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
Lucy's POV;I was sure that I locked my room before leaving for my date today, and no one could have access to my room unless the person has a key, the only person with the spare key to all the rooms in the house is my stepmom and I don't think she would just hand the key of my room to Cooper.Or could I be wrong?Daniel, my son has his son room, it was my room when I was still young and it was just a small space and he didn't like it much and stayed in my room most times, but whenever I leave for work I lock my door and he stays in his room, that is if he wasn't playing in the living room or playing with my stepmom.I know that sometimes kids say things that are not correct, but I had a hunch that it was my step siblings that had been stealing from me,as if paying rent at home when they were not wasn't enough, I had to always be looking for my valuable items and money.I don't even have money and I am also raising my son alone, but they are heartless to steal from a single mom.If no
Lucy's POV:After the terrible date, Travis tried to call me the next day and I rejected his call and blocked his number. He was a rude man and I don't want to associate myself with him.I don't know if he told my stepmom anything, but she said nothing to me.In fact, Mercy,my stepmom has been ignoring me after our confrontation ,so I didn't know how to bring up her son Cooper coming out of my room whenever I saw her. I just greeted her and left. I had to drop Danny off at Bella's house the next day after our confrontation before going off to work.Even though I know my stepmom offers to watch my son during the weekends because she's like spending time with him ,after our confrontation yesterday I don't think it would be a good idea to leave my son with her, I trust her not to harm a child but my mind won't be at ease knowing that Danny was with her after our argument.Bella was at home watching her kids, so she was glad to help me watch my son as I went to work and I thanked her ho