Page 107 of The Vampire and the Barista

“They are my children. Bring them back.”

“Hell will freeze over first, and just so you know, I’m going to apply for full custody of them. I’ve also contacted my mum’s solicitors about the payment dad receives, asking them to stop sending it.”

“How dare you. Put Karl or Kitty on the phone right now.”

Jamie looked at them and rolled his eyes. “Nope, and you should know, when I hang up, I’m telling Karl to block your number. You’re a pathetic excuse for a mother. You should have protected them; you failed. You’re just a drunken has-been, same as that pathetic loser you married. Don’t call again,” and with that, Jamie hung up.

“Don’t be shy, Jay, tell mum what you really think,” Kitty said with a laugh.

Jamie shrugged a shoulder. “I would have said more, but everyone is here.”

“You could have said more if you wanted,” Dave told him.

Jamie grinned. “That’s cause you want to know everything and are a gossip.”

Everyone laughed at that.

Dave pretended to look shocked. “Me?”

“Yes, you sweetheart,” David said

“You really are,” Annie agreed.

“Rude,” Dave muttered.

“But true,” Willard put in.

“I just like knowing stuff,” he protested.

“It’s a good job we love you,” Hunter says, patting his arm.

“Good, cause I’m not going to change.”

“This is amazing,” Spencer said, looking around Ivan's Lego room. A sentiment shared by all those who were there, which included Jamie, Kitty, Karl, Spencer, Dave and David.

“I was expecting a small room,” Jamie said, “not one this big.”

“You have a playroom,” Karl said, grinning.

The room was bigger than his and Ivan’s bedroom. There were floor-to-ceiling shelves on two walls. Bookshelves under the window, and a large square table and chairs in the middle. The selves held completed Lego sets and anything else Ivan had built. By the final wall, there was a Lego pit, draws and draws of building blocks, sorted by size and colour. There was also a shelf of mini-figs.

“You’re welcome to come in and build anything,” Ivan offered.

“Just don’t touch anything on the shelves that Ivan has already built,” Jamie cautioned.

“Oh, you have Rivendell,” Spencer says in awe, looking at it.

Ivan walked to his side. “It has over six thousand pieces and took me a few weeks.”

“Is there one you want to build, Spencer?” Stefan asked him, walking into the room and joining them.

“The Avengers Tower, or the Tropical Aquarium, but they’re super expensive. So, I’ve been saving for the Everybody is Awesome set.”

“Good to know,” Stefan replied.

Spencer spun around and looked at him. “No buying them for me, they’re too expensive.”

Stefan smiled at him. “We’ll see.”