Until The Sun Goes Down (Boundless Love Book 3) by Iris Deorre Page A

love,’ Emily had chimed in.
    But after the last break up two years ago, Felicity had chosen to stay single, and she had to admit, she was happier than she’d ever been, in a relationship.
    ‘Mummy, Joy pushed me,’ Ben whined.
    ‘What did you do?’ she asked.
    ‘Nothing,’ he said.
    ‘It’s probably not his fault, I’ll have a word with Joy,’ said Sahara. ‘These two are like siblings.’
    ‘Tell me about it. I know she didn’t just push him for no reason.’
    ‘That may be, but I don’t like the idea of her doing that.’
    ‘She’s such a strong character,’ said Felicity. ‘I wonder where she got that from.’
    Sahara pursed her lips unimpressed.
    ‘Ben sweetie, could you ask Joy to come here a moment,’ said Sahara.
    He nodded and went to fetch her.
    ‘I worry about my son, he’s such a tattletale.’
    ‘Oh nonsense, Joy can be hard sometimes.’
    ‘He should learn to stand up to her.’
    ‘Leave him be honey, you can’t try to force him into someone he’s not.’
    ‘I know, I just feel as though he will have a hard time at school.’
    ‘Is he having a hard time?’ asked Felicity.
    ‘Not so far, but if he keeps this up, he will soon.’
    Ben returned with the accused. Joy looked up at her mother innocently.
    ‘Honey, why did you push Ben?’ She crouched, so she was at her daughter’s level. She always wanted to talk to her and not at her.
    ‘Because he touched one of my presents without asking.’
    ‘Is that a reason to push him?’
    ‘It’s not his, he must ask first,’ said Emily. ‘Ben, always ask for things before you take them honey.’
    He looked away a little upset.
    ‘That’s fair and fine, but pushing someone is not the way to go about it. Haven’t I spoken to you about this before?’ She knew it was a long shot, Joy had turned five, and she had selective hearing.
    She lowered her head and said, ‘You did.’
    ‘All you had to do was tell him, there was no need to push him. I don’t want you doing that ever again, understood.’
    She nodded.
    ‘Now apologise to Ben.’
    She turned to Ben. ‘Sorry.’
    ‘Ben, give her a hug,’ said Emily.
    Ben opened his arms and took Joy into a hug. They talked at once, and all was forgotten.
    ‘Okay, you go on back into the living-room and food will be out soon.’
    ‘After that can we go outside onto the jumping castle?’ asked Joy.
    ‘You sure can!’
    The two little people left the room. Sahara laughed lightly, she loved being a mum. Joy was a gift she valued every day of her life.
    ‘It’s her birthday, you shouldn’t be telling her off,’ said Emily.
    ‘Birthday or not, I want to raise a girl who respects people. All she had to do was ask Ben not to touch her present; there was no need for her to push him.’
    Emily left it at that. Felicity smiled at the two mums, she had no clue what it felt like to be one. Even though she’d done some babysitting for both of them, it wasn’t the same. She wasn’t even sure if she craved it.
    Food was served, and the children went wild on all the delicious food. A forbidden garden had been opened! Sahara knew all the mums of the children that had attended, and for the majority of them, food low in fibre and nutrients were off limits. But Sahara threw that to the wind and let them go crazy, except for Johnny who was celiac. Lawrence had made food catered for him and the little boy seemed satisfied with the fun treats.
    ‘Wow, how do we do this every year?’ Eugene pulled Sahara close to him as they watched the children go wild on the jumping castle after the meal.
    ‘Love, we do it out of love.’
    ‘That’s true.’ He kissed her forehead.
    ‘I’d love to have another one.’ She teased.
    ‘Yeah, that would be nice.’
    She was out of the woods, that had been the verdict three years ago, but ever since then she hadn’t been able to conceive.
    ‘I’m so tired right now and I haven’t done anything. Just watching them makes me tired,’ said Elizabeth as she