Wasn't planning on continuing this but I just had to. This is ten years later. More to come soon.
Rangers POV
My office door bangs open as our middle child Sabrina who is five barges in with tears streaming down her face. She throws herself in my arms buries her face into my neck and starts to sob. All I can understand of her garbled sobs is that my second oldest Frankie did something. "Ok princess" I wiper too her "I know you are upset please calm down and explain what happened I can't help you if I can't understand what you are saying." I rub her back some more and just about have her totally calmed down when Frankie our almost nine years old comes sulking in.
My beautiful wife comes in behind him and she is Pissed off. "Francis Ricardo you sit there " she points to one of my guest chairs as she sits in my office chair "and stay quiet. " I look back and forth between the two still holding Sabrina in my lap. Frankie has tears streaming down his face as he mumbles "accident " and then buries his face in his hands because my wife is still giving him a death glare.
I knew that the only way I was going to get both kids calm enough to figure out what happened and a solution was to get Steph to let me handle it. I took a deep breath "Babe" I get no response "Babe?" I put a little pleading in my voice she nods stands and walks back to her office.
As soon as my door clicks closed my son jumps to his feet and runs to my other side. I wrap my arm around him and only understand "didn't do it on purpose" before his sobs overtake him and he buries his head into my side.
I sigh and just hold both kids until they start to calm down some. " he broked my castle" my daughter points an accusing finger at my son. Frankie nods as he lookup to me. " I did break it dad but not on purpose" he stops as Sabrinas hand connects with his face and she screams "Liar". I turn to my daughter with my with my mean dad face in place as she turns her head away I gently grabbed her chin and turn her eyes back to me "Sabrina, it is never ok for you to hit your brother" she pouts as I continue "when we are done talking you are to go straight to the time out room till I come for you" she starts to open her mouth to protest "unless you are going to say yes daddy I don't want to hear it" I give her a no nonsense look and she nods "yes daddy."
Frankie has his head back in his hands crying again when I look to him. I give my daughter another disproving look before setting her on the couch next to me and pulling my son into my lap and wrapping him up in my arms. I rub his back and urge him to calm himself again. "She took my drawing tablet and I was chasing her to get it back when I tripped and fell on to the castle" he sniffles and wipes his eyes "I tried to tell mommy but she said she didn't believe me" he looks at me pleading with me to believe him "I'm telling the truth I promise. "
I nod "I believe you buddy" I say "but next time instead of chasing your siblings come to me I will help you get back whatever they take" he nods and cuddles into me. I smile before putting on my serious face and facing my daughter "young lady where is your brothers tablet " when I see her trying to make up a story "Sabrina I recommend you tell the truth and why did you leave the part of you taking something of your brothers out of your story? " I glare at her for a few seconds when I heard a knock at my door. "What? " I snapped and instantly regret it when our oldest Julie peaks her head in. I sigh and waved her in. 'Need me to take one' she mouth and I glanced down at her little brother.
She smiles and kneels down next to me to get Frankies attention "hey buddy you want to go on a drive with me? " she asks my son looks to me and I nod . He smiles and launches himself at his big sister who easily catches and lifts him to her hip before walking back out of my office.
After they leave I turn back to find Sabrina glaring daggers at the floor. I groan internally before fixing my dad face and gaining her attention "I am still waiting on a answer. " She glares at me before yelling "you hate me". I fix her with what my wife calls my Lester look as I take a cleansing breath "you" I Pont at her "young lady are enough trouble so I recommend you lose the attitude and you better never yell at me."
"I only took ed it because I wanted to draw you a picture" she pouts. "Did you ask your brother if you could borrow it or draw in it?" I ask and she shakes her head. I nod "that is what I thought" I pause "you are grounded this weekend for stealing your brothers tablet again, for trying to get him in trouble when you started it, for hitting him, and for yelling at me" I explain and wait for it.
"But daaaaddddyyyy" she drags it out whining and I stop her. I take another deep breath "first off you know how I feel about whining, so stop now. Second I know your sleepover was supposed to be this weekend but I just canceled it. Third and last I don't want to hear anymore about it you misbehaved multiple times today and you know there are always consequences for your behavior." After a few minutes of her pouting she looks up at me with tears in her eyes "do I still have to go to the time out room?"
Before I can answer my wife's voice pipes up "yes, but your uncle Bobby is taking you home" she walks into my office and kneels infrontnof our daughter "and you are to go straight to the time out room and stay there till me or daddy comes and gets you. " She stands my daughter up and swats her bottom before telling her "your uncle is waiting for you by the elevator now go " she points to the door. Sabrina takes off out the door and down the hall to Bobby. She motions for him to pick her up. He shakes his head "nope not with how you have behaved today" he motions to the elevator. When she refuses to move I am just ready to scold her again when Bobby opens the door to the staircase and grabs my daughter's had "fine then we take the stairs " he says as he starts leading her through the door and down the steps.
