Chapter 1 - Who is he?

If you told me my life was going to take this 360 degree turn, I would never believe it. I urgently needed a job, and no matter how hard I searched, all the answers were: No. After all, who would want to hire a 27-year-old woman, who just graduated from high school and is already the mother of a beautiful boy named Arthur? Yes, and to help it along, I don't even know who his father is, because everything happened so fast that night that only memories remain, and to help it along, I don't remember his face, only that he had a birthmark on his right breastplate, and on his back, a tattoo of a budding flower, which I had no idea what it meant. So how to find this man with only these memories? Impossible! 

So, not having the father present and not knowing how to find him, I do what I can to raise my little one, since he is all I have, and I admit that in the beginning it was quite difficult, with the rejection of my family when I found out about the pregnancy, and my father's request to abort, only made me sure that I didn't belong to that family, so I just ran and hid from them as I could, and also, they never came after me, and I clearly thought it was better that way. And if it wasn't for my best friend, Sabrina, I don't even know what would have happened to me and the little one, since she was the only one to shelter me. 

"So, tell me, what are you going to do?", Sabrina spoke up sitting next to me, after I lost my job for the fifteenth time in the month, because of Arthur and his failing health, he lived in the hospital because of the chronic sore throats he had, so it was getting harder and harder to stop at a job. I knew that running a business requires the employee to be in it, so I didn't blame my bosses for every layoff I had.  

"I really don't know, Sabrina!", I spoke sighing angrily, I really didn't know what to do with my life anymore, "God gave me a wonderful son, but I don't know if I'm the right person for him! "I said feeling defeated, "I can barely stand a job and get a full paycheck, because then they send me away, so tell me, what do I do?", I stared at her, and she took a deep breath. "Why does God hate me so much? And to help, He gave me the worst family a person could ever have?" 

"Don't be like that, remember that you still have me, and that my pay is enough to keep the house without worry, I know that when Arthur grows up, he will see what a wonderful mother he has!", She spoke trying to cheer me up. 

"But I don't think it's fair, I want to help you, and also, I want to rent a place for myself, I've been stealing your space for 4 years, and I don't like it, you also have to have a life, bring boyfriends to your house, I don't know!", I answered and she laughed at my crisis. 

"Changing the subject, but not changing it that much, because I think it has something to do with it, do you remember my hot boss who recently lost his wife?", She started speaking attracting my attention. "Actually, he's my only boss, so, you know."

"And what does your big cat boss have to do with my life and the tragedy it has become?", I asked confused. 

"It has everything to do with it friend!", She replied excitedly. "Well, he's looking for a nanny to take care of his son, it seems that his mother, Mrs. Cinthia, demanded that her son have help raising the boy, since he was overloading himself with household chores and all that," And I stared at her with a hopeful sign. "And well, he tested three different nannies, but it seems that none of them worked out, or rather, none of them managed to win little Brian's trust, it seems that he still misses his mother a lot." 

 "Yeah, but so what? Does that mean I have a job in sight?", I asked excitedly. "If he's anything like Arthur, I can take care of a child, it shouldn't be that hard! "

"I talked to him about you, I told him that you have a son and that you can take care of children, so he asked you to come to the company tomorrow and talk to him.", She spoke excitedly, and I jumped on her happily. "Then, try to think of ways to make his son accept you, he is 3 years old, so he is almost the same age as your son."

"Thank you friend, for helping me whenever I think I am lost, you know how hard it has been raising Arthur, even more so in the absence of his father. - I sighed deeply, recalling some of the memories that came to my mind. 

"You really don't remember anything about Arthur's father? A first name? Last name? - she asked, and I just denied it with my head in frustration. 

- I told you that all I remember is the birthmark and the tattoo on my back," I replied, and she seemed to think for a moment, as if she remembered something. "- What is it? What went through your head?"

"It's no big deal, it's just that my boss has a birthmark on his chest too, but I don't know if he has a tattoo. - She said, and I laughed. - What? Don't you think it's possible? - And I denied it with my head. 

"That party was definitely crazy, I still think that for sure they put something in my drink, because I don't remember anything at all, and when I realized, there was a man in the same room as me, and right after that, my mother and father threw me out of the house, that is, I firmly believe that they are behind this. ", I spoke remembering that night, in fact, it was the last night as Muller heiress. 

"Your parents?", She asked in surprise. "Do you really think they would be capable of this? "

"Yes, Sabrina, you know they wanted from the beginning for my sister to take over everything, she was always better than me at everything, and when I left, it was literally a relief to them,", I replied. "But, if they think this will put me down, they are completely wrong, and the one who is losing a wonderful grandchild is them. "I replied, looking at the couch next to us, where Arthur was sleeping so peacefully that he was afraid to wake up.  "I'll take him to bed, but before I go, what time should I be at your company?", I asked, as I intended to go when Arthur went to school. 

"Let's go together!", she answered. "We'll drop the little one off at school, and then head to my company, is that okay?", She spoke and I nodded, taking Arthur on my lap and heading to my room. "Good night!" she shouted. 

"Good night!", I replied, after all, the apartment wasn't that big, so she could clearly hear me. 

I knew I couldn't live at Sabrina's place anymore, I came to stay only a month and ended up staying for over 4 years, and she always said I could consider her place mine, but even so, I felt it took away from her freedom to bring her boyfriends or girlfriends over whenever she wanted, so, I needed to get my life together quickly and also, relieve the burden on my friend. 

I was determined to take back control of my life, and I would show everyone that I was stronger than anything, and it wasn't the fact that I was a single mother that was going to bring me down. My family, you can be sure that I will get back on my feet without your help.