Chapter 1070 - From ten to twenty-nine (1/2)

~ California, Beach house ~

Monday, March 9

9:46 AM

Sarah and Aiden are at the Beach house, talking with their nineteen kids which they brough from the diamond mine in Sierra Leone.

The kids are super-excited to see them after many months.

Sarah and Aiden appeared with Nala and Haru without previous announcement at breakfast time. Kids thought that they are imagining things.

”It is six months since you are here. All of you made great progress in your academics and as fighters…”, Sarah spoke to the nineteen boys whose ages range from 17 year old to 12 year old. ”We apologize that we were unable to come here and guide you in person as often as we would like to…” Sarah paused while remembering that she is the one who didn't come. Aiden was in a coma so she can't blame him. Instead of taking care of the kids, she focused on Chaos while letting Jesse with other kids to come here occasionally, and the rest of the work was done by various tutors.

Sarah read the reports, but she didn't come in person.

At that time she didn't think about it much, but now when she looks at these kids and how happy they are to see her, she feels guilty for not checking on them.

Aiden placed his hand on her shoulder. ”It is my fault that we didn't come. I was unwell and Sarah took care of me.”, he explained vaguely.

Kids nodded in understanding and asked Aiden how his health is now and what are plans for the future.

”I am doing well, thanks to Sarah.”, Aiden held Sarah's hand in his and interlaced their fingers. ”As for the future plans… that is why we are here…”

Sarah looked at Aiden with gratitude. He understood what is bothering her, and was telling her that it's OK and not to blame herself. Her man is amazing like that.

”Seven of you are older than sixteen, and eligible to get a driver's license.”, Sarah said. ”Those seven will go with us to Los Angeles to take care of that. We will head from here tomorrow. And also, we want to personally check everyone's progress and to talk about your future plans. You have options to stay here, come to Los Angeles and enroll as full time students, or… let us know if you have any other plans. We will do our best to advise and to support you.”

”We can come with you to Los Angeles?”, a 12 year-old Bas asked in wonder.

”Yes. Who wants to come, can join us tomorrow.”, Aiden confirmed, amused by Bas' shock. It's obvious that kids didn't expect this, and that they are looking forward to it.

”What other options do we have? Is it only to study?”, a 14 year-old Wally asked cautiously.

Sarah exhaled. It seems he is not very happy with the example to study, and they all told her many times before that they want to be bodyguards. She gestured toward Haru and Nala who are sitting on the side. ”They can tell you what everyone else is doing, so you can consider that as well.”

Haru and Nala came with Sarah and Aiden for this two-day stay. Jesse and Ron are with the other kids at the Cliffside villa, to take care of Chaos with help of Noah and his deputies. They are all dependable, and Sarah and Aiden are very happy with current progress.

Haru and Nala stepped forward. They know not to talk about Chaos, but they made sure to talk about being bodyguards who can go once a week into a super-popular fight club to hone their skills.

The boys had a lot of questions, and their eyes sparkled.

Sarah looked helplessly at Aiden and they both knew that all the boys will ask to be bodyguards. It is not a secret that they wanted that from the beginning. It seems that their security team at the Cliffside villa will increase from ten to twenty nine. Well, they can accommodate everyone, and it will be livelier. Kitty will enjoy, she gets head scratches from everyone (she prefers her Mommy first, Daddy second and then everyone else).

Sarah was happy that Haru and Nala made a point that academics are important.

”If you slack on your homework, you can't be a bodyguard.”, Nala said.

”And you need to do well on your tests too…”, Haru added. ”The good thing is that you can do everything online, so you don't waste time in class and traveling. And that means more training.”