SOPHIA'S POV I saw Hayden and Kayden standing at the gate entrance immediately my cab came to a halt. My heart clenched. Poor boys… They probably didn’t want to risk missing my arrival. Maybe they were still afraid I wouldn’t come. Just like the times I failed to show up after they started school. “Come on,” I whispered to myself, blinking back sudden tears. “It’s your birthday. I wouldn’t miss it for anything in this world.” I stepped out of the cab, paid the driver after he helped me bring out the neatly wrapped gifts from the trunk. “Thank you, sir,” I said. “Thanks for your patronage, ma,” he replied with a smile before driving off. “Mom!!!” Their voices rang out at the same time as they ran toward me. I dropped the gifts and crouched immediately, pulling them into a tight

