Chapter Six

SELENE POV

After the rain, it was almost too late to go back to work so I decided to go straight home, calling Dolan to come to pick me up at the cafe. I freaked out when I saw twelve missed calls from Fabrico. I'm fucked!. I bid goodbye to Jake Taylor who was absolutely a good company despite my first impression of him. He spoke about his little boy a lot and his wife.

Immediately I reach home, I see Freya sitting in the dining with her coloring book and I go to swoop her in my arms.

"Mommy" she squeaked before hugging my neck. "I miss you" she smiled and I kiss her cheek.

"I missed you too darling. Have you had dinner yet?"

"No. I was waiting for you" She said and I place my hand on my chest.

"Oh, baby. You were waiting for Mommy" I felt touch. "Come, let's go eat." I carry her in my arms to the kitchen and Greta was there fixing up what needed to be fixed for dinner.

"Welcome home Mrs. Valenquez" she greeted and I smile at her before sitting and placing Freya on my legs. "Would you eat here or I would arrange the food on the dining"

"Here" there's no use going to the dining. Fabrico isn't here, and even if he were, sometimes we just ate here on the counter for fun. "Also, did my husband call the home line?" I ask.

"No sir. But your mother-in-law did. She said she was coming over for the rest of the week"

"Grandma!" Greta yelped in my arms, before clapping her tiny hands together. "Mommy, can I see grandma?"

"Of course sweety. You'll see her tomorrow" I kiss my baby's cheek and she giggled while blushing before she reciprocated, kissing me on the cheek too. I'm blessed to have her in my life. She and Fabrico.

"Well, what's for dinner. I had too much caffeine today" I say out loud like anyone needed to hear that and Great laughed like she knew what I said.

"I'll start you up with water then," Greta said before placing a glass of water in front of me.

"Thank you"

Freya played with her food a lot during dinner and the reason was that her dad wasn't around if not, she always ate well. Fabrico just had this way of keeping her in place all he has to do is say something like baby, eat your dinner...which is exactly what I say. But she listens to him more.

After dinner, I cleaned her up and put her to bed before going into my room, sitting on the bed, I grab my phone dialing Fabrico's number.

He picked on the first ring. "Hi honey," I say.

"Why weren't you picking my calls?" He asked calmly. Jeez! A little greeting would've been nice.

"It was silenced and in my bag"

"And where were you?"

"I'm sorry, is there some investigation I don't know about?" I ask a little bit irritated with his behavior.

"Selene...."

"Selene?" I scoff in disbelief. "No honey, or baby or sweety?"

"I can't deal with this right now" he sighed before hanging up. He hung up on me. I sit with my phone to my ears for several minutes before I recollected what was going on. Fabrico never hung up on me, he always let me do the hanging up. What the hell?

My breathing is labored as I walk into the bathroom to shower, my head reeling with thoughts of what's going on. I know he's pissed that I did not pick his calls but isn't he taking it a little too far.

"Ah fuck!" I turn off the shower when I realized it was now cold before I walked into the closet to get my nightie. I slip it on before going to bed facing Fabrico's pillow. My eyes brim with tears before they slipped down my cheek and I reached to wipe it off sobbing even harder. I hate it when we fight and he gets like this.

My phone vibrates on the bedside table and I reach to get it, shocked to see it was Fabrico calling. Do I pick? Oh hell yeah!

"Hello" I try not to sound groggy like I'd been crying but he always sees right through me. It's always been like that. He knows me more than I know myself.

"Baby, I'm sorry I hung up and got mad at you please don't cry. I'm just pissed" he apologized and I sob harder.

"It's ok"

"No, no it's not. I made you sad" he cursed himself out in his native tongue for a while before breathing into the speaker. "I'm sorry, I love you. Please stop crying. I'm doing everything I can to see I get back home to you and Freya soon. You're so far away and I'm losing my mind. I miss you both"

"We miss you too"

"Is she in bed?"

"Yes. It's past ten"

"Oh yeah, shit." Pause. "Are you good?"

I dry my eyes with my nightie like a child. "Yes, I am. Sorry I got all emotional"

"Don't be sorry. I shouldn't have made you sad, baby girl" I hear him move around on the bed or couch, wherever he's laying.

"You called back"

"Of course I did. I didn't want you to go to bed sad because of me, love"

I smile. "I love you"

"I love you too baby. Please be safe"

"I will. Goodnight"

"Goodnight," he says and waits for me to hang up but I don't. "Babe, Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I just feel better knowing you're on the other line. I miss you so much" I felt like I'm going to break down again into tears.

