Finally a real man in my life

Married after high school already pregnant, several years later my husband died. Turned left but the road went right the 100 odd feet drop finished him, he was drunk at the time. He always had money for alcohol, but never enough for his family. Now with 3 children 7, 5 and 2 no parents of mine own to help us and his not willing even if they were able to help. I got 2 jobs and we struggled on, lost our rental after losing both jobs and just by chance. I was able to get another better job, I was buying some food for the children. Not having enough money, when an old man said I had dropped some money and came me a $10 note. I hadn't dropped it, but I took it as we really needed it. The old man came out after we'd left, and I offered him the change back and thanked him. He told me to keep it as we needed it more than he did. He started to walk away and then turned back towards us, he had just realized the full shopping trolley was all our belongings. Asking me did I have a place for us to live, I hug my head and said no. Now you do he replied, come and stay with me, I've large house and only I live there. With nothing else available we followed him 2 blocks to his home. A 4bedroom 2bath house on a large block and a large dog met him and us at gate. My children loved him straight away, I was asked would I like to his housekeeper and my children, and I could live with him. His house was kept, and I agreed as I had no other choice with nowhere else to go. He paid me by an allowance, saying I wouldn't have to pay tax on an allowance. After several weeks we were settled in, and the children were happy, and the older ones could go to school again. The old man helped with the housework and cooking and read stories to the children. I found out overtime he was the last of his family, his own 2children had died years before in an accident and on active service. At 25 I had my 3 children and at 59 he had no family but was well off financially. As we became more like a family, my children love him, and I realized I did too. It was then I decided to reward the only personal way I could, I joined him in his bed. He was at first shocked, but we became lovers, and I did as usual for me got pregnant. Nothing was too much trouble for him, and he accepted my pregnancy, better than my late husband ever did. Before our child was born, we married, and he adopted the others as well. My oldest a boy didn't want to play with his sisters, incase his school friends saw him. His new father told him a real man wouldn't be afraid to be seen doing anything that would bring scorn from others, if it was the right thing to do like playing with your sisters is the right thing to do. You're not a real man if you're afraid of a little scorn. I realized than I'd real man at last.