A few hours later Paul pulled into the driveway. Tessa looke up at the massive mansion and her jaw dropped. This was NOTHING like she had ever seen before and she had to admit; it looked like it could be a good children environment. They both got out of the car when Stephanie ran outside. "Sweetheart, are you OK?"

Realizing that Stephanie was talking to her, Tessa shrugged her shoulders and she said "As long as Brayden is safe then I'm OK"

"Come on, Paul will bring your stuff to the guest bedroom" Stephanie said and she led Tessa into the mansion. She brought the young mother into the living room where Tessa sat down. She noticed that there were many girl toys in the living room. "Uhm, Stephanie?" Tessa asked.

Stephanie looked up from what she was doing and Tessa asked "Do you have children of your own?"

"Oh why yes I do" Stephanie said as she started to stir the hot chocolate. Then, she handed it to Tessa. Tessa took it and while it was very odd to have hot chocolate in the summer time, the mansion was nice and cool for her liking. One flaw that her apartment had; it was too hot and muggy in the summer and too cold and frosty in the winter. Stephanie sat down next to Tessa and she said "3 girls"

Tessa smiled and she said "They must be beautiful"

Paul came into the living room, holding Brayden, and he handed the baby to Tessa. Tessa cradled her son in her arms and she looked at Stephaine, who was just smiling at her. "What?" Tessa asked.

"Just looking at you right now" Stephanie said. Then she added "It just beautiful how much a mother can love her child"

"Well you would know you have three of them" Tessa said with a chuckle. Then after she chuckled alittle, Tessa sighed and she said "When it's just you and your child, you tend to be strong for their sake and for their protection. It's you two against the world and right now it sure the hell feels like it"

Stephanie's smile faded as Tessa went on saying "Throughout the whole pregnancy Brayden's father was never there. My friend Andy would always bring me to the doctor's appointments, he would always bring me clothes for myself when I grew out of my old clothes, he helped me get that apartment when I was only 3 weeks pregnant. Since he's been on tour he's been buying and sending me and Brayden clothes and food, anything we need. I hate how I couldn't provide for my own child and I told Andy he didn't have to because I felt like I was stealing from him, but he kept just doing it. And now with the break-in, I gotta make sure that Brayden is with me at all times I don't feel safe leaving him alone. My family isn't even around anymore they just completely disowned me after they found out I was pregnant and and and-"

Then the one thing she hasn't done throughout her struggle she finally did; she started to cry. Stephanie just pulled her into an embrace. After what seemed like forever, Tessa pulled away and she said "I uh I gotta bring Brayden to sleep. Get a few hours of rest myself"

Then Tessa stood up and went to the bedroom. After she heard the bedroom door close, Stephanie covered her mouth with her hand and she started to shed a few tears herself. "Honey, what's wrong?" Paul asked his wife as he sat down next to her. Stephanie looked at Paul and she said "I never knew how hard Tessa had it"

Paul sighed as he said "Yeah well it's not always a breeze being a teen mom"

"Paul, her family disowned her after she revealed her pregnancy. She has a friend that's willing to do anything for her and the baby and now the break in?"

"Yes because having someone be there for you throughout everything is such a bad thing" Paul said sarcastically.

"She's grateful for that I know that to be fact. But it's a pride thing for her. Not being able to provide for her child is eating at her"

"Isn't that why we helped her find a job?"

"well what if she doesn't want to go back to Cincinnati?" Stephanie asked him. "We'd have to look for a job for her ourselves"

"Maybe this time we should let her do the job serching if she really wants to" Paul suggested. "She won't know how to do anything if it's all done for her. She's doing good so far with Brayden. I don't think finding a job will be that difficult for Tessa. She's a strong young lady"

Stephanie agreed with her husband. Then, Paul said "It's late we should get some sleep"

Then, Paul and Stephanie walked to their master bedroom. Before going to their bedroom, Stephanie looked into the guest room. She saw Tessa sleeping in the bed with Brayden sleeping on her chest. Stephanie smiled and then Paul brought her to the bedroom.

The next day both Tessa and Brayden woke up early. Brayden started to cry and Tessa knew that that meant he needed to be changed. She grabbed the baby bag, pulled out a diaper and wipes and she started to change her son. Then, a little girl came into the room. Tessa looked up and she saw the little girl. She was done changing Brayden so she threw the dirty diaper in the trashcan and she said "Hello"

"Hello" The little girl said shyly.

"Who are you?" Tessa asked kindly.

"Aurora" the little girl said.

"Hi Aurora, my name is Tessa" Tessa said kindly. Aurora looked at Brayden and she asked Tessa "Is that your baby?"

Tessa looked at Brayden and then back at Aurora and she said "Why yes that is my baby"

"He's cute" Aurora said.

"Thank you. Do you have any other siblings?" Tessa asked.

"Only two. Their names are Murphy and Vaughn"

"Cute names" Tessa said with a smile. Then she went to the bed, picked up Brayden and cradled him in her arms. Then she said to Aurora "Can you fill this bottle up with water?"

Aurora took the bottle and she did as Tessa had asked her to do. She came back with the filled waterbottle and Tessa poured some formula in the bottle. Then, she started shaking it so that the mix and the water could mix together. Then, after the bottle was made, Tessa put the bottle in the baby's mouth and he started drinking it. "What's his name?" Aurora asked her.

"Brayden. Brayden Andrew Adams" Tessa said.

"I like that name" the little girl said.

"Me too" Tessa said. Then they both heard Paul say "Come on Aurora, go get ready for your playdate"

Then Aurora ran to her bedroom. "She's beautiful" Tessa said to him. Paul looked at her and he said "Thank you"

"How old is she?"

"8 years old"

Tessa sighed and she said "I can wait until Brayden turns 8"

"Enjoy your time with him while he's still a baby" Paul said. "Because time will fly by quickly"

Tessa took Paul's words in and he left

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