The day had finally come for her to move, she packed up all her clothes, donated some things and left the rest.

She watched as the movers placed her stuff in their truck and closed the door.

"ready to go, miss," one of them said to her so she gave him an understanding nod as she got into her car and drove out of her old home, with the movers behind her.

As she drove she turned on her radio to the old school station and listened to the song that was playing at that moment, which happened to be one of her favourites. Whatta Man by salt n Pepa

She sang along as she drove down the highway, laughing at the memories of how she and her friends wanted to marry the man described in the song.

"Yes, my man says he loves me, never says he loves me not
Tryin' to rush me good and touch me in the right spot
See other guys that I've had, they tried to play all that mac shit
But every time they tried I said, "That's not it"
But not this man, he's got the right potion
Baby, rub it down and make it smooth like lotion
Yeah, the ritual, highway to heaven
From seven to seven he's got me open like Seven Eleven
And yes, it's me that he's always choosin'
With him, I'm never losin', and he knows that my name is not Susan
He always has heavy conversation for the mind
Which means a lot to me cuz good men are hard to find"

She thought about the last line which she found was so true, good men were very hard to find due to the fact that bad women always got to them first.

But then as she sang along, her phone rang so she lowered the volume and used hands-free to answer the call.

"hello?"

"hey Kiara, its hunter" she heard.

"oh hey how are you"

"I'm alright, just wanted to know where you are right now"

"oh I'm on my way to yours, I'll be there in the next 20 minutes, is there anything you need?" she asked.

"no, I'm fine, thanks for asking though…so I'll see you soon"

"yep see you soon," she said as she cut the line and turned up her radio and continued her drive.


Hunter was dozing off in the living room when he heard a knock at the door. so with a yawn, he went to answer the door, revealing Kiara who was wearing a pink t-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans that hugged all the right places, white trainers and matching accessories, her hair was up in a half ponytail and the rest went down her back.

"hey," he said or, at least, managed to.

"hi how are you," she said as he invited her in, with the movers in toll with her stuff.

"I'm alright, here let me show you to your room," he said as he took her upstairs and down the hall, to the door that was right opposite the nursery.

"here we are," he said as he opened the door and they stepped inside, Kiara's eyes widen as she looked at the huge room.

"wow," she said as she looked around the room to see her stuff neatly arranged ready to be unpacked, she then looked at the bathroom which was perfect "this is wonderful, thank you, hunter," she said to him, as he gave a slight smile.

"your welcome," he said he watched her look around with a childlike look in her bright brown eyes, "those beautiful brown eyes," he thought but shook the thought out of his head.

"umm…listen, I need to go out for a while, will you be ok here," he said to her.

"yeah, we'll be fine, but I wanted to ask for where you keep, aurora's stroller and other things" she said as she walked over to him, she hoped he hadn't noticed but she didn't like standing near him, since he was twice her size, plus there was something about his amber eyes that made her feel funny and she didn't like it.

"sure, come with me," he said as they left her room, for a tour of the house as he showed her where everything was.


Hunter drove into the building he dreaded, at a point his life revolved around that building but since that day, he never wanted to go back.

But as he parked his car, a new type of discomfort settled in.

He had basically left his baby with a stranger.

What if something happened while he was gone.

What if she was not the woman she made out to be.

What if this was just a big mistake?

On pure impulse, he walked into the building and went straight to the receptionist.

"hi, do you mind giving this in please," he said as he handed the lady the brown envelope.

"certainly," she said with a smile, as she watched him rush out of the building into the car park.


He got home in half the time it would normally take him, he drove into his garage and rushed inside the house.

"Kiara!" he called out once he got inside.

"we're in here" she replied from the kitchen.

Kiara didn't look up to see him enter the kitchen, otherwise, she would have a cause for some concern due to the look in his eyes because he looked like he had seen a ghost.

"where's aurora," he asked her as he looked around the kitchen, only to find her playing in her swing, releasing a breath that he didn't know he was holding, he went over and picked her up.

"are you alright," she asked without looking at him.

"yeah," he said as he looked up to look at what she was doing "what are you making"

"dinner, I'm making chicken chasseur, I hope you don't mind," she said as she looked back at him with those eyes again.

"umm no, not at all," he said as he sat down and watched aurora explore the wonder that was her hands.

"cool," she said as she placed it in the oven and took off her apron "well, if you would excuse me, I'll be upstairs unpacking if you need me just call ok," she said as he gave her an acknowledging nod.

"alright, I'll be back soon to give aurora her bath ok," she said as went up the stairs to her room so that she could begin to unpack her clothes and other keepsakes.


She started with her clothes, neatly arranging them in the wardrobe which had more than enough room for them all. Then she moved on to shoes, jewellery and other accessories.

Then she moved on to her boxes, that contained her instruments, her violin and her keyboard with its stand, she neatly arranged them near the window.

Looking around her new room, she was pleased with herself at how quickly it was now to her own taste and style.

Looking at the clock, she realised that she should the bedtime routine with the baby, so she went to go get her.

"excuse me…hunter, it's time for aurora's bath," she said as she came in, but she soon realised that the man she was talking to was in deep thought, so she walked up and placed her hand on his shoulder "hunter? Is everything ok" she asked as she felt him jump slightly under her hand.

