His Right To Spoil The Kids

‘Morning, honey.’ Kira kissed the boy’s head. ‘Morning, Mummy.’ ‘Is Jennie still in bed?’ ‘She went out.’ ‘With Daddy?’ ‘Uh-huh.’ Kira checked the time. ‘Shoot, it’s almost ten o’clock! We are so, so late for school.’ ‘Daddy said we didn’t need to go to school today.’ ‘What? Why?’ Kira knelt beside her son. ‘He said we needed to rest, after what happened yesterday.’ Kira paused. Austyn was right. The kids had been through quite a lot yesterday. She nodded. ‘Okay.’ Then she realised something. ‘Wait, did you just call him Daddy?’ Joshua lowered his head, hiding his flushed cheeks. ‘Aw, sweetie, are you shy?’ Kira teased her son. ‘No, I’m not!’ Joshua refused to look at her. Kira tousled his short hair. ‘Sure, honey, whatever you say.’ Kira chuckled when she saw the boy’s red ears. Austyn returned with Jennie and a quarrelling couple in tow. Isabel and Luca each carried two shopping bags. So did Austyn. Kira rolled her eyes when she saw the bags of toys and stuffed animals. ‘You are spoi