Chapter 5: Gaining more Children
Kimberly sighed as sat on a swing in the park watching her daughters play. "Be careful," she cautioned.
"Don't worry, mom," Hannah assured her.
"I have to worry, sweetie, that's my job," Kimberly laughed.
Kimberly then looked up when two boys were walking towards them.
One had sand-blonde hair cropped short, brown eyes, he was wearing sneakers, blue jeans, and a red t-shirt.
The other boy had black hair, brown eyes, he was wearing sneakers, blue jeans, and a blue t-shirt.
Kimberly stood up when Hannah ran over to the boy in red and hugged him. Kimberly stood up, picked Kylie up, and walked over to them. "Who are you?" She asked.
"Mom, this is my brother, Hunter," Hannah replied.
"Hunter? You're the child your mother took and left your sister here," Kimberly observed.
"I am," Hunter replied.
"Mom, where's our mom?" Hannah asked.
Kimberly saw the sad look in the boy's eye and had Hannah take Kylie. She kneeled in front of the boy. "Hunter, what happened to your mother?" She asked.
"Mom jumped off the balcony of our apartment a year ago. I've been going from foster home to foster home ever since then. This is my brother, Blake," Hunter replied.
The boy nodded to her. "How did you find us?" She asked.
"Well, if I know Hannah, which I do, I know that she'll drag you to the park to play," Hunter replied.
Kimberly smiled at his comment and nodded. Hannah did practically drag her to the park that day. "Please, ma'am, don't tear me away from my sister again," he insisted. Kimberly stood up and placed her hand on Hunter's shoulder.
"I won't tear you away from your sister, Hunter," she assured him.
Hunter smiled and then Kimberly led the children back to her house.
That night, Kimberly was walking towards her room when she stopped by each of the children's room. She walked into Kylie's room to see her daughter fast asleep. In her daughter's arms was the teddy bear Tommy gave her. She walked over and placed a kiss on the side of Kylie's head. She pulled the blankets around her and left the room.
She looked into Hannah's room and smiled to see her fast asleep as well. She closed the door and went to check on the boys.
Hunter and Blake were fast asleep and all Kimberly could do was hope that she would be able to adopt these two too.
(Three Months Later)
Kimberly bit her bottom lip as she went through the same meeting she had to go through when she was adopting Hannah. "According to the reports the social workers typed up, you're doing a very good job taking care of Hannah. Are you sure adopting two more children will be the right thing?" The man asked.
"Sir, I made Hunter a promise that I won't tear him away from his sister again. It took him this long to find her," Kimberly replied.
"And what about this other boy, Blake? He's not blood related to any of the children," the social worker pointed out.
"Sir, you have to understand that these boys are close. Tearing them away from each other would just break their hearts," Kimberly insisted.
"Mr. Richards, do you think she's not capable of taking care of these children?" Captain Mitchell asked.
"Oh! Not at all, Captain Mitchell, we just don't really hand over children to single parents," he replied.
"Mr. Richards, please, you have to let me have these children," Kimberly persisted.
Captain Mitchell placed his hand on Kimberly's shoulder. "Have these children taken a liking to you?" He asked.
"Yes, they've been staying in one of the extra rooms in my house during the night. Captain Mitchell and his daughter come by a lot to check on us. They help me take care of Hannah and Kylie," Kimberly replied.
The social worker looked over the papers. "The boys were last seen in the foster care of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley. They seemed to be a good family. Why would they run away?" He asked.
"Hunter came to find his sister. Blake followed him because they became close," Kimberly replied.
He nodded as he listened to Kimberly. "Well, seemingly that Captain Mitchell has once again complimented on how well you keep track of the girls and how you stay on your feet. I am agreeing to allow you to take boys Hunter and Blake Bradley into your home," he informed. Kimberly sighed in relief and had to fill out the rest of the paperwork.
That evening, Kimberly came home and found the children playing in the backyard. "Hunter, Blake," she called. The two boys looked up and walked over to her.
"What's going on?" Blake asked.
"Are we going back to foster homes?" Hunter asked.
Kimberly sat down at the picnic table looking at the boys. "Sit down boys," she instructed. Hunter and Blake looked at each other before sitting down. "Hunter, Blake, I just came from a social worker who lets people adopt children. I spoke to him about me adopting you two," she explained.
"And?" Blake asked.
"Hunter, Blake, you're now part of the Hart family," she replied.
Both boys got up from their seats and hurried over to hug her. Kimberly smiled as she embraced the boys. Feeling their happiness going through her head. However, now she had to train all of her children how to keep shields up so she wouldn't be able to feel their feelings all at once or at all.