Kids From One Alpha” By Selena Lynch Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Hide and Seek

When Serena and Logan got back to Logan’s house, Serena was ready to get the kids and head home.

She was happy to have a home again, and happy to get some space from the Alpha. Knowing he was

her kids’ father, knowing that another female was pregnant with his child, it made everything too

complicated. She went to the room they’d been staying in. Flo followed her, wanting to say goodbye.

When Serena opened the door, she found the carved wooden wolf toys on the floor, but the twins

weren’t there. “I didn’t hear them come downstairs,” Flo muttered. Serena sighed. “They are just

playing a hiding game,” she assured. Flo and Serena went around the whole house, looking for the

kids. They weren’t anywhere! Panic began to rise in Serena’s chest. “I know they couldn’t have gotten

outside,” Flo assured. Serena nodded, but she couldn’t help worry that the kids had gotten into one of

their hiding places and were hurt or trapped! “Olivia, Oliver, where are you?” Serena called. There was

no answer.

“What’s happening?” Logan asked, joining Flo and Serena in the living room. “The twins have done a

vanishing act,” Flo said. Serena winced. “I hope they’re okay,” she said, going to a wall and pressing

her ear to it. There wasn’t any sound coming from inside.

“I’m sure they are fine,” Logan assured. “I know all the hiding places in this house. Trust me, I used to

use them too.” Flo chuckled and tousled her son’s hair, even though he was taller than her. “Yes, you

were good at giving your father and I scares,” she said. “Something the twins are good at too!” Serena

stared at Flo for a moment. She worried Flo was implying something she shouldn’t know! Serena had

made sure no one else would see the lab results confirming Logan’s paternity. “Come on, I’ve got a few

ideas of where to look,” Logan said. “Olivia, Oliver,” Serena called as she followed Logan back upstairs.

“It is time to go back to our house!” “We don’t want to go!” Olivia screamed from inside the walls. Logan

chuckled, pointing to the closet in his room. Serena nodded. “Sounds like they’ve gotten quite

comfortable here,” he muttered. “I think they like the hiding places, where they can cause trouble

without me seeing.” Hide and Seek she said. Logan smiled at her and opened his closet door. “I’m

probably not going to fit through here, but you are slender enough to get in there enough to talk to

them,” Logan said, pushing a panel aside in the wall. It revealed an old crawl space.

The space was narrow and dark. It smelled musty. Serena wasn’t too keen on crawling in there on her

elbows.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be right here and I’ll pull you out if you get stuck,” Logan assured. Serena scoffed and

shook her head.

“I’ll be fine,” she said. Serena dropped down on her hands and knees. She lowered onto her stomach

and used her elbows to crawl into the space as far as she could go, until her hips hit the sides.

Olivia and Oliver were in the crawl space, tucked away against the back of the wall. They were hugging

each other. Serena couldn’t quite reach them, even with her arms stretched out all the way. “What

are you two doing?” she asked, propping herself up on her elbows so she could look at them. “We don’t

want to leave, Mommy.” Olivia said. “Yea, it is fun here,” Oliver said. “Don’t you want to go back home?”

Serena asked. “Our real home where you have all your toys and you each have your own room?” “No!”

Olivia snapped. “We like it here.” Serena sighed. “I know, baby,” she said. “This is an old house with

lots of fun places to hide and lots of fun toys to play with.” “Yea, so, can we stay?” Olivia asked. “This

isn’t our home,” Serena said. “We are just guests here. We‘ve got to go to our real home.” “But Uncle

Logan likes us,” Oliver said. “Yea, we could stay here with him, and you can go home,” Oliver said.

Serena chuckled, though her heart hurt thinking her kids wanted to stay with Logan instead of her. “As

much fun as that sounds,” she said with a note of sarcasm, “Logan has his own life and his own family.”

“It’s not fair!” Olivia wailed. “I want to stay here!” “Just because we are going home doesn’t mean we

won’t ever come back,” Serena assured them, “Logan will come visit you at our home, and I’m sure

he’d love to have you visit here. And, I’m sure there will be times when Flo will take care of you when I

can’t or when Dana can’t.” Hide and Seek “Do you promise?” Olivia asked. Serena was hesitant to

promise the kids anything that she couldn’t make complete good on. This was a promise that involved

other people, but knowing Logan and Flo, she didn’t think they would mind. “I promise,” she said. “This

won’t be the last time you see them, and it won’t be the last time you get to play in this house.” “Okay,”

the twins said together. They started crawling towards her. Serena used her elbows to push herself

back out of the crawl space. It was slower for her than the twins, and they were getting antsy. When

she made it all the way out, Serena sighed and flopped down on the closet floor on her back. The twins

émerged next, sneezing and stamping their feet to get rid of the dust on their clothes. “Nice work,”

Logan said, reaching a hand out for Serena. She accepted it, and he pulled her to her feet. They stood

facing each other for a moment, and then he brushed his fingers through her hair. Serena cheeks

reddened, and she stepped away. Logan held up his hand, showing her the clump of dust she’d pulled

from her hair. “You’ll come visit us, right, Uncle Logan?” Olivia asked, stealing his attention. “I’ll come

visit,” he assured. “We always have so much fun together, that’s not going to stop because you aren’t

living here anymore.” “Okay!” Olivia said. “I should get them home and in the tub,” Serena said,

grabbing Olivia’s hand before she ran off. “Good idea,” Logan said. He walked with them down to the

front door. “I have to say, I think I will miss having the kids here.” Serena raised an eyebrow at him.

“Well, you’ll have one of your own soon enough,” she reminded him. Logan said, glancing back up the

stairs at the door of his bedroom. “Won’t that be something,” he muttered. “As you said, you’ll come

visit and play,” she said. Logan smiled. “Absolutely,” he said with a nod. Serena held one twin in each

hand and headed out of Logan’s house. The walk back to their house was quick and easy. When she

walked through the front door, she sighed with relief. It was nice to be home, and to actually have a

home! “Come on, kids, you need to take a bath,” she said.

“Awe, mom!” Oliver complained. Serena had a feeling Oliver would be a little nervous in the bathroom

since that was where they were when the tree fell on their house. She wanted to make sure that he

was safe and comfortable, though. That he had a positive experience in the bathtub. “Go pick out your

jammies,” Serena said. “I’ll fill the bath.” The kids ran to their rooms, and Serena filled the tub part way

with warm water. She

threw in some bubble bath and added some of their favorite bath toys. The twins ran in the bathroom

naked, tossing their pajamas at Serena. “Get in, get in,” she said. Olivia fearlessly plopped into the tub.

Oliver was more hesitant, but he climbed in after his sister. Serena hummed softly, sitting on the toilet

as she folded the kids’ pajamas and laid out their robes and towels. They’d started a game that

involved their toys being held at high heights before being dropped into the water, making bubbly

splashes.

“Wash your faces,” please,” Serena said when she noticed the twins were getting pruned. She waited

for them to wash their faces and then she had them stand up so she could dry them quickly and wrap

them in their robes.

“I’m so clean!” Olivia said. Serena smiled, handing her daughter her pajamas. It was good to be home!

She wasn’t worrying about taking too long in the bathroom with bathing the kids, or worried about how

much noise they were making. Still, she liked the idea of having a home with a full family one day.

With the kids in bed, Serena took a moment to appreciate being back in her own home. The first night

wasn’t as relaxing as she thought! Every creak and sound made her sit bolt upright in bed, listening for

a tree to come crashing through the roof again!