Never Judge

As Cedric came down from his and Adrianna's bedroom, he was shocked to see an army of movers lifting things and bringing it to the second floor of his mansion.

"What is going on here?" Cedric asked as he fixed his coat.

"Sir, Miss Ayanna and Mr. Ray are moving in." A maid said as she brought over Cedric' breakfast to the dining table.

"Are my sister and brother-in-law in yet?" Cedric asked.

"Right here, Ced." Ayanna waved as she entered the dining room from the kitchen. 

"What were you doing in my kitchen? I hope you weren't harassing my chefs." Cedric grumbled.

"Relax, I was just making sure they knew what meals Ray and I take at home. I also introduced them to our staff. Since there are more of us, we just thought it would be right to help out." Ayanna explained to her brother.

"So are you ready to tell everyone?" Cedric asked his sister. "I could just invite the uncles over and not have a real reason, I'm sure they would all come."

"No, Ray and I can't hide the news any longer." Ayanna said as she shook her head. "I've known from the start that you don't need an excuse. It would be stupid if you needed an excuse to invite our friends and family over." She said with a chuckle.

"I'm off to work in a bit? Want a ride?" Cedric asked as he sat down and began eating his breakfast.

"I swear you go to work way too early." Ayanna said with a sigh as she pulled a seat and sat down. 

"Have you eaten breakfast?" Cedric asked his sister.

Ayanna gave Cedric an awkward smile as she shook her head.

Cedric sighed and waved a maid over.

"Can you please prepare some food for Ayanna." Cedric asked.

The maid simply nodded and left. The staff of Mountain View were already quite familiar with Ayanna's food preference. She had lived there first before moving in with her husband next door.

"You are taking care of another person now Ayanna, it's not just about you. It's about you and your child." Cedric scolded. "Now it feels like an even better idea having you move in."

"I just need to adjust." Ayanna said with a sigh.

"Even back then it wasn't healthy to skip meals, it will be worse now." Cedric said as he shook his head and began to eat his breakfast.

"Daddy!" Yoyo called out as the little boy ran into the room and towards his father.

Cedric smiled at the sight  of his son. This was the reason he always went to work early, he wanted to have breakfast with his little boy and see him off to  school.

He pushed his chair back and picked his son up and placed him on his lap.

"Yoyo, I have good news." Cedric told his son who had began to take food from his father's plate.

"You should scold him about that." Ayanna pointed out.

"It's just my food, if it were from others I would scold him." Cedric said with a grin.

Ayanna shook her head. Cedric always said she spoiled Yoyo, but he wasn't any better. He let the boy get away with almost everything.

"Yoyo, guess who is moving in with us?" Cedric asked as he smiled at his son.

Yoyo looked up at his father, wide-eyed as he realized who. He quickly looked to his auntie Ayanna who nodded.

"Yey! Auntie Ayanna is moving in with us!" The little boy squealed as he jumped up and down in his father's lap. "Will uncle Ray move too?" He asked.

"Of course Yoyo, my husband has to live with me." Ayanna told her nephew.

"Okay, I love uncle Ray, he gives me chocolates and candies all the time!" Yoyo said proudly.

"Well I will need to talk to your uncle Ray about that." Cedric said with a frown as he shook his head.

"Are you moving because of . . ." Yoyo began to speak, but when he realized that he was about to spill his auntie's secrets he stopped talking and covered his mouth.

"It's okay, Yoyo." Ayanna said with a laugh when she noticed the boy's reaction. "Your daddy knows." She said with a nod.

"Daddy! Daddy! I'm going to have a cousin!" Yoyo said in a very excited tone.

"I know, now why don't we have breakfast and I can bring you to school?" Cedric asked his son.

"You're bringing him? Is that safe?" Ayanna asked her older brother.

"I won't take the Rolls Royce or any of my fancy cars." Cedric said with a laugh. "I finally have a low key sedan that I can drive around without getting noticed. The tint is dark enough that people won't realize I'm in it."

"Will Leon let you drive your car?" Ayanna asked.

"He'll be in the backseat, you can come if you want." Cedric offered as a maid arrived with Ayanna and Yoyo's food. 

"Alright then." Ayanna said with a nod. "I don't see any harm in taking Yoyo to school. I mean, no one notices a poor kid. At worst we'll see him bullied."

"Yoyo, does anyone bully you in school?" Cedric asked his son as he gave the little boy a concerned look.

"What is bully daddy?" Yoyo asked Cedric.

"Do people hurt you or call you names?" He asked.

"They just ignore me and I don't think they like me because they all have rich mommies and daddies." Yoyo said with a frown. "Dominic once tried to talk to me but the other kids said I'm not like them." The child said as he recalled an incident with him and Miguel's and Veronica's adopted son.

"Kids don't change." Cedric said with a sigh.

"I know I can't tell them that Dominic and Tristan are my best friends or that daddy and mommy are my daddy and mommy." Yoyo said as he looked up at his father.

Cedric couldn't help but smile at how understanding and behaved his son was, it made him feel bad that he had to subject his son to this kind of life. But it was either this or poverty training, and that was worse.

"Don't worry Yoyo, someday they will regret it. They will realize that they were wrong to judge people based on the outside." Cedric told his son.

"I know daddy." Yoyo said with a smile as he gave his father a determined nod.

"Do you think Dominic will end up like the other kids?" Ayanna asked her brother. "If he hangs out with kids like that too much they might rub off on him."

Cedric shook his head.

"Dominic might be young, but he has lived through a lot. He knows that people shouldn't be judged based on their wealth or popularity." Cedric said as he gently placed Yoyo in his seat.

"You're right, plus he has Miguel and Veronica as his parents that child will turn out alright." Ayanna said with a nod as she continued to eat her food.

Cedric couldn't help but smile at the sight of his sister and son eating breakfast at his dinner table.. He wished that life would be this peaceful all of the time, unfortunately for him it wasn't and all he could do was cherish times like these.