Forever Changed
It was just a normal day and it began like any other day. But I didn’t realize it would forever change my life
*A bit of backstory*
I’m a 36 year old father of 3 daughter, two 20 year olds and a 22 year old . Yes I’m young to be a father of 3. I got my girlfriend pregnant at 16 and she gave birth to twins, Emma and Elsa are biological daughters and they are the 20 years old. Hermother ther didn’t want them so I took the responsibility to raise them. Then at 25, I married the love of my life and she brought Abella, my stepdaughter, into my life. Although our marriage didn’t last long because she passed away, one of her last wills was that I took care of Abella and adopt her. And I did and thankfully, Abella has already seen me as her actual father and not the deadbeat asshole that abandoned her and her mom. Me and the girls are a very close knit family. They tell me everything and vice versa. We share everything and I love my daughters. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for them. And I mean anything.
It was a Saturday morning, and I just had come back from work. I work at a paramedic so I have to work shifts both day and night to support me and my girls. I walked into the house drained of energy but as sound as I walked in, I heard my girls yelling Daddy and rushed to hug me. Instantly I was rejuvenated, however I was still lifeless from all the stupid ambulance call.
Me: Girls,daddy loves to be back home and see you but daddy is absolutely knackered so I’m going get some sleep
All: Daddy, there’s a party tonight. Can we go? We promise to be back around 2.
You see when they ask me for anything that they desperately want, they do the puppy dog eyes and it’s my kryptonite. And I can’t resist saying yes. I said yes and their face lit up and hugged me. I threw a small chuckle as I looked at them and wondered what did I do to deserve them. I walked up the stairs, showered and took a sleep. You know one of the sleeps, were people think you’re dead but you’re just so tired from work and people and everything? Yeah I had that kind of sleep and it was amazing. I woke up looking at the clock..1930 or 730pm at night for those who don’t know how to read 24 hour time.
Me: Wow 12 hours of sleep. 36 years old and I just had a 12 hours sleep. I must be getting old.
I got up and went to the kitchen to get something to drink. When I went down, my daughters were just getting ready to leave.
Emma: Oh hey daddy, how was your sleep? I could tell you had an amazing sleep. We could hear you snoring from our rooms.
Elsa: Yeah, you must have been tired.
Abella: We gotta go guys. The party starts soon. We bought dinner for you daddy. Medium rare steak with fries and mashed potatoes and carrots. Your favourite.
I smiled as again, I ask myself how did I get this lucky. They had to rushed and they almost forgot to give me a kiss goodbye. Luckily they did. They kissed me goodbye and went off to their party. I looked as they left the house and even tho they were in their 20s, I didn’t want them to to grow up. So I returned to my room for a shower and than back down to the kitchen for dinner. As usual the steak was amazing. I finished quickly and washed the plates as I was about to do something tonight that I don’t want my girls to see.