Kim tucked Harper into bed, the little girl already out cold. She went to check on Anthony, he was lying in bed playing on his iPad.
"How are you?" She asked him, "do you have any questions?"
He laid the iPad down, "Do you promise you love me? Even if I didn't grow in your belly?"
Kim sat on the bed, "From the first time I held you, I loved you" she kissed his cheek, "I love you the same way I love Harper, you're my beautiful little boy"
He smiled, "I love you too"
Adam had just gotten out of the shower a towel around his waist, "kids asleep?" He used a towel to dry his hair, "you doing better?"
"You were right you know" she told him as she climbed in the bed.
He smirked, "Say that for me one more time please" he laughed, "what was I right about this time?"
She laughed at his cockiness "about Harper, and him being a little jealous"she told him, "he needed reassurance. We need to discuss how we are handling Katrina Cameron"
"I will tell you this, she won't get near our boy again" Adam leaned against the headboard, "she'll be lucky to still have a job when I'm finished"
Kim put her hand on his chest, "I think we need to have Anthony put in another class"
"She'll be gone before he goes back"
"You want her fired?"
"Don't you?"
Kim sat up, "I don't know what I want, I guess I want to talk to her first, see what she was thinking"
"We will go to the school first thing Monday morning" Adam told her, "now how about we work on the baby front"
Anthony was playing video games when the door bell rang, "Mommy can I get it?" He yelled pausing the game.
"Yea, I'm coming"
"Declan!!!!" Anthony screamed jumping in his arms, "I missed you!"
Kim was shocked, "what are you doing here?" She asked hugging him, Helen and Charlie coming in behind him.
"They released me, is Uncle Adam here?" Declan asked, "I kind of have a feeling he had something to do with it"
Kim shook her head, "He had to go in for a few hours, but he hasn't said anything" though she was certain the events surrounding Anthony's teacher had been at the forefront of his concerns.
Adam pulled up her license information, "Whose that?" Jay asked as he sat down, "off the books?"
"Something like that" he quickly jotted the address down, "I'm gonna head home"
Jay was surprised, it was odd for Adam to not ask about the kids, "Hey, everything okay?"
"For the most part, yeah" he zipped his jacket, "I don't want to talk about it"
"I'm here if you do, you know that right?"
"I do, thanks Jay"
Kim called Adam again, surprised he still hadn't come home, "Just checking in, it's late" she left a voicemail.
"Guess Daddy is stuck at work, it's just us tonight" she told Anthony and Harper, both involved with the television neither one paying attention to her "or it's just me, that's okay too" she laughed.
He pulled into the driveway, having stopped at the gym in an effort to calm himself down, he was furious with Katrina never in a million years did he think she would blow his son's world to pieces.
The door closing brought Harper to the window, "Daddy is home!" She yelled jumping up and down, "my daddy's home!"
"Hey, guys" Adam said lifting them both up in his arms holding them over his shoulders, "you two are loud, you know that?"
Anthony giggling, "She's loud daddy, the loudest!"
"Hey, you" Adam smiled when Kim came in the room, "these two driving you crazy?"
"Not at all, I was starting to worry about you" she kissed him, "Helen came by today"
"Declan is home daddy, he played basketball with me!" Anthony climbed in his lap, Harper in Kim's.
Adam smiled, "Wow!"
"Don't do that" Kim said, her hand on the back of his neck.
"Do what?"
"Act like you didn't know" she smiled, "thank you"
"That kid still not at school?" Tanner asked, going over his blueprints, "how many days has he missed?"
Katrina sat opposite him, "Just two days, so it may be nothing" she tried to convince herself, "a couple of kids have had the stomach bug so it could be that"
"Gross, don't bring that shit here" he laughed rolling the blue print up, "I know I gave you hell for this but I love you and I hope it all works out" he kissed the top of her head, "try not to worry, like you said maybe he's just sick"
"You ready?" Adam took her hand as they walked in the main building of The Lawton Academy, "This place is insane, blows my high school out of the water"
"I'm sick over this" Kim told him, "do you think Anthony is really okay"
Adam stopped walking, and turned to face her "I think so, honestly I don't think he really understands it, he's so young" he had resisted the urge to show up on Katrina's doorstep. "We just need to be there for him, and I need you to talk to me. I want you to know you can tell me anything, and never forget that Anthony loves you"
"I know" Kim smiled, "here's the office" she pointed to Principal Baker's door.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ruzek, good morning!" The secretary stood up, "Principal Baker is ready for you" he'd been ready for hours, having cleared his schedule, Kim had donated a lot of money over the years to the academy and he wasn't about to piss her off.
He looked up from his coffee mug, "Good Morning" he extended his hand to Adam, "Mr. Ruzek"
"Adam, please call me Adam" he shook the man's hand, Kim following suit he knew Kim wanted to cut right to the chase and avoid small talk. "We need to discuss our son's teacher, Katrina Cameron"
Mr. Baker sat back down, he glanced at Anthony's file, "Yes, you have a little one in kindergarten, what's going on? Sometimes the adjustment is hard for our five year olds"
"No, it's not like that Anthony loves it here, it's something Katrina told him. Something she never should have brought up" Adam explained, Kim's hand on his thigh.
"What did she say?"
"Anthony's biological mother was killed in an auto accident five years ago, it was a miracle Anthony survived" Adam explained, "Kim's been Anthony's mother from the day he was born and has legally adopted him"
"Okay?"
"Well Katrina told Anthony about his biological mother and that Kim wasn't his mother. As you can imagine it's been traumatic for Anthony, his whole world has been turned upside down, not to mention how it's affected my wife and I"
He removed his eye glasses and leaned back in his chair, "I'm terribly sorry, I can't imagine what she was thinking, I promise you she will face disciplinary action"
Adam leaned on the desk, "Honestly, I'd like to see her fired"
"That's easier said than done" he told him, "let me talk to her and listen to her side and I will go from there and I will keep the both of you in the loop"
"My son needs to be removed from her class, and I don't want her anywhere near him" Adam told him, "I will be calling you in a week, I won't let this go"
They made their way back to the car, Kim spotting her first, "Look!" She pointed at Katrina, letting Adam's hand fall from her's.
She picked up the pace and was at Katrina's car in what felt like mere seconds, "We need to talk" Kim told her, hands on her hips.
"Mrs. Ruzek" Katrina started.
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