Switched At Birth by Leigh Lennon

Author:Leigh Lennon [Lennon, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-25T18:30:00+00:00

“So, what’s the story with Devin, Lainey, and Collin?” he asks in between the two classes. We’ve been teaching together for a couple weeks. Each time the kids hang out with us before or after class and Noah’s become as fond of them as I am. As always, I pawn off food to Devin, this week claiming a nut allergy for one of my roommates. Lainey loves peanut-butter-stuffed pretzels, and Collin can’t get enough of the grape Uncrustable sandwiches.

“They have had a bad lot in life because they have shitty parents. He has strict orders to come to me if their heat or water get turned off.”

I begin to walk past him, and Noah gently tugs me back into his space. “What? You’re paying their utilities?”

“I have a couple times.”

“But money is tight for you,” he counters.

He sits down, moving my body in between his open legs, and I drop my forehead to his. “I love you that you’re concerned for me, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make, for those kids.”

“Fuck, I love you, Ashton Michael Brooks.” There’s a pause, and I wait for it. I know it’s coming. “But, next time, will you come to me, let me help too?”

“And,” I begin, “that is why I love you. And yes, I’ll come to you.” At the end of the day, my priority is these kids getting the help they need.

Lainey comes running into class, the breath of fresh air she is. “Are you ready to get your paint on today?” she asks.

Devin and Collin are never too far from her. “She’s so full of energy, and honestly exhausting from day to day.” Collin’s dry humor makes us all laugh, and Lainey breaks into her pretzels while Collin eats two PB&J sandwiches. Noah’s affection for these kids is growing each time we’re near them, and it’s beautiful to watch.

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