The next day the twins greeted Amparo with lots of squishy hugs and sloppy kisses that he took like a champ. We went to the shops and got him a little cat bed, that Mia instantly put at the end of her bed, a scratching post, a water and food bowl and a little red collar with a bell. Now every time he ran into a room, we heard the little tinkle of a bell. The kids were in love with him from the start. Right now were all sitting in the lounge room watching Monsters Inc., Amparo curled up in Mia’s lap, Viktor in bat form hanging from the sleeve of her shirt, Luca beside her, stroking softly at Amparos fur and Lucian and I beside them, cuddling. It was the perfect family moment.
But it’s broken by Magnus bursting in, eyes wild, hair sticking out at all sides.
“Emma’s gone into labour. I tr
