Semua Bab REGRET UNTIL SHE SAYS GOODBYE : Bab 61 - Bab 70

SARA'S POVI shook my head immediately the thought came to my mind. I couldn't have done a better job raising Danielle.If anyone has anything to apologize for, then it was Derek, who was mostly always away from home when it was our joint responsibility to raise the child we created together.Danielle's willfulness stemmed from the fact that people around her always gave into her while undermining my efforts to make her the less 'I need to have my way always' child.Footsteps made me rouse and I craned my neck backwards to see Alaric approaching with a red rimmed Danielle.He wasn't holding her or anything. He took the lead while she trudged behind him.Alaric emerged fully in the living room, giving me a subtle nod to indicate that the situation had been resolved.I met Danielle's gaze but she avoided mine and looked away, approaching Clara slowly."I'm sorry," She muttered."Wow?" Rina mouthed. I raised my head then so I caught the word right as it left her lips.I was just as surpri

SARA'S POV"Mommy," Danielle's small voice filled the silence while I found my way to her side, bending low next to the sofa, still wondering what was wrong with her.She sat up and raised her knees and then wrapped her hands around it before resting her head on her raised knees, shoving the pillow she was clutching earlier in her sleep away."Why did you wake up, did you have a nightmare?" I asked.She bit her lips, shook her head slowly then mumbled in a trembling voice, "Mommy, don't you want me anymore?""What?" I stared speechlessly at her, wondering how she had suddenly reached the conclusion that I didn't want her anymore.As complicated as our relationship was and even though I had gotten hurt in the past by her willful actions and preference of Alyssa, I never stopped loving her. She was my daughter after all and nothing could change that.She raised her hands, wiping her teary eyes with her sleeve, "But you...you yelled at me earlier. You were angry, so I...I thought you didn

SARA'S POVThe next day rolled into one long blur of exhaustion. Immediately after I spoke to Alaric, I called Rina, asking if she could link me up with the house agent that had helped her secure her place.After a brief explanation about what was going on, my phone beeped with a message from her-The number of the agent I requested for.I called quickly, determined to resolve my housing problem as fast as I could, before the eviction notices would arrive.The first thing I had to do was look for a suitable apartment that would fit into my budget but before that, I also had to pay a visit to my bank.After that, I would have to go with the agent to check out any available houses they could find before deciding on which one I wanted. Next, was the tedious paperwork that had to be settled.The whole thing was a long process and it showed promises of inducing more fatigue than I already felt if I factored in the long hours of work and the work related things I had to get done.Right, how c

SARA'S POVA week later, the office was filled with the chaotic rush that preceded a collection launch. I had never participated in one before so the feeling of having to oversee one was surreal. It was a busy week, filled with work and parenting duties and in between, I could not help but wonder if Derek had begun working on the proceedings of our divorce like he told me he would.I picked up my phone several times to call him just to ask but eventually decided against it each time. It was best to have him call me himself and I figured I could just bring it up with him in person whenever I took Danielle back to him.With regards to Danielle, I wouldn’t say there was a shift in our relationship but it was better and sometimes I found myself thinking we could go back to the way things used to be before Alyssa became a presence in our lives.Just like back then, she had begun to depend on me and through her stay with me, she hadn’t mentioned Derek or Alyssa. It was weird but I didn't re

SARA'S POVMy hands shook as I pushed the door to the boardroom open.The first person I saw was Alyssa who was seated at her usual spot. Like always, her posture was impeccable and the look on her face deepened my sense of unease.Inwardly, I told myself to regain control of my composure, fighting the urge to just bolt so I wouldn't have to face everyone in here.And then I saw him.Someone who shouldn't have been present, Derek.Wasn't he on a work trip? The very same one I assumed he'd gone on with Alyssa.I should have known, the fact that Alyssa and I had encountered each other after Derek told me he would be away meant that she hadn't gone on the trip with him. I just never imagined that Derek hadn’t gone either.Seeing him now, I couldn't help but wonder why he had left Danielle with me? His excuse for that was that he would be out of town, but here he was...The thought was troubling but the issue at hand was more pressing than my personal turmoil, so I shoved that aside, refus