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An undeserved second chance The move
Becca swallowed hard against the lump in her throat as she hugged Sandra tightly and then released her. As much as she tried to stop them, tears leaked from the corner of her eyes and she wiped at them impatiently, before laughing a little at herself. “Oh well, I guess I’m just a sappy, weepy old lady. Before now, I would have blamed my haywire hormones for this, but now that I have given birth, can I still use that excuse?” She asked, gratified to see that Sandra was also a little teary.“Oh, come on. Now you’re making me cry. I didn’t realize that I was going to miss you this much. Now I’m regretting why I moved so far away and thanking my stars that at least, we're still in the same city.” Sandra replied. Dan was standing beside his car, holding Alex, and shuffling from foot to foot as he waited for them to say their goodbyes. The moving company had moved the last of Sandra's stuff over to her new apartment the previous day. Dan did not look as sad as Becca had thought that he wou
An undeserved second chance A step backward
It had been a long, long day for Sandra Anthony, but it was also a really fulfilling one, or at least, she hoped so. Even though she was tired from unboxing and arranging her stuff in the new apartment, and was nowhere near completing the task, she still kept at it. Taking a little break, she went into her son’s room. Alex was sleeping in his crib. She didn’t blame him one bit, after all, it was late at night, and he had been happily crawling about all day, checking out his new environment and tiring himself out. Looking at his cherubic face, she could feel self-doubt creeping into her mind, but tried to shake it off. She was doing what was best for her and Alex, but now, she realized that she had told herself, and even others those words countless times, so that they were starting to lose meaning, and even sounding like a poor excuse. Already, she missed Dan and Becca so much, that she wondered if there was any point to what she was doing. A knock on the door jarred her from her th
An undeserved second chance Unrepentant
Craig’s parents fussed over Tyler, who was soaking up every bit of attention, as he loved to meet new people, but hardly did so. Anna and Noah promptly forgot about Ryan, and neither did they ask about Taylor at first. After they had played with the child for a while and bestowed enough kisses to last for a lifetime on him, they finally turned to face Ryan.“He’s such a happy child and he seems to be developing really well,” Anna said, bouncing Tyler on her lap, while he busied himself with trying to stuff her hair in his mouth.“He is indeed,” Ryan replied, wondering if he dared to hope that they won’t ask about Taylor.“And his sister? I would have sworn that you sent us two baby pictures and told us that Meghan had given birth to the twins she was carrying before the horrible incident that claimed her life and Craig’s.” Noah added.“Yeah … about that, you see. Apparently, Angela only returned Tyler and went out again with Taylor. She enjoys taking Taylor out a lot. She dresses her
An undeserved second chance Relief at last
By the time it was the day for the first appearance in court, which was the fourteenth day of the new year, Ryan was a nervous wreck. Over the past fourteen days, he had lost more weight than anyone should in such a short frame of time, and despite the fact that Margie had had his best suit well-ironed, it hung loosely on his frame, emphasizing just how much weight he had lost. He stood docilely in front of a mirror, while Margie fussed and fussed with the suit, trying her best to make sure that he looked perfect. He did not have the heart to tell her that there was no amount of prodding that would make the suit fit him as well as it once had, except it was amended, and there was no time for that.It was surreal to think that Angela had all but disappeared from off the surface of the earth with Taylor and that despite the efforts of the police and the private investigators that he had hired to find her, there was simply no trace of her anywhere. To worsen matters, he had not heard fro
An undeserved second chance Old friends
A month and two weeks after she gave birth to her daughter, Becca resumed work. It was not the same without Sandra, of course, and Becca missed her friend so much that at first, she was finding it difficult to concentrate, especially since the new teacher who had been hired to take Sandra’s place turned out to be a snob, who treated Becca with condescension, but she had no choice but to adapt and ignore the woman in turn. As she had known, things were not the same between her and Sandra, despite the fact that they still lived in the same city, only in different parts. It was almost as though she was now forcing her friendship on Sandra and the latter sort of seemed to be nervous each time Becca came over, so much so that Becca had begun to think that she had to stop going over so much. It was just that Sandra had made her promise to visit every weekend, and since Becca had no other friend apart from Dan, who was almost always busy, she had taken up Sandra on that offer. Her haywire h
An undeserved second chance Ungrateful
Sandra recovered immediately, her eyes becoming bright again, causing Becca to almost wonder if she had imagined her expression some seconds ago.“Well? Are you going to answer or not?” Becca asked.“Oh, that … it’s just a bruise. Nothing serious, really. Actually, it’s a very funny story. See, the thing is that I went to the supermarket to get some things. Turned out that there was one of all these crazy people, whom you’ll never know are crazy until they literally start biting you, there. So, there I was in my aisle, minding my own business when out of the blues, this guy grabs my arm really hard and began yelling at me at the top of his voice. It was the most embarrassing thing ever. Of course, I was shocked into silence at first and then began to scream for help. You wouldn’t believe that instead of people to help, they were busy recording the whole thing on their phones. I’m surprised that my face is not yet splattered all over the internet, or maybe it is. Who knows? I’ve been t
An undeserved second chance Long overdue
As Becca had suspected, Sandra didn’t come over as she had promised the next day, which was a Sunday, neither did she text or call. Becca, who had resolved to stop bugging her, was contemplating whether to take Emma and go to see a movie when her doorbell rang. She opened the door to see Dan standing there sheepishly, a basket of fruits in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other.“Hey, stranger.” He said, nodding at her in greeting as though they were strangers to each other. Becca fought the urge to roll her eyes.“What do you want?” She asked instead.“Is that any way to talk to your dear neighbor who has missed you more than you can imagine?”“Yeah, right. You missed me so much that you couldn’t even be bothered to check up on me. Come in.” She told him, standing aside and letting him go inside the house. Just seeing him alone was enough to get her pulse racing and her entire body tingling, and knowing that there was nothing stopping her from having sex with him if she wanted no
An undeserved second chance Aftermath
Everything about Dan was perfect, it seemed because the lovemaking was indeed perfect. He made Becca come so hard that she could have sworn that she saw stars. By the time it was done though, she lay beside him trying to catch her breath and doing her best not to let the tears that suddenly sprang out of nowhere to her eyes fall. What the fuck was wrong with her? The answer was very simple. The whole thing reminded her of Ryan and how passionately they used to have sex. It was embarrassing to think that in the end there, she hadn’t been thinking of Dan, but of Ryan.Now that she was back to reality, she felt guilty, and worst of all was fast coming to the realization that all this while, she had only been deluding herself. Ryan was still very much a part of her. How could he not be, when she saw his face every day disguised as her infant daughter’s own? The realization that she still missed him so deeply, despite everything, made her feel like the stupidest woman on God’s green planet
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