"I made paella enough for a whole soccer team. I hope you're hungry." Aunt Lydia said as I walked in the kitchen.

"Wow." My eyes widened at the amount of Paella on the dinner table. "If you had told me that you would make so much food, I could have told Flynn not to buy dinner."


"Well, at that time I was not sure If I would forgive him," Aunt Lydia said as she placed two plates on the table. "C'mon dig in, I'm hungry. I have been in the hospital the whole day."

Milan was currently still in the hospital. His favorite nurse came in the room and told us that we could go home and have a good night's sleep. After all it was his job to watch over Milan. But Flynn protested and said that he wants to spend the night with Milan.

The nurse then told him to come back at nine pm, because that's the time parents can come back to spend the night with their kid.


After we ate the delicious paella, Aunt Lydia cleaned up the table and I put the leftovers in plastic containers. "I'll put paella for Milan, in case he gets hungry tonight." I said as I was about to scoop some paella for Milan.

Aunt Lydia shook her head. "He's not allowed to have food from outside. For now, he can only eat hospital food."


"Oh." I said.

When we were almost done cleaning the kitchen, there was a soft knock on the front door. "Must be Flynn." I wiped my hands on the kitchen towel and walked to the front door. When I opened the door an exciting Amari jumped on me.

"Mommy!!" She squealed. I lifted her up and kissed her cheek. "Mommy, mommy, I went on a slide and then..and then we ate burgers...and then we had tiramisu..and then----,"

Flynn chuckled from behind her. "I think mommy heard enough, princess. Hey pudding." Flynn walked towards me and placed a kiss on my forehead. "I have missed you."

"You saw me three hours ago, Vasilios." I chuckled as I closed the door behind him.

"That was enough to miss you." He stated. "Where's your aunt? I brought her the Mamacitas."

"It's Miguelitos." I laughed and showed him the way to the kitchen. Aunt Lydia stood there with a wide smile on her face. "Amari, mi preciosa."

I put Amari down and she ran towards Aunt Lydia. Her laugh echoed through the whole house. My little baby angel.

Aunt Lydia then looked at Flynn. She cleared her throat and gave him a small smile. "Welcome back, Flynn."

He walked towards her and took her into a big hug. "I'm so sorry I hurt Jill, It will never happen again."

"The past is the past. Let's not go back there." Aunt Lydia soothing voice said. "Be happy that I forgive you and not want to strangle you anymore."

Flynn's eyes widened in fear. "Well, I think I'm happy that you don't want to strangle me anymore." He chuckled. "Anyways, I brought you your favorite pastries. Margaritas!"

"What?"

"Miguelitos, Vasilios! Miguelitos!" I corrected him as I laughed out loud.

Jill Malik P.O.V



Today was Milan's last day in the hospital. I was so happy he could finally go home. Flynn had promised him that when he got better, he would bring him to Disney Land Paris. They kept it a secret for a long time, until yesterday when Milan got too excited and spilled it.

After Disneyland and Paris rolled out of Milan's mouth I glared at Flynn. Damn, I was mad. He's spoiling the boy rotten. But for how long could I stay mad at my boys? Instead I smiled kindly at Milan and ruffled his hair. "Are you excited, mi amor?"

He nodded his head eagerly. "But I want to live with you mommy and with pearl and papa." When he said that my chest tightened. I had promised him I would bring him to the states. Flynn looked over at me and then smiled back at Milan. I was speechless, I didn't know what to say. I knew how much Milan missed me, every time we were on the phone he asked me about how life is over there. He's getting older and knows a lot more than when he was six.

"We will bring you to New York very soon. But first, you need to recover and finish middle school here." Flynn said and pinched Milan in his cheeks. "You'll start high school in the states. Are you excited?"

"Then I'm here all alone." Aunt Lydia pouted. She sat in the corner of the room playing with Amari. Amari was so excited to see her, they haven't seen each other since last year christmas. Aunt Lydia spoiled Amari with sweets. Right now they were eating chocolate cupcakes in the corner of the room, thinking that I haven't noticed.

"You can move to the states too. There will be plenty of space in my new house." I say genuinely to Aunt Lydia.

"You will buy a new house?!" Aunt Lydia and Flynn exclaimed both in surprise.

"Of course," I said. "My job is paying really well, I think I can buy a house in one or two years."

Flynn walked towards me and caressed my cheeks. "Pudding, you know I can do it in one phone call. Do you already know what type of house you want?"

I shook my head. "Thank you, but no. My new house will be a treat to myself."

"But you will be living in my house." Flynn said.

I rose my eyebrows up at him. "Excuse me ?"

Flynn cleared his throat. "I'm moving to fast, aren't I?"

I chuckled. "Yeah, but for your information I want to buy a house. I don't care if it's for vacation or only for the weekend. Buying a house is one of the things I want to get off my bucket list."

"You have a bucket list?" He asked in surprise.

"Yeah I actually do."

"What are the things that still need to get crossed off the bucket list?"

"Mmhh." I thought about it for a while. I already graduated, have a job, two beautiful kids..Mmh, family and house still needs to get crossed off. But I'm pretty sure with Family comes Flynn and I already made plans to buy a house. Then the only thing that needs to get crossed off is a tropical wedding and a vacation to St. Lucia. Oh my god, St. Lucia is my dream vacation.

"I think that a tropical wedding and a vacation to St. Lucia still needs to get crossed off. I want to go to St. Lucia probably like next year or so when I get my promotion."

"Interesting." Flynn kissed my forehead and then looked at his watch. "I need to go meet an investor. Can I take you out for dinner tonight?"

"Aren't you on vacation right now?"

He let out a deep sigh and nodded. "Actually our meeting was scheduled in two weeks in the Philippines. But since he's here I decided to meet up with him so I don't need to travel so far."

"Oh well, I'll see you tonight then. What time?"

"I'll pick you up at eight."

I nodded and he gave me a quick peck on my lips.

Suddenly I remembered Disneyland. "When are we going to Disney?" I asked.

"Tomorrow."

I watched Flynn walking out of the hospital room. Then I turned my attention to Amari and Aunt Lydia. "If you two think I haven't noticed the cupcakes, then you are so wrong."

"Crap! We have been caught Amari!"