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*Addison Carter POV*

"What do you mean?" I asked Arden. "He left, I don't know where, but he said he'd be home soon. He has something important to tell you" He answered, looking down at Fabian.

He was still holding onto the step, watching the penguins. Every now and then, he would turn around and call out to me.

"Mumma! Mumma!" He shouted, tugging on my pants. I bent down to him and picked him up, holding him on my hip.

"When will he be back?" I questioned, flattening down Fabian's curls. "He didn't say, just that he'd be home soon" Arden said, smiling softly.

"Alright, we should probably go. It's 5:30 already, the zoo closes in half an hour" I said, walking to the exit. Arden nodded and followed me.

Arden drove us home, then walked home from Marco's house. He'd asked me if I would be alright on my own and I had insisted I'd be fine.

When I unlocked the front door with my keys, I didn't expect to find anyone inside. But when I did I was thrilled.

"Casper!" I shouted, as he hugged me. "Hey sis, who's this?" He asked, cooing at Fabian. Fabian giggled and waved at him.

"This is Fabian. Marco's son" I replied looking down at Fabian. He was smiling at Casper, he seemed to like him.

"Marco, that thing you call a boyfriend? Please, Ads, he's nothing but trouble" He chuckled at himself and reached out to Fabian. Fabian gladly wiggled into his arms.

"Well Fabian, you can call me Uncle Casper!" He exclaimed.

"Wait, how did you get inside?" I asked suspiciously. I looked around the room, not finding any broken windows or knocked down doors.

"I picked the lock" He shrugged, as if it was nothing. "You picked the lock?" I asked incredulously. He nodded bouncing Fabian up and down.

"You are so creepy it's not even funny. Does dad know you're here?" "Yeah, he sent me here. He wants to know how you're doing"

"I'm doing great, thanks" I muttered, locking the front door. I shook it a few times, checking it wasn't broken from Casper's big spy entrance.

"Do you want anything to eat?" I asked, heading to the kitchen. "What are you making?" He asked, carrying Fabian into the lounge room. "Lasagne" I answer.

I cut up some carrot and sweet potato into little cubes for Fabian and put them on one of his blue plates. Casper put him into his high chair and I gave him his food.

I pulled a frozen lasagne out of the freezer and put it in the oven to cook. "Mmm. Looks good Fabian" Casper said stealing a piece of carrot from Fabian's plate.

Fabian whined and waved his arms around at me. "Mumma!" He cried, his little eyes starting to tear up. "Casper! You made him cry!" I said, frowning at my older brother.

"I'm sorry! I'm hungry!" He shouted, taking another piece. Fabian screamed and hit his hand, bawling his eyes out. "Aw, Fabian. It's okay" I cooed, picking him up.

I bounced him up and down on my hip and he slowly calmed down. He hiccuped and rubbed at his eye. I kissed his tear stained face and put him back in his chair.

"There you go baby, eat up" I watched as he started eating his food again. The timer beeped on the oven, so I went to take out the lasagne.

I put it on a plate and cut it in half, placing a piece on each plate. I put the plates on the bench in front of our seats and walked around the bench.

"Yum. So where's yours?" Casper asked sitting next to Fabian at the bench. "Shut up, you'll be lucky to get any of my food" I laughed, sitting on the other side of Fabian.

We ate our food in comfortable silence, Fabian finishing his food first. He kept trying to steal some of my lasagne, so I put a little tiny piece on his plate.

He ate it and grinned at me cheekily. "Mumma!" He shouted, sucking on his thumb. I kissed his head and finished my dinner.

After dinner, Casper left and promised not to break in ever again. Marco was still M.I.A so I locked up the house myself. He had a key so he can get in.

I put Fabian to bed, kissing his forehead. I then went upstairs and got in bed. Whatever Marco was doing, he was gone for a long time.

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