Lucy's Pov:I heard my alarm clock start ringing and I jolted upright and slammed my hand on it and it stopped and I slowly turned to look at Daniel who was lying beside me and then I sighed in relief when I saw he was still sleeping.I slowly got up from the bed. I wake up early in the morning to go for a run at times. Sometimes it helps me clear my head from the intrusive thoughts that won't let me be and today I was certain I needed to run more than anything. The last thing I want is to think about him, I don't know why I woke up today thinking about my ex boyfriend. I would not give him that right to control how I feel anymore.I got up and walked into the bathroom and I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror.I had eye bags under my eyes, I didn't sleep well yesterday but I know I was stronger than this. I know this was not something that would easily break me.I have been doing well all these while, but I don't know why what my Stepmom's friends said yesterday got me up
Lucy's POVI knew that rent money was the only reason why my stepmother Mercy would come and talk to me.Mercy,my stepmom had a displeased look on her face when I mentioned I didn't have the complete rent money, it wasn't as if I didn't want to give her the money,but I came home with the money yesterday afternoon but she wasn't at home.I kept the money in my room and went off to work in the evening, next thing I know when I came back at night, I didn't find the complete money.I know my son Daniel would always ask me if he needs something and I kept the money out of his reach but I still asked him about it and he said he didn't see any money,he told me he was playing cook with my Stepmom so he wasn't in the room to know who took the money.So I don't know who took it, I will just blame it on my carelessness but the way my money and important items get lost so suddenly is something that I am still baffled about, because my room is locked most times when I am away but my stepmom has th
Lucy's pov:I spared a side glanced at my stepmom Mercy, who had her arms folded and was watching me through the corners of my eyes.What is wrong with this woman?She called me out here because her friend's son wants to date me?Has she forgotten her friends don't like me?"Lucy." Travis called my name and I snapped out of my thoughts and smiled at him."Oh..It's nice to meet you then." I said because I didn't know what else to say.Is my stepmom Mercy and her friend trying to act as matchmakers? I thought my stepmom only said bad things about me. Why was her friend trying to match me up with her son?"Both of you should get to know each other. I am sure you have a lot to talk about." His mother said.I didn't know how to reject this offer because I don't want to go on any date, but I don't know how to say no to my stepmom.She is too cunning."I don't know how to say this but..um... I don't want to go on a date ma'am, I don't think….""Ha! Are you still rejecting men when there is n
Lucy's pov: Daniel exhaled as he continued sleeping and I sighed in relief, the last thing I wanted was to wake him up. I looked at my son with sad eyes, I just wanted the best for him. Even if I didn't want to admit it, my son needs a father figure in his life ,I don't even have anyone that could act as a responsible man for him to look up to and my uncle's don't keep contact with me ,because they don't like my step mom when my Father married her. My Dad's side of the family hates my stepmom, so when my Dad married her against the wishes most of them cut him off, his side of the family cutting him off included me as well. That was why I had no one to rely on that made me go and live with Andrew after I told him how awfully I was treated by my stepmom. I didn't try to get into contact with my Dad's side of the family because last time I did, I was told to not follow the footsteps of my stepmom but they didn't offer me any help. Since Travis doesn't seem like a bad guy ,I will j
Lucy's POV:The next morning got me in a happy mood.I told Bella about Travis's call. I don't know why I felt happy talking to him over the phone.I don't know if I was just glad that someone was being nice to me and paying attention to me. I know it sounds childish but that makes me feel happy.Bella just keeps telling me to do what makes me happy and if going out with Travis would do that ,then she was happy for me.After working at the cafe, I had to pick up Danny from kindergarten ,and to my surprise I saw Desmond there, his son and Danny were playing, while Desmond was talking to one of his teachers when I arrived."Danny ,darling mommy's here." I called out to Danny who turned and ran up to me with open arms.Desmond must have heard my voice because he stopped talking to the teacher and turned to me and I smiled and waved awkwardly at him.Joseph also ran towards me and he and Daniel were standing in front of me."Good afternoon Miss Lucy." Joseph, my son's 5 year old friend,
Lucy's pov:Today is a Saturday. I was checking the time on my phone constantly,to make sure I wasn't running late, but oh boy even if I was checking the time, I wasn't done yet.I was dressed in a white wrap blouse and blue trousers and kitten white heels, these are clothes that are at the bottom of my bag ,that I never wear because I had nowhere nice to go but given that today I needed to dress nice I decided to wear it after much deliberation. I was staring at the mirror getting my hair done , today is the day I had a date with Travis. I was sitting in front of my dressing table, looking at the mirror while I packed my hair into a bun and checked to make sure it was okay and it wasn't poking out on any side since my hair tend to be messy at times, when I was sure It was alright, I then checked if the makeup I was wearing was too much." I think the red lipstick is too much." I said out loud and I heard an audible sigh and I turned to Danny who rolled his eyes dramatically at me.
Lucy's pov:I sighed in frustration."What made you think I was going to ask you to pay for my meal?" I asked him.I barely knew him ,so of course I was going to pay for my meal.Travis had the guts to roll his eyes at me."I know how women are, you don't need to pretend to be good in front of me okay, you can be honest with me,I just wanted to remind me you that you would be paying for your meal so you won't get embarrassed here if you order something expensive and can't pay, because I don't want to be considered a bad guy if I leave you here if that happened." He explained in a condescending tone that made me angry. I wondered what made him think I didn't know what to do on a first date, Travis looked back into his menu even though I was glaring daggers at him at this point."Travis." I called his attention but he didn't look up ,so I slammed my hand on the table and he looked up to me."Good, now that I have your attention, I don't know what type of person you think I am and I don
Lucy's pov:Travis frowned at my outburst.My outburst made the people sitting on the tables closer to us turn their attention to us and Travis let me go,when he saw the situation would not favor him."You have to pay for your meal." He told him as he stared me dead in the eyes and I just stood and stared at this man.He only cared about the bill and not the fact that he annoyed the shit out of me.I was about to say something ,it was then that I saw someone that I wished to not see ,standing behind Travis. I think he just came into the restaurant because I saw him with a friend.Mr Desmond was staring at us and by the look on his face, he must have heard what Travis said and he must think of me as a cheap woman who goes on dates to order expensive dishes and lets my dates pay the bill.I closed my eyes for a moment as I just wondered what type of bad luck I had and I opened my eyes.I hoped that Desmond would not get involved and luckily he didn't, he walked further into the restaura