Seven years later***
She wiped the cookie dough off her face, as she continued adding more flour. She had made a mess but it was worth all the trouble since those were his favorite chocolate cookies.
"Mommy, mommy! Can I have some?",the little boy nudged her mother's apron. She looked down at her little boy, a smile forming at the corner of her lips. He always did this, begging to lick the chocolate off the spoon as her mom baked his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Seth, was her joy, her very existence, he was the only thing that turned right in her life. She recalled the day, she gave birth to Seth. Raquel totally flipped when Seth's little hand clutched her finger and the little giggle he let out when Raquel held him.
Immediately after finding about her pregnancy, she left for Los Angeles. She was ready to give Seth up for adoption despite Raquel's persuasion. Once she saw his little grey eyes, she fell in love with her son and pledged to fight nook and cranny to give her son a better life.
Her parents and brother, Gustavo, knew nothing of her whereabouts, they knew nothing about Seth and she insisted to keep it that way. Suddenly the doorbell rang making her jolt to the present.
"Mommy, I'll get it!" Seth said excitedly rushing for the door.
"Seth be careful, I don't want you getting hurt," her mother shouted at him from the kitchen.
"Baby boy! I have missed you so much, you seem to be growing every time I see you!", Raquel said hugging Seth and pinching his cheeks playfully.
"Aunt Raque, I told you not to call me that, the other kids will make fun of me. Tell her mommy," Seth pouted his lips making both Mikaella and Raquel laugh.
"Ooh so you are not my baby boy? Okay then, well I guess I'll just have to take my gift back home," Raquel said now hiding the little blue shopping bag behind her back.
"No! Aunt Raque, I'm your baby boy. Please give me my gift, please" Seth pleaded, his little hands clasped together as he exposed the huge gap between his incisors.
"Aww, baby boy. I hope you like it!," She said now handing the shopping bag to him. Seth quickly rummaged the contents of the bag before removing a box with the latest spiderman action figure, he jumped up and down excitedly.
"Ah..ah..ah..Seth. What do we say to Aunt Raque?"
"Thank you, Aunt Raque!"
He said now running to his room to play with his latest toy. Raquel joined her friend in baking the cookies and in no time they were done.
They talked about work since they happen to work at the same hotel. Luckily Raquel had put in a good word for Mikaella and she was hired and finally promoted to being the hotel's manager.
"I have been calling you since last night, what happened, Mick?," Raquel asked seating next to Mikaella on the couch.
"You won't believe what happened, Raque! You know Seth made sure to take away my phone to avoid any disruptions. I had to pose for an hour as he made his art," Mikaella chuckled.
"That's my baby boy!,"Raquel joined in also amused by his precious nephew.
"Enough of Seth. How's everything? Did Phil call someone to fix the darn elevator?"
"I already checked up on that. But the Russians have been complaining about the air cons 'they are not enough' they said"
The Russians had been giving them a hard time despite their futile efforts of trying to accommodate their tastes!
"And before I forget, we have to make the necessary arrangements for his accommodation in the hotel,"
"I don't understand why this guy is so important, Raque?" Mikaella snapped, sipping in the mango juice while she relaxed on the couch.
"Mick..we talked about this. He's a prominent business man and if he doesn't like our hotel, with just a snap of his finger we'll be done!"
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Smile alot. Smile alot
Mikaella assured herself, waiting for the convoy of vehicles to park and its occupants to move outside.
She had put on a black stripped blouse and a knee-length skirt while the other hotel employees stood beside her waiting to welcome their most important guest yet.
Raquel on the other hand handled calls requesting the hotel service to prepare the guest's room and making sure everything was in order.
As soon as the cars stopped, two well built men came rushing out opening the door for the so called business man. Immediately a man stormed out, his leather jacket gleaming against the rays of light that the sun threw.
His white shirt beneath the jacket, dazzled against the light and completely matched with his blue jeans. And now to his eyes which were hidden by the golden black shades he had on. Reaching for his shades, he removed them slowly revealing the grey eyes which interlocked with Mick's.
Mikaella's expression changed she tried faking on a smile. She swallowed saliva in a bid to clear her throat which was now getting raspy and dry.
Then looking at Raquel she mouthed,
The dude!
Raquel's face grew blank and she mouthed back,
Really?