"yeah…I'm ok," he said as he handed aurora over to her.

"ok then…I'll go give the little one her bath then you can put her to bed ok," she said as he looked at her funny.

"me?"

"yes you, I might be here to take care of her, but I believe that you should put her to sleep, it will be relaxing to both of you," she said as she walked away with the baby leaving him to his thoughts.


Kiara watched him swaddle the freshly washed and clothed baby before handing him a warm bottle so that he could feed her.

She watched the little blue eyed baby look up with sleepy eyes at her amber eyed father in wonder but he silently replied with a look of pain, regret and fear. She watched as he stood and placed her inside her crib and kissed her good night, then they left the sleeping baby as they went downstairs into the kitchen.

"hope you're hungry," she said as she pulled a few trays out of the oven and began to serve him.

"you didn't have to do this," he said as he watched her.

"you right, I didn't have to," she said as she placed the plate in front of him "but I wanted to," she said as she smiled at him.

"well…thanks" he said as he watched her serve herself, so with a slight shrug, he took a bite, almost moaning at the simple but delicious taste of home cooking.

"hope you don't mind the meal but I wasn't able to go shopping today," she said as she took a seat and gave him a glass of water.

"its fine Kiara, but you really didn't have to do this, I'm paying you to take care of my daughter not me," he said as she looked up at him.

"like I said hunter, I'm doing this because I want to, not because I have to," she said as they ate in comfortable silence.


Kiara brushed her hair in her bathroom, thinking about the days event's, she knew she had told him not to worry about it, she was curious to know what happened to aurora's mother.

But as she came out of the bathroom, she heard aurora cries over the baby monitor, so she but on her black and white housecoat and went to attend to her.


"hey what's wrong sweetheart," hunter asked his crying daughter, he didn't understand what was wrong with her, but for the past few nights, she has had woken up coughing and then she would cry.

"hey is everything ok" he heard as she turned to see her entering the room, she was simply dressed in a black and white silk nightgown with matching house robes.

"I dunno what's wrong with her," he said as he handed her over to Kiara, who tried comforting the baby, as she looked around for the culprit.

"hunter, where is her humidifier," she asked as she finally got the baby to stop crying.

"her what?" he said, what the hell is that? He thought as she handed the baby back to him and left the room, she soon came back with a little blue machine and a bottle of water. He watched as she set it up, and then turned it on, allowing the warm mist to drift over the crib.

"alright try now putting her in there now," she said as she watched him put the now sleeping baby in her crib, then he looked at her for an explanation.

"the dry air was irritating her throat," she said as she watched him look down and she knew that he was beating himself up "hey, don't feel bad, you didn't know," she said as she stood in front of him.

"besides, she going to up in another hour to eat anyway," she said with as smile "get some sleep ok," she said as she was about to leave.

"hey Kiara, random question" he called causing her to turn back "why silver?"

"what?"

"your hair, why the colour silver," he asked as the look of realisation came upon her face, but then she laughed as she walked in front of him and ran her hands through her thick hair.

"I didn't choose the colour," she said as she showed him her scalp, to reveal that, that was how it grew "it chose me," she said as she finally looked up at him, he was wearing a white vest that was like a second skin, showing off his massive chest and strong arms, he had on a pair of sweatpants and his hair was down as usual. She finally meets his gaze, which was a small feat for a little woman like her. Brown meet amber as they tried to look at each others souls, after all, the eyes were its windows. All she could see was a hurt and battered soul that was just trying to be strong for the sake of a loved one, all he could see was a kind, loving and nurturing soul, but for some reason, he wasn't buying it. After all, they say that the people with the kindest souls are often fighting the hardest battles.

He was brought out of his thoughts by her hand on his chest.

"get some sleep hunter, I'll see you in the morning," she said as she turned and left the room to go to bed.


hunter woke up the next morning to a strange but beautiful sound from the nursery, so he went to go and have a look for himself. He peeped through the slightly opened door to see Kiara and aurora on the carpet, Kiara was talking to the little girl and she was responding with smiles and coos.

"you are such a pretty little angel," she said as the baby giggled "you are, you want to do my warm up with me," she said as she replied with a smile, so she set aurora up on her pillow.

"you ready," she said, unaware that she was being watched. He looked at the bonding that was going on between them, and began to wish that the woman sitting in the room had long brown hair and blue eyes, but that wasn't the case.

"I know there's someone somewhere
Someone who's sure to find me soon
After the rain goes there are rainbows
I'll find my rainbow soon
Soon it won't be just pretend
Soon a happy ending
Love, can you hear me
If you're near me
Sing your song
Sure and strong
And soon" he heard her sing to aurora who was just beaming up at her, so he decided to make his presence known as he came in.

"good morning," he said as he came in.

"oh good morning hunter," she said as she moved over and he sat beside her.

"good morning to you too rora," he said as he picked her up, to give her hugs and kisses.

"well I'm going to get started on breakfast," Kiara said as she left the room and went downstairs and began to make pancakes, as that was all she could make with what she had, but as she fried the cakes, there was a knock on the door, so she put her cooking on hold and went to open the door, and was meet with a pair of blue eyes.