Christmas celebration

Chapter 8

    Aliyah POV

    I met my phone screen light on when I walked back into the room with Aliyah after is bathe her in the bathroom. Picking up the phone and realizing that it was an email from Jaxon's Empire, I opened it and checked the detail, as the realization dawned on me that my appointment with them was supposed to be in about an hour, and guess what? Today is also the Christmas celebration in Nancy's school. Fuck! What am I going to do?

    "Is everything alright, Mom?" I guess Nancy saw how I was staring at my phone, and she asked me. It was important for me to be at her school, and also important to be in the company. I can't leave either of them, and I'm hell-as confused right now.

    "Not really. I just got a call that I need to show up at Jaxon's Empire. I think we are going to close the deal today, and I need to be there. I also need to be with you at school. What should I do?" I whined as I slumped on the bed and ran my fingers through my hair frustratingly.

    "Oh, that's sad. Well, you said Daddy was coming today, right? He can go with me later while you go to the meeting. You can come over to join us in school when you are done," I raised my gaze to find her beaming with smiles. She must really be excited that she was finally going to see her Dad, but sadly, there was no Dad.

    "Baby... The thing is..." I paused and held her shoulders as I sighed briefly.

    "Did something happen? What is it, Mommy?" She asked me as she raised her eyebrows looking worried. 

    "The thing is, your Daddy called me earlier before we went to bed yesterday, and told me that he won't be able to make it to your Christmas celebration..." Her face dropped sadly when I said those words to her, and it broke my heart to know that I was the reason she was sad.

    "Why? Does daddy don't want to see me?" Tears brimmed in her eyes as she asked me curiously, and I bit my bottom lip as waves of guilt washed through me. What the fuck was I going to do?

    "Does Daddy not love me? If he loves me, he would've come to see me since I was born, right? Why does he not want to see me?" The tears in her eyes finally found their way down her cheeks, and I couldn't help the tears that brimmed in my eyes too. I felt like my heart was being ripped off my chest seeing those tears in her eyes. It hurts.

    "Come on, baby..." I paused and bit my bottom lip not knowing what to say to her. I couldn't bring myself to tell her that Liam loves her, I couldn't bring myself to lie to her, because, to me, he never cared about us. If he loved her, he wouldn't have abandoned us in the first place.

    "Come here," I pulled her into my arms and hugged her tightly as the tears I'd been fighting back finally streamed down my cheeks.

    "Don't worry, baby. I will come for you, ok?" I whispered as I stroked her hair, and she slowly nodded her head, but I didn't need anyone to tell me that she was sad.

    She was gloomy all through the time we were home and after we had breakfast, we finally left the house together.

    I seldom glanced at her through the rear mirror as I drove to her school, and she was looking sad all through. We finally arrived at the front of her gate, and I could see parents and their kids coming to school with their kids. Some were wearing red hats, and the kids were wearing red and white dresses too with Santa hats.

    Stepping out of the car, I went to the backseat where I picked her from before we walked into the school compound. I called her class teacher and gave her to the teacher with the promise that I would be back in an hour or two to be with the baby.

    "I'll be back," I said to her before I finally left the school, even though it was written all over her that she wasn't happy, and I knew staying back won't still cheer her up.

    As I drove back to the company, I thought about calling Liam to go stay with the kids, but fuck it! There was no way I was ever going to do that. Having him around my baby was the last thing I wanted, so I was never going to do that.

    "You just have to go to the company, sign the contract and close the deal, then come back to stay with your baby," I said to myself before I sped the driveway.

    I finally arrived at the company minutes later since the speed was pretty much, and I went to see Mr. Jaxon who was said to be waiting for me in his office. As I walked into his large and beautiful office, I couldn't help but notice him sitting behind the desk and having his attention on the desktop. Mr. Jaxon was a young hard working man that should be around thirty-five of thereabout now. He owns the entertainment industry, Jaxon Empire, the fast-rising and most popular entertainment industry in LA. 

    "You are here, Miss Aliyah?" He raised his gaze to look at me, his pair of brown eyes piercing at me as he smiled, showing his set of white dentitions. His thick eyebrows were raised as well as his long eyelashes.

    "Yes. Good morning, Mr. Jaxon. You asked to see me," I said to him as I pulled out the chair and sat on it after I glanced at my wristwatch. According to my plan, I think I have less than an hour to spend here before I go back to my baby.

    "Yeah. I called about the deal. We have a new partner now, and he also has to sign the deal before everything can be finalized. We are hosting a meeting this morning in an hour, and he'll be here then so we can finalize everything. I called you here to inform you about the changes so you can also be early for the meeting," He explained to me, and my heart dropped. I needed to go back to my baby. She would feel bad if I don't go back to her, and I couldn't also leave this place just like that. What should I do?