Tom was ready for a rough time when he met Jack, the teenage son of his girlfriend Michelle. He wasn’t ready for a secret that would change everything to be revealed, though. Jack spoke to Michelle in French to leave Tom out of a chat. He didn’t know that Tom could understand the language.
As they talked, a shocking truth came to light: Michelle was adopting two kids, and Tom could become a dad to three kids right away.
Tom found out that Michelle and Jack were afraid of losing him as he tried to deal with his new situation. They were scared to open up again because they had been hurt before.
But Tom understood their fears because he had lost someone close to him and chose to stay. They started building a new family together, which would be messy, hard, and beautiful.
After that, the next few days were a blur of getting ready, and finally, the day had come when Sarah and Lucas would join their family. Tom felt terrible for these two little kids who had already been through so much.
Since they were all sitting around the dinner table together, they felt whole. It was the beginning of something new, something beautiful, hard, and messy. But it was theirs, and Tom was ready to join in.
As the night went on and the house became quiet, Tom stood in the hallway and listened to the new sounds of their life. Michelle walked up to him and put her hand on his.
There was no need for them to speak; the quiet was enough. Once they took the first steps on this path, they couldn’t go back. But that didn’t scare Tom for the first time in a long time. It seemed right. As he stood there with Michelle’s hand in his, he knew he was truly where he was supposed to be.
