311; I Want to Keep it.
The celebration was great and Clara was happy to finally be reunited back with his brother and family. She was sitting at the table looking at how people were conversing. Growing up with her aunt, they were the only two people in the house who used to speak. Her aunt was quite a storyteller and kept her entertained. She made sure to do everything she could to give Clara a good life. She avoided being dramatic, dating some lunatic who would mess her up, and being herself. Clara learned from her aunt, that she has been the mother at that time and she has always been happy and grateful for having her.
There were cocktails, drinks, and all sorts of gravy things. Clara sat by the patio, looking at everything in the house. The house that was now changed. The flower garden was still there, they maintained it and her swing was still intact. Looked like they never removed it. Alfred would swing her every day when he came from school before making her eat food or before asking her to bathe.
"You can try the swing you know, it's good at this point, but maybe you should wait until my grandbaby comes out. When are you due?"
Clara raised her brows looking at her mother. She didn't understand what she was talking about.
"What do you mean, due date, I am not even married yet."
Her mother sat next to her and smiled. Clara was clueless.
"When was the last time you got your periods? I know we just reunited, am trying my best to make sure you are okay and fine. You are having a baby growing inside you and you don't even know about it. Have you noticed how you are puking all over, you didn't want the taste of broccoli in your mouth. I know you are grown and you love eating broccoli. You were asking for Damien every second and wanted to sniff him, are you sure that is normal."
Clara closed her eyes and cursed. She was not thinking about that. She started counting the three months that she missed her periods, how she has been tired of late and Damien thought she was being lazy so they had to spend most of their tone working from home than in the office. She eats a lot of pizza and lasagna every day and mostly wants to see Damien or just feel his scent. She hadn't noticed that.
"Do you think it's a bad thing? I mean, he wants kids but we said after the wedding, do you think it is a good sign?"
Clara was worried that maybe, Damien will get mad or anything. It's only that she forgot to take her morning pills and didn't bother to refill them when they were over. She thought she could get them and didn't. Damien hated the idea of family planning because he felt they were harmful to her.
Her mother looked at her, and she smiled, she didn't know how much her daughter loved Damien but she could see the way Damien has his eyes on her every time. When she was outside, he had been focusing on her but didn't want to disturb her so he stood and watch from far until Clara's father called him.
"He is an amazing man. The first time your aunt talked about him was when he came into the house and your aunt was supposed to be meeting someone, that was me, she said that you have a visitor coming into the house. I was happy that you were having a boyfriend. I love him and know he is going to make a good father. I mean look at him, with the abs, the looks, and mostly the way he was free with people. He didn't take long to convince your dad to help him Park his copper here, plus did you know that his uncle is dating your aunt now?
Clara looked at her mother and stood from her chair, that was the last thing she expected. Her aunt to date Mr. Marcus. She couldn't believe it. How was this going to play out? How is the relationship going to work out?
"Don't tell her, she will kill me, she has been keeping it a secret for months now and I don't want anyone else knowing about that. Just know, that Damien is going to make a good father. Tell him later he will be happy but I want to hear the news before you guys go."
Damien was sitting nervously in the huge office in front of him. He looked around and it was nothing like his office back in New York. All the things here were antiques. There were heads of various wild animals hanging on the wall.
"So, Damien, how are you doing? To me, I am not doing fine, after you lied to me that you are just going to pack your helicopter in my field and now you introduce me to my daughter. I am happy, don't get me wrong but how am I going to believe she is the best for you?"
Damien was almost shitting his pants, he couldn't believe that Clara's father was taking the lie that seriously.
"Come on, why are you so tensed I am just messing with your mind. I have heard of you and how good you are. I know you mean good for my daughter. Make sure you don't break her heart, she is the only thing that I have as a female apart from her mother."
Damien nodded listening to him speak. He didn't want to disappoint the man in front of him. He thanked him for all the blessings that he gave him and promised to look after Clara with a lot of care.
"where did you get that picture from?"
Daniella was standing at the corner after Davids excused herself to take a pee. The pictures she was having were the only picture her dad had sent, to her as the picture that will be used to identify Alex.
"This man here was my dad's boyfriend. He has been looking for him, just the same way your family had been looking for you. I haven't seen him happy after he realized, who he was. He gained some of his memory and now he was looking for the man, he once loved in his life. I told him that I will help him look. I want to give Clara and his fiance the picture so that they can help me locate the man. What my dad pray for, was hope he is not dead, because it will break his heart. Just like you were a product of manipulation in that organization so was my dad. Only that his face is still the same and they didn't change him. Can you remember the last two faces that you had?"
Alfred looked at Daniella and shook his head, he looked at the picture keenly and gave it back to Daniella.
"Hey, if by any chance you know anyone who might look like him, please help me find him, I know you guys were given different faces and they were changed which is hard to know your friends."
"Maybe I can talk to him, your dad, you can help me with his contact and we can catch up. It's good to know that there is someone else who went through the same thing as you. Having his memory tale is one thing that connects us. I mean the first thing that I did when I had my memories back was to look for my family. They had a hard time accepting that it was me because of my face, it was different from the one they knew, I hope your father funds the and that he is looking for.".
Daniella nodded and left Alfred as he went to Davids who was now having a conversation with Clara's father.
Damien was walking toward Clara. He didn't understand why she would tell him that there is an emergency yet they were at her parent's house.
"We need to talk right now!"
"Are you leaving me now, did your mother convince you to live with me? You can kill me but I am not going anywhere."
Clara laughed looking at his serious face. He was very serious that which shocked Clara. She thought it was okay for him to be anxious but she was not going to break up with him.
"I am fucking pregnant and I don't know how to say this, I want to keep the baby no matter way you say. I love you too."
"Okay, wait, you are a news anchor and you know when anchoring, you are supposed to take things slow, can you do that?"
Clara held her breath and looked at him again. She was afraid of what he was going to say but she decided to say it after all.
"I am pregnant!"
Damien's face changed and he started shouting while running into the h house.
"I am going to be a father, I am going to be a father, Davids, I am going to be a father, you are going to be an uncle, Daniella, you are going to be an aunt, Zeke, Rose, and Nimo are going to be the cousins, Alfred, you are going to be an uncle ooh, sir, you are going to a grandpa and you miss, you are going to be a grandma.