40 wivesbehavingbadly

i let myself in thrigh the front door of number 7 and braced myself .
sure enough , lucas appeared at the top of the stairs , half in and half out of his trousers . i put down my bag and went up as he launched himself at me . i picked him up and carried him into the bedroom where evan battling for supermacy .
lucas nuzzled my neck , damp liitle lips nibbling away . then he wriggled untill i put him down and he dived toward eve , who seized the moment to haul off his trousers .
a fully dressed felix was standing by the window that overlooked the street . he turned around ."mummy , there's a poor cat out there . i think he wants a home ."
i went over to inspect the scene . " that 's not a poor cat , felix . that's tigger . he belongs to the blackes , you know that ."
"but he look lost ." for some time now , felix had been begging for a kitchen ." if he was lost and came here , mum , he would sit on your knee . you would like that and he could go out of his special door ."

i stroked the thin , little shoulders  ." i don't like cats , felix ."
he fixed a  bright blue gaze on me ." dady says we can have one ."
"did he ? when ?"
"last night ."
" you were asleep when dady came home last nigth ."
felix discovered that discretion was the better part of valor . he dropped his trousers and stepped out of them ." it seemed like last night ."
i sighed .
halfd an hour later , they were settled on either side of me as i read their bedtime story ." once upon a time , there was