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“Did you used to cook for me? Did you used to look after me too?”
“Why would I do those things?”
“Tell me why?” he replied with a question.
“What...” I stammered. “What are you saying?”
He moved closer and halted when there were only five
NATHALIE'S POV š–“Mommy,”“Hmm?” I answered sleepily.“It’s breakfast time.”“Huh?”Breakfast?I rose swiftly the moment my eyes fluttered open.I looked around and saw that we were in where my child and I sleep.I glanced at the digital alarm clock as it went off. I grabbed it and switched the alarm off.“I haven’t even started cooking,” I said blankly, lost in thought as to why I was here when I was supposed to be wrapping up my work done.Xander stood up, then hugged me and kissed my cheek. “Good mo-ning, mommy.”“Good morning to you too, my little one,” I said mechanically, my mind still trying to figure out what had happened.I gasped, remembering I succumbed to drowsiness, and that Calix was here last night.I
NATHALIE'S POV š–“Did you used to cook for me? Did you used to look after me too?”“Why would I do those things?”“Tell me why?” he replied with a question.“What...” I stammered. “What are you saying?”He moved closer and halted when there were only five steps between us.He crossed his arms, looking straight into my eyes. “This,” he said hoarsely. “Why does it look familiar?”“The alcohol must be getting to you, making you think strange thoughts.” I concealed my nervousness perfectly in my tone.“Maybe.” In his voice, it was as if he had just said that.I tore my gaze away from him and got to work washing the dish
NATHALIE'S POV š–I put the knife down and immediately opened the door for him.“What are you doing here?”The strong scent of the drink made me catch my breath.“Have you had a drink?”“Just a little.”“A little? You obviously got lost coming to my apartment.” I said it with a hint of sarcasm.He shook his head. “No, I’m really going to you. I want to talk to you, Nathalie.”Mentioning my name, I was convinced he hadn’t actually lost his way to my apartment.“What’s this all about?” I asked lightly, though I was trembling inside.“About Xander.”My heart started pounding even faster.Why did he want to talk to me about my son? Did he already know anything about my son—about us?“What...” I swallowed h
NATHALIE'S POV š–After I talked to Sapphire on the video call, she went to her room to sleep.Xander was already fast asleep in our bed too.Right now I’m in the front room, waiting for Tyler to wrap up his call on the other line before we talk.It wasn’t long before he came back in front of the laptop camera.“Sorry for the wait.”“It’s okay. Is that your father?”“Yes, but no need to think about what we were talking about.”“Sorry, Ty.”Tyler brought us and my kids to their place once, to introduce us to his parents and for Sapphire’s sake, but things didn’t turn out well.Tyler got into an argument with his parents over me and my kids—all because he stood up for us.He and his father have problems again now, which I think are because of me once more.His fathe
CALIX'S POVš–“Harrison, I don’t want to be like my parents. They stay together without love, got married just because they had a child, and my entire life, I’ve been paying for the misery of their relationship.”All he did was nod. He known for ages what I’m trying to say with my words.“But... While I’m with Nathie and Xander, I’ve been feeling something strange. It’s like I’m longing for them. I wanted to be with them. I thought at first I just felt l*st for Nathalie–”“You bastard, what did you say?” he cut in sharply. “What are you talking about lust for Nathalie?!”“About the bone marrow transplant...” and I told him the offer I made to Nathalie.With a violent jerk, he stood up and sent the glass table crashing to the flo
CALIX’S POV š–After Nathalie closed her apartment door, I didn’t leave. I hung around for a few minutes, trying to come up with an excuse so she’d let me go inside her apartment, but nothing came to mind.I let out a sigh, stepped away from her apartment door, and made my way to the elevator.While waiting for the elevator to open, I took my phone out of my pocket.Seeing all the messages and missed calls from Veronica made me sigh again. When I made the decision to go to this apartment complex where Nathalie resides, despite not knowing how to approach her or what to say, I put my phone on silent mode.Upon the elevator’s opening, I entered and concealed my phone. When it opened again, I got out and went straight to my car.I pulled out my phone once more, opened the gallery,
š-Nathalie took a deep breath after seeing the plane ticket’s price.Aside from the price, her biggest concern was the requirements such as, valid ID and passport that they needed.She realized that no matter what steps they took to save money, leaving t
š-Desperate to find a job and with a good salary offer, Nathalie went with the woman.Upon arriving at said bar, Nathalie was first given a bath. She also took that opportunity to properly bathe Brianna.“Mommy, it... f-feels so g-good... to... to t-take a g-g
š-It’s already dawn but Nathalie doesn’t have enough change to buy Brianna a proper meal.They relocated their panhandling area.During their walk, Nathalie encountered once more a scammer of the kind that stages being struck by a vehicle, feigns i
š-When she heard a group of boys laughing, Nathalie paused her search.She glanced toward the source of the voices and saw that they were near.Nathalie’s fear rose and she quickly went to Brianna.“Baby, let’s go. Let’s get out of her







