend on this fact. If you have any doubt about your dad, then trust me, baby, he is the best father any child can ever have. Even though he has found out about you two recently, but I can bet that he is already in love with you and want to be in your life."
"But... but what about you, Mom? Doesn't he love you and want you in his life?"
"Ah!" Sophia started thinking how she should answer about this question. If she would tell the truth that his dad loved someone else but not her mother, then Colton might never go close to Brandon.
Even though his eyes said a lot of things today but she wasn't going to keep fooling herself with the thought that he had any feelings for her. Maybe he just got happy in the hospital, seeing her alive; that was why he acted in that way.
"So, we are never going to stay together like a family?"
"..." Sophia was against the loss of words at this question.
"If yes, then why are you letting Calvin of those things that can never happen?"
"Now, enough of your questions." Sophia stopped him from concluding anything. "I had told you previously and will repeat the same; you're still a baby, so behave like one. Let this issue be handled by your mom and dad, okay?"
"Okay."
"Now, promise me that you won't use your mind on this topic," Sophia asked sternly, forwarding her hand toward him.
"I promise." Colton agreed, placing his hand over her. This was what she was scared of. This news was disturbing her baby, and she was scared that if things would get sorted soon then, it might affect Colton's mental health. She pulled Colton closer to her heart and caressed his head. "Mom, I want to stay with you both."
A part of her knew that Colton was feeling emotional turmoil before this fact. He might be feeling confused, sad, helpless, and scared that he might get love from only one parent, or he might not have a normal family.
Now that this topic was opened, she had started observing the change from his birthday till now.
1) Maintaining some distance with her, hiding things from her, and unwillingness to talk.
2) Rebellious behavior of Calvin on his birthday.
3) Self-harm. Colton just revealed that he harms himself intentionally by falling from the chair
4) Difficulty in sleeping.
Before things got out of her hand, she had to make sure that both her babies would have the same normal childhood.
She recalled how Rebecca told her that she finally told Steve (her son with her ex-mate) about Oliver, to happened to be his stepfather. At first, he didn't take this news calmly and was scared that with a thought that maybe Oliver would stop loving him someday, but Oliver made sure to spend all his time with him and make him realize that no matter what, he would always love him like his own.
Well, Oliver and Steve's situation was of Stepfather and stepson. And in her case, the issue was Colton was scared that his parents no longer loved each other and weren't going to stay together.
She looked down and found Colton asleep already.
"What are you thinking?" Arya asked in a low tone.
"To remarry."
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#TBC