Soon all four kids and Adam were crowded in Hannah's small room while Belle had to go into work to work the late shift and wouldn't be home until after midnight. Adam sat on the bed against the headboard, Bae sat in a chair next to the bed, Hannah sat next to her father, Bria and Lucas took the bean bag chairs and lounged in them.

"Okay where to start, well, in order to get the full effect I have to tell all of you about Miranda first."

"I don't want to hear about her. Just tell us about Mama." Bae said.

"Well, this won't make any sense without her. So, I just moved to the States and I had no money, no job, and no place to stay. Ruby was actually the one who found me first. She brought me to the diner and told me that her and her grandmother owned an inn that I could stay in. They let me stay there for free even after I got the job at the university. They became my family, Ruby became my sister and Granny became my mom…"

Flashback

"I can't thank you both enough for letting me stay here." Adam said as he sat at the counter of diner before it opened.

"Think nothing of it." Granny said. Ruby came over and stood next to him.

"Yeah, we're family now. That's means you're my big brother. Which means." She took a couple steps backward. This was a regular thing with her. She'd jump on Adam's back and demand a piggy back ride until the first custom walked in. Adam stood up and held Ruby as she jumped on him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they both laughed.

"If you two break anything I'll take you both over my knee." Adam calmed down knowing Granny wasn't kidding. She may have been Ruby's grandmother but she was raising her since she was three when both her parents were killed in a car accident. Suddenly, the bell above the door of the diner rang. Adam looked over and stopped breathing. Ruby got down and grabbed her pad with a huff. Adam looked behind him and saw Ruby and Granny had the same look.

"What's wrong with the two of you?"

"That's Miranda Spinner. Her father owns the biggest spinning wheel factor in the country but she came to this quiet little town to find a husband. She's been known to marry rich men, divorce them, and sue them for all they're worth. She's been conning men since she was seven years old, her father got her into it. Her and baby sister although no one knows what happened to her she kind of dropped off the grid a while back." Miranda seemed to catch Adam's eye. Granny grabbed his chin and brought his face to look at her. "You listen to me Adam Gold, don't go near that girl. She's back news and I don't want to see you get hurt."

"I'm grown man Mom, I think I can take care of myself but thank you for the concern."

"Hey there good lookin'." A smooth as silk voice said behind him. He whirled around and found a pearl white smile that belonged to an incredibly beautiful woman.

"H-Hi."

"My name's Miranda. Miranda Spinner."

"Adam. Adam Gold." Miranda's eyes regained a slight sparkle in them that when unnoticed by Adam.

"Well, Adam Gold, I don't think I've seen you around here."

"No, I just moved here a few months ago."

"I could tell you weren't from here. Not with that sexy accent." Miranda said while all but throwing herself at him. She draped an arm around his neck and pulled herself up against him. "How about I buy you a drink?"

"O-Okay." They sat down and Ruby fumed. She smirked evilly and went over to them from behind. She swung her arms around Adam's neck and put her head on his shoulder.

"Hey there big brother." Adam smiled and turned his head to kiss her temple. Miranda glared at Ruby but changed her expression when Adam turned back to her. "What can I get my favorite brother?"

"Scotch please Rubs and what Miranda would like."

"Oh sorry we don't serve blood sucking leaches." Ruby said as she walked around to the other side of the counter.

"I could shut down this whole place Miss Lucas." Ruby leaned over so she was almost in Miranda's face.

"I'd like to see you try, bitch. You have no idea who you're dealing with." She whispered out with her words laced in venom. Miranda glared at her.

"Just get me martini."

"Oh you're late this morning. It's after eight and you're just having your first drink." Ruby commented smugly. Miranda gave another glare as Ruby turned around and got their drinks. "What's going on with you, Adam? You never drink. You told me yourself you were trying to get sober."

"It's one scotch. I'll be fine. I'll stop after this." Ruby glared at her brother not believing a word coming out his mouth. She slammed both glasses on the counter and stalked away to attend to customers that were starting to come in. Adam finished his scotch but somehow ordered another and another until he had had ten. He got up as Miranda did and she held him steady. "You got me drunk so I think it's only fair that you let me treat you to dinner tomorrow night."

"I'd like that."

End flashback

"That's how you met Miranda?" Bae asked. Adam sighed with his eyes closed.

"Yup, that's how I started on that long twisted road that I called a relationship. Two good things came out of that marriage and they're sitting here with me." Bae and Hannah smiled at each other.

"How did you meet Mama?" Bria asked.

"Well, I'll be getting to that. Unfortunately, it's past midnight and if you mother would to come home right now she'd kill me three times over for keeping all of you up so late. Back to your rooms and into bed." They all scurried off into their rooms. Adam got up with the assistance of his daughter and went into his room. Imagine his surprise when he saw his wife of eleven years sitting up in bed. "You're home."

"Yes I am and I'm up as are our four children."

"I was telling them story." He said as he sat on the edge of the bed to take off his socks and crawl into bed. Belle crawled down the bed and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind effectively surprising him. He grabbed her arms and held them to him.

"And what story might that be?"

"The story of how I met their mother."

"To which kids?" Adam turned around and kissed her.

"They only have one mother."

"No I mean were telling the story to Bae and Hannah or Bria and Lucas?"

"I repeat they have only one mother. You, my beautiful wife, are mother to all of my children."

"Adam, I heard Miranda's name."

"Yes, only because I need to tell them that story so they can understand our story." Belle nodded and kissed his head. They both got into bed and Belle curled up with Adam being mindful of his knee.

"So how did you come to tell them that story? You stopped telling bedtime stories when the twins were five."

"Well, Hannah found her birth announcement and realized that your name wasn't on it." Belle nodded. "I don't know how she found it because I locked it away in the fire proof box in my office."

"We knew she would have questions. We knew there was a big chance she would have questions when she found out I wasn't her birth mother and she would find out. Adam I'm not that much older than her. I was in my twenties when I became your nanny and I was twenty six when we got married. She was bound to figure it out."

"I know I just wish I was better prepared for this."

"Well, continue to tell them the story. I know you didn't finish tonight. Tell them a little bit every night." Adam nodded. "Now, I'm tired so I'm going to bed. Good night, I love you."

"I love you too." Even after eleven years of marriage it still took Adam's breathe away whenever Belle told him she loved him.