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**Eight years later***"Dad! You came!" Kylie squealed jumping into Marcus' arms."I wouldn't miss it for the world princess",he spoke, parting from the embrace and giving her the purple wrapped gift."What about Pop-pop and Meemaw?" She asked looking behind him to see whether they were behind him."Unfortunately your grandfather had to bail at the last minute, something came up. Meemaw was right behind me, she's probably taking something from the car. Anyway, happy sweet sixteen, princess. Or should I say hashtag sixteen, hashtag sweet sixteen? Hashtag adobs""Eew, stop! Just stop! Happy birthday will do",Kylie chuckled.Mikaella and Roman were by the chocolate brunch flirting as always and at the same time wondering when Seth would get to the party. Kylie and Seth were bonded so much that they had an insane love for chocolate and so much that when Seth went to college, Kylie wanted to go to college with him too. The people murmured against themselves asking when the cake would be cu
Mikaella"You don't have to do this",another voice soared in the room and a pissed James turned to stare at the man standing by the door.Marcus stood cautiously by the door and Mikaella felt relieved that he was there."Daddy!" Kylie screamed wriggling in James' arms."One more step and the kid gets it. Don't tempt me!"James shouted placing the nozzle of the gun on top of Kylie's head."Look, man. She's just a kid. Leave her and her mother and take me instead. I can get you cash, ten million, twenty-any amount you want",Marcus reasoned taking another step into the house."Not another step!"James shouted pressing the gun on Kylie's head harder and Mikaella cried praying that her kid wouldn't get hurt."Money? You think I want money from you? You should have let her die maybe then my family wouldn't be dragged into this mess. You are so clueless, aren't you? I'm not here for money and I don't want to do this but Leonardo has my family! It's a good thing you came, you are supposed to di
MikaellaHer week had taken quite the somersault, she couldn't imagine that just a while ago she was in New Zealand worrying about what to cook for supper and the foundation's well being. Now she was worried about more trivial things, if Marcus had gotten released today as Roman had promised, if it was right to even go back to Roman and how Kylie would take the whole situation.She had been cooped in the condo for hours now, the logical thing at the moment was to start packing. To start preparing for a new life as Mikaella Sandoval Cervantes.Kylie was in her bedroom sleeping after an exhausting morning of playing horsie as she called it with Knuckles. Pouring the last of the coffee in her mug, she grabbed the mug heading to her bedroom to occupy herself with packing clothes she didn't really like into suitcases she hadn't even bought."I don't even like yellow",she sighed looking at the bright yellow dress on her bed.The other dresses next to her bed were even brighter than that on
MikaellaᕙShe had worn Elizabeth's clothes inorder to fool the guards standing outside her door. The plan worked and right now she was on her way to Men's Central Jail.Within no time, she was standing outside the place where Marcus was being kept wondering if it was a good idea to even step foot in there. Was she even ready to face him? It was too late now, to back down."Name?"The sheriff asked and she answered Marcus Pierce. I'm here to see Marcus Pierce.It was a good thing he didn't ask who she was because she had no clue how to answer the question. She was his wife or atleast she thought she was his wife.The sheriff got out a bunch of keys opening the metallic door for her. The door creaked open and there was a certain silence that creeped her out. She followed the Sheriff walking behind him meekly. There were all kinds of people in there, one of the guys in there had a tooth, another was missing an eye, another had a scar on his face that looked like either he was burnt by h
RomanHe must have been way in his head if he thought that just because he found her, they would be one happy family.'Give her time' Most people told him that, but how much time had he lost not being with her?They couldn't understand him, understand how he was feeling after seeing her after so long. He was driving to Lisa's house, she atleast needed to hear everything from him than from another person. He knew he was going to hurt her but the truth had always hurt and at the same time let people free. His wife was back and like a love struck teenager his feelings for her were stronger. Maybe stronger than even before now that he knew he had a daughter and Lisa needed to know that. That he cared for her but he still loved his wife.At first he doubted Kylie was his daughter, which is why hours later after Marcus was brought back from New Zealand with the help of the police, Roman had been the first to visit him in prison. It pissed him off, how Marcus asked about Mikaella and Kylie
MikaellaShe sipped the wine that came with the condominium. Sitting on a warm fuzzy couch, her eyes raked the world outside the huge glass window. All her life was a lie. All those eight years with Marcus were nothing but a made up fairytale.She couldn't help thinking about what her son said. Seth wanted a mother so bad, he needed a mother by his side but she on the other hand had shut him out of her mind, had shut everyone out of her mind. What had she done to deserve such punishment, such torture?"Don't cry mom",Kylie came to her clutching Mr Knuckles in her hands.Atleast she had Knuckles with her, after everything that happened, Mikaella was sure that the new environment would torment Kylie as much as it tormented her. Which is why, she asked everyone to give her space so that she could process everything.Roman was quick to reject the decision she made but at the end of the day, her brother Gustavo thought it best. So hours later, she and her daughter were in a luxurious condo