Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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211 Anything is Possible

(Winona)

"I'm not going anywhere. It's okay.

Jayden's eyes are wide. He clearly wasn't expecting this level of emotion from Abby.

Cass wipes her tears away, trying to be strong for Abby "It's okay to be sad, Abby. We will all miss Grandma

Lucy."

"We're going to be okay, Abby." | hold her close.

Anne, ever the steady presence, speaks up softly. "Abby, Grandma Lucy loved you so much. She wouldn't want

you to be sad for too long. She'd want you to remember all the good times you had together."

Abby nods against Cass's chest, her tears slowly subsiding. "I remember when we drew pictures of her favorite

park. She said she'd takethere one day."

"That's a wonderful memory," Anne says, smiling gently. "And you can keep those pictures forever."

"I'll take you to that place, Abby." Cass says to her.

"Okay." Abby sniffles as her tears dry up a little.

Jayden clears his throat, drawing our attention. "I've been thinking... I'm not going back to the hospital tonight. I

need to be here, with all of you, especially Abby. We have sbig decisions to make about where we go from

here." | nod in agreement, grateful for his decision.

Anne smiles, her eyes full of warmth. "Take the tyou need to figure things out. I'm here this week to help

with Abby, with whatever you need."

"Thank you, Anne," Jayden says, his voice filled with gratitude. "We couldn't do this without you."

"It's no problem, Jayden, I've missed you all."

"Then, why don't you cback? We could really do with you. You're a big part of our family."

| stare at Jayden. I'd love her to say yes, but she has her own responsibilities.

"On paper that sounds nice, but Bobby and Sarah need to find a good placement yet. | don't want to rush them.

They are both doing so well in school."

"We can be their placement." Jayden surprisesagain.

"Jayden, do you realize what you're saying?" Not that | wouldn't want Bobby and Sarah as foster kids, but Jayden

hasn't thought this through. He's never mentioned it as a possibility.

Anne is looking just as stunned.

"| do realize what I'm saying. | should have talked to you about it first, Winona. But this is surely the perfect

solution."

"You have a new baby coming, Jayden. Anne may not want to take that responsibility on at this time," |

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say because he really has no clue what having a newborn is like.

"Yes. There is that. But | intend to be a full-tparent. | promise I'll take on the majority of the care for the baby.

I want to be there for all of us."

"You have your business. | have mine. This is a huge step. We need to be sure, Jayden. We can't change our

minds later, this is for life."

"I'll be a stay-at-hdad for a while. Anne, will you think about it? We can talk more about it later. But I'm very

serious."

Anne smiles. "I'll take Abby for her bath and let you two discuss this." She grabs Abby's hand whose tears have

subsided for now. "If | was to make a move like that, I'd need a month to organize the paperwork for the kids and

to get them enrolled in a new school." "Anne, are you saying this is a possibility?"

"I think we know by now, Winona, that anything is possible."

The real question is, am | ready for that responsibility? Then there's Cass to think of. She's just lost the only

person she had in the world and I'm not sure she wants to be in a house full of kids like that.

"Cass, how would you feel about the place getting more crowded?"

Cass stands up. "I think you could adopt a small nation, and this place still wouldn't be crowded." She

smiles.

| smile back. "Very true. But this affects you as well."

She shrugs. "Not for long. I'll be looking for my own place as soon as | can."

"Okay. How is that supposed to happen? You need money."

"Mom's house block sold. She never used any of the money. She said she wanted it there forwhen | was

ready to do something with my life."

"| see, but are you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be. I'm going to look for places closer to work."

| want to protest because living alone and making money last isn't easy on a minimum wage.

Jayden places his hand on my arm. "Cass, | like that for you. We are here to help. Stay as long as you need."

He's right. | don't have the right to tell Cass how to live her life. Making mistakes to learn from is a right of

passage. | have to let her, even if she gets hurt along the way.

| step forward and pull her in for a hug. "You are always my family and a part of this family. Don't ever forget

that. Don't be a stranger."

Cass pushesaway with a grin. "Enough hugs, sis. You know I'm not a hugger. Anyway, | haven't gone

anywhere yet. You have to put up witha little longer." "As long as you need."

"I'm going to pack up the dishwasher," Cass says.

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"No need. | have staff for that." Jayden tells her.

"Honestly, just having a dishwasher to use makesfeel spoiled, so letat least pack the dishes in it."

Jayden smiles. "I suppose you can."

"Would you liketo show you how that's done?" Cass teases him.

"I'm hurt you think I don't know." Jayden jokes back. "But, ahhh, no, I'm good thanks."

His cell phone rings and he pulls it out of his pocket. "It's the hospital."

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