Chapter 103 Adjustment

• The months passed very slowly for Ryan, who had finally come to terms with the fact that the twins were gone for good. He threw himself fully into work in a bid not to notice, or rather, dwell on the glaring absence of their happy laughter in the house. It was impossible not to notice it. The house was unbelievably quiet since they left and the only time he was ever happy was when he flew over every weekend to see them. These occasions ended in a lot of crying on Taylor and Tyler’s part, but it was a relief to know that they had not forgotten him.
• He was also relieved to see that the twins adjusted well to their new home over the months and were also well taken care of by their grandparents. He had no doubt that the fact that a familiar face, in the person of Margie, had to do a lot with their settling in fine. Noah and Anna were cool about the whole thing, and welcomed Ryan into their homes any time he wanted, even when it wasn’t time for him to visit the twins yet. As they pointed out, they only wanted a stable home for the twins and also wanted them to get all the love they could get, and they knew that Ryan loved the children very much.
• Ryan still thought about Becca all the time, wondering how she was doing and stuff like that. He knew that if he really wanted to, he could find her, but what was the point of doing that? It was already almost two years since they had parted ways, and he had no doubt that she had moved on with her life, as she should. He, on the other hand, had no idea in what direction his life was moving, at least in the aspect of his love life. He worked all day, had casual sex, and that was it. Raising his niece and nephew for the time that he had, had awoken something inside of him that he did not know he even possessed … the longing for a family.