Sonja, a young girl, was unexpectedly dropped off to live with Bernice and Gracie, who had thought she was just coming for a meeting. While Bernice was upset on the phone, Gracie took Sonja to the park to play, where Sonja began to warm up to Gracie. Back home, Sonja met the other children, Ambrose and Julian, and settled into her new room. Though there was initial misunderstanding, Gracie was hopeful they could become a family through adoption after a month trial period.

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2. Sonja was not given
the welcome she’s
expected when she
was dropped off at
her new home.
Apparently, her two
new mums hadn’t
been expecting her.
They thought she
was coming for an
initial meeting, not
to stay.
While the blonde
one was on the
phone to her
agency she sat and
glowered on the
sofa.

3. When the mum with brown hair got home from work, she had taken charge and pulled
the blonde off the phone and down to the park. She had been determined to stay
grumpy, but she couldn’t help herself.

4. Sonja liked the mum with
brown hair more, she
looked a bit like her too.
Maybe that was why she
had been sent here.
Their names were
Bernice and Gracie, but
she wasn’t sure what to
call them. At the moment
she was avoiding calling
them anything, content
just playing. The park in
Appaloosa was cool.

5. Back at the house, Sonja met Ambrose and Julian.
Because she was unexpectedly early she had to
share a room with him, but that was ok. It was a
bit of a relief to have another kid around after
leaving an orphanage full of them, she might not
be too lonely now. Plus she won the rock, paper,
scissors for the top bunk. That was cool too.

6. Bernice and Gracie crept in to check in on her
later that night. Julian was sleeping in his mums
room for that first night in case Sonja had
nightmares or something… but she seemed fine.
Gracie was happier. The misunderstanding
meant they hadn’t met Sonja before she arrived,
but she seemed a cute kid. Bernice hoped it
would work out, but was still a bit worried. At
least they had a month to see if they all suited
each other before signing the adoption papers.
Sonja had to agree to sign too, they were as
much on trial as she was.

7. Megan wasn’t sure what had gotten into Allain. Since their little
argument the other night he had been overly attentive and romantic. It
had culminated in this night, when he had invited her to ‘stay the night’.
She agreed readily, hoping he was suggesting what she thought he was.

8. He was. After fancying him since she was a child, Allain was finally asking her to sleep
with him. She had been starting to wonder if he’d ever ask. Normally confident, she
hadn’t known how to broach this subject. Had she known his reasoning, she might
have been less impressed. He loved her of course, and felt she was ready… but he also
wanted to get her attention back from his brother.

9. The next morning, Megan didn’t feel any different. She thought maybe she’d feel more
adult, or more in tune with Allain as a couple.
If anything, she saw him more clearly now. Had she been idealising him and her first
time before, with the reality now far less exciting?

10. She came downstairs without dressing because Allain had told her they had the house
to themselves, but there was Edward in the middle of the kitchen. Blushing a little, she
retreated back upstairs to put some clothes on.

11. Seeing Megan like that was unnerving for Edward. He wished he
didn’t have the image in his head, as he feared it would be hard to
forget.
She impressed him further by rallying and making conversation as if
she wasn’t embarrassed in the least over breakfast. Even though
she had to know he suspected what she’d been up to overnight.

12. This was starting to get problematic. She might
be intelligent and beautiful, but she was also a
teen. And his little brothers girlfriend.

13. And even if she didn’t realise how high in his esteem
she was, Allain had figured it out. And he didn’t like it.