Chapter 9: Going Back
Jasmine’s POV
“Please fasten your seatbelt,” the flight attendant announces. The plane is about to take off now. I look at Diego, who is busy on his phone.
I held my tummy. We’re leaving now, baby. We are going to start a new life. But don’t worry—I will make sure that you have a good life.
I sigh and look out the window of the aeroplane.
“Are you scared?” Diego suddenly asked me and stopped what he was doing. Scared? Yes, I am; I’m scared that one day if my son grows up, he will ask who his father is. I’m afraid that one day he will see other kids with their fathers while he doesn’t have one. I might be scared that if he could understand and think about things, he would come to me and ask me about his father. I’m scared that he would beg and ask to meet his father.
“For now, I am. I’m scared, but I can do it—for us, for my son. “He looked at me with worry on his face.
“Stop worrying about yourself. Do you know what my sister told me?” He said that made me look a
