Taking care of children is hard enough when you're a parent. It's harder when you're a seventeen-year-old high schooler.

Lucy Hastings is the caretaker of five foster siblings -Seth, Serena, Derek, Oliver, and Ariel. The six of them have been together for years, under the love of their foster parents. When their foster mom passes away their foster dad needs to work more to make ends meet. The kids want to be a family, so Lucy steps up to take care of the kids.

Keeping everybody around her at arm's length, Lucy finds it difficult to hide her true self from new student, Wesley Reynolds. He seems to be everywhere, why can't she escape him?

Lucy has denied feelings of affection for anyone. She pushes away anyone who could care about her. What's she to do when she can't deny her growing feelings for Wesley Reynolds?

Meant To Be is created by Samantha Auz, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Meant to Be

Everyone switched their Halloween costumes for pajamas. Ariel and Oliver were half asleep, but they didn’t want to be excluded from movie night. I agreed to let them sleep in the living room until everyone else started going to bed.


I’m in no mood to stay awake all night comforting nightmares, so we’re not watching any scary movies. I made the executive decision to watch Hocus Pocus. Hopefully, the kids fall asleep halfway through the movie and I’ll be able to go to bed at a decent hour.


Wes was sitting next to me on the couch, and he had Ariel wrapped in his arms. She was asleep on his lap, so there was no way that he was able to get her off. She latches onto people when she sleeps.


“I think Ariel is conforming for my body,” Wes whispered.


“Oh yeah. She’s never letting go. You might as well get used to this,” I laughed.


Chapter 13: Halloween To Home