"Sleep, love. I'll hang up this time" he says and I nod placing my phone beside me and on loudspeaker. I listen to his calm breathing until I fell asleep.

I wake up the next morning with someone jumping on my bed. That, someone, was Freya and she was giggling like crazy.

"Baby" I groan before rolling to my side but she came to my face and started whispering mommy wake up over and over. I peel one eye open. "Yes, baby?"

"Grandma is coming today. I'm happy" she said with joy and I sighed. That's why she woke me up? Argh! I still manage to smile so I don't upset her. I pull her under me punishing her with tickles which made her laugh so hard she was crying.



                         FABRICO POV

"You coming out for breakfast with us?" Liano asked. He and Leon stood in the doorway of my suite waiting for my reply.

"No. I'll stay in, I'm supposed to face time with Selene and Freya soon," I tell them.

"So, do we bring something back for you?"

"No. I'll have whatever the hotel offers"

"Suit yourself" Liano shrugged before walking away. When I'm alone, I place my laptop in front of me and lay on the bed calling Selene. We agreed we'll face time every morning until I go back to Seattle. I do miss her and Freya and I suddenly felt excited to see their faces.

My screen popped and I saw a smiling Freya so close to the camera I almost laughed out loud at how cute she looked but I chuckled instead. "Hey baby, where's mommy?"

"Mommy!" Freya yelled and I hear Selene's voice in the background which made me smile like crazy. I am so in love with this woman.

I take in the background to see they were by the poolside in the garden. Selene's sweet figure in a white bikini came to view and I lick my lips unknowingly before I realize it. And I can't say anything vulgar because our little girl is right there.

She sat down on the lounge chair and waved at me. "Good morning sweety" she greeted.

"Morning to you too gorgeous" I wink and she blushed. Damnit, I miss home so much. "No work today?"

"I took today off plus, your mom is here"

"Oh," I didn't know she was going to Seattle. It's ok, I guess. My mom always loves being around Freya and I can see why she loves the girl so much. She's freaking adorable. Now that Freya is far away from the screen, I can see she's dressed in a small swimsuit too and I chuckle.

"How's work? Everything going good?" Selene asked, drawing me from my thoughts. Freya tried to touch the screen but she carried her away, placing her on her legs.

"Yeah. Everything is working out well"

"How's Liano?" She asked.

"He's ok and extraordinarily happy because Vanessa is also in San Fransisco right now," I say the last part with a sigh.

"Aunty Nessa!" Freya yelped and I roll my eyes.

"She's a nice girl Fabrico, you just gotta see it" Selene reprimand me.

"Let's not talk about them. Let's talk about us" I tell her and she nods before setting Freya down and she rushed to the screen again kissing it.

"I miss you, Daddy!" She whined.

I kiss my screen too. "I miss you princess" she blushed like a tomato when I said that. Sweet lord! It's so easy to get her to blush, just like her mom. I gotta keep boys away from her for as long as I can.

"Baby, tell daddy the good news" I hear Selene say to Freya.

"Mommy said I'll go to kindergarten soon" Freya screamed and I chuckled. That's right. She's going to start KG when she reaches two which is in a couple of weeks.

"I'm happy for you baby," I tell her and she grinned. My mom appeared at the back and I wave as she could see me.  She comes closer to the screen and Selene tells her it's me they're talking to you.

"Fabrico" she calls before coming so close to the screen. Like grandmother like granddaughter. "How are you my son, are you eating ok? Do you sleep well?"

"Ma! I'm fine" I huff.

"I'm just checking out for you," she said and walked away with a smile on her face. I return to talking with Selene and Freya and we talked about everything, before Freya goes to meet her grandmother and I finally had the time to tease Selene about her tiny Bikini. Damn, I felt my friend down there get hard and I had to reach into my pants to adjust myself.

My phone rings and I pick it. "Yes, Leah?"

"I called to tell you Mr Rochester said he'd be at his office today so we can continue the contract"

"Alright, thank you," I say before hanging up. I sigh. "Looks like I've got work today"

"Who was that?" Selene asked.

"My secretary" I inform her and she pouts. "What?"

"You have to go then"

"Hey, I'll call tonight again, alright?" I say and she nods. "I love you so much"

"I love you too. Bye"

We smooch kisses at each other before she hung up and I called Liano and Leon telling them to get their asses back here. We have work to do. We're finishing this contract today and I'm going back home.