HEARTSTRINGS

CARINA.Thursdays are always very hectic for me as I always have to work overtime because more people come in the restaurant on this day. More customers come here because we have a special delicacy, a special recipe made by me. It used to be my grandma's secret recipe which she passed on to me. Everyone has tried to know the secret but I never gave it out even to my family members. By the way. My name is Carina Leslie Dawson. I'm a young Burnett, twenty-three, a cook and a single mom to my beautiful angel Fiona.    Fiona is the love of my life, she's six now and she's doing very well in school. She's everything to me and I'd never let anyone take her from me. I may have given birth to her under strange circumstances but I've gone past that now. I just can't wait to get home and see my baby. I live in a remote area with my parents and little sister with my daughter. We are not rich but I'm trying my

       CARINA    We eventually got to see Rosa yesterday though she was still sleeping. Mom stayed at the hospital while Dad, Fiona and I went back home. I woke up early and dressed Fiona up for school. Dad had to go to work so did I.Mom owns her own little business so she doesn't really have a problem.I dropped Fiona off at school and went to work. I saw a very expensive sports car parked right in front of our restaurant. The owner must be really wealthy. I shrugged and went inside only to meet the shock of my life. He was seated on the customer's seat and there's no one around. My feet went numb and my heart threatened to pop out of my chest. My hands started to shake. This is what I was so afraid would happen.       "You don't look happy to see me darling. Didn't you invite me?." He smirked.      "What are you doing here? I never invited you." I asked not knowing what

 CARINA.I got a text from Drake for me. He said he couldn't come pick me up but he's gonna send his driver to do it this evening. He also asked me to pack my things as I'll be living and working for him until he decides to change his mind. Not that I can't go but I'll have to beg him to let me check on my family at least. I can't let him know about my daughter because he may use her as a way to get to me. I'm scared to leave my daughter too but I don't have a choice. I already talked about it with my parents today. I lied about getting a new job as a cook at for a very wealthy couple and I need to move in with them. It was a bit hard getting them to believe me and agree to it but in the and I made them see reasons enough for them to let me go. I told them the pay was very good even though I don't know if he's going to pay me well considering the fact that I'm a thief. I'll just use the rest of the money as my upkeep till

DRAKE    I got so angry when my mother told me about that man called my father. I can't believe she's being gentle about this whole thing. There's no way I'm ever letting that man into our lives. When my driver brought her home yesterday, I watched her get down from the car and into the house. She must be seeing such a house for the first time in her life because she kept staring at everything including me. I don't know why I feel somehow strange around her. I want to be wicked to her yet I'm holding myself back. There's no way I'm going to let her go after tasting her food. I didn't want to show her how much I loved the food she prepared yesterday. That's the first time I'm tasting something like that. Even this morning she surprised me by making coffee that is exactly the way I want it to be. And the food she prepared this morning is also good. Why am I even thinking about her anyway? I should not be thinkin

        CARINA    After he threatened to make me suffer by using my family to get to me. I really began to truly fear him. He's really heartless and cold. I won't ever let him know about my daughter. I pray he doesn't find out about her. The lesson he knows about her the better for me. I don't want my baby to get into this mess. I can't bear to see her getting hurt. I woke up as early as I should and prepared his coffee. I took the coffee to his room and knocked. I didn't want to make the mistake I made yesterday so I waited for his reply. I don't want to do anything that will make him say hurtful things to me. I'm only going through this because of my sister. After waiting for a while with no response, I decided to go in before the coffee gets cold and I get another problem. I walked in and saw the boss still sleeping on the bed. This is unlike him because I heard he always wakes up early even if he's not goi