CHAPTER 7

FOUR YEARS LATER

It's NOT EASY to raise a child, so now I know that it's hard for mom to raise me because of my silliness.

“Mommy why do I need to not leact everltime aunt Mala,tita Madie,tita Liyah, and aunt Ciella pinch my cheeks, you know mommy it hults” my son complains and everytime that there’s letter ‘r’ in the word she will change that to ‘l’ because she cannot pronounce that right.She’s Michellene,my four years old baby girl.She’s brilliant but she doesn't know how to pronounce some words including r.And sometimes she cannot pronounce ‘y’ and ‘s’ when the word was not familiar to her,she will change ‘y’ to ‘el’ and ‘s’ to ‘t’.

I sighed softly before kneeling in front of her so she could be equal “baby listen to mommy,your titas wants to pinch your cheek also because you look cute in their eyes” I understand her, because my other friends visited here. Well, not Bree because she needs to take care of her twins, Jade Naman is taking care of something,camilla is fixing the wedding, Kiara is in another country because there is a problem being fixed, even the partners of the three did not visit us because they were busy. So the ending was only Mara,Cierra, Liyah and Madie who visited us with Kade, Kye, Cooper and Dexton.

It's just that the four pairs went home immediately because they said they had something else to take care of, and my son earlier couldn't complain about being squeezed and my four friends would pinch Lene's cheek.

“But mommy even my Tito's are pinching my nose, mommy it's hults” he grimaced, I want to feel sorry for him but on the other hand I want to laugh.

I don't want to admit it but she looks like her g*go father, imagine I carried her in my tummy for almost nine months then we gave birth to her she will look like her father,it's unfair.

After a year, I didn't hear from him, it turns out there is. On TV he was always the headline because of his flings, he seems to be fine, I can't stop not being annoyed because he changes us so quickly with his son, that's how quickly he changes us,in terms of the very start, he doesn't want to have a child. I didn't even expect him to find me because it would be too bad if Kye hid me, he even helped his other friends. They all confiscate the things that I have from Brian, from my phone to my laptop, wallets, money,many things are cards. They changed that and the funny thing is that they took my wallet because they said it might have GPS.

Just addicted?

“Uhm, mommy?”my son aroused my attention so my mind came back to reality.

“Yes baby?”

“Can we go to mall?”He asked, I thought for a moment. I have nothing to do, yes, I am not working because my friends stopped me,even Kye doesn't want to. They support all my needs and Michellene's needs so I don't have any problem. I'm ashamed because if they act like they're my son's father but what can I do if they struggle so The ending I didn't do anything but agree too.

“Sure baby” I smiled so he hugged me with a smile. And because of that I silent cried, this is the feeling of having a child. All my sacrifices have come true, I don't regret breaking Brian and I's relationship because I had a beautiful child and that is my Michellene.

I don't regret that I chose my son over Brian because even though I only had a child, I was happy and I have no regrets about that decision. Infact I finally found my peace in my daughter, my daughter was enough for me, I didn't need a man in my life because Lene is enough for me.

Lene and I JUST GOT DRESSED and then we went to the mall that is also here in Tagaytay, we use one of Lane's car,yes Lane’s car because she let me use it so that I don't have to bother commuting when Lene or ‘want to go out, so we can wander around,the mall we are going to belongs to Ashton, Cierra and Asher's brother.

“Mommy let’s go to alcade” Lene invited me when we got to the mall.

“Later baby,let’s find clothes for you first, okay?”i invited him to nod immediately.

“Okael”, he agreed, we went to the Department Store to buy clothes. Later we will go to the grocery store to buy what we need for the house, then we will go to the arcade.

While I was shopping for Lene's clothes, she suddenly appeared with a cute dress which is a halter dress style with a ribbon on the middle.

“Look mom,it's cute like me” she smiled so I laughed and took it from her hand.

“Yeah baby,pink suits you well. You want this?”

“’eah mommy” nods.

“Okay we will buy this” I said so her eyes lit up. Even though my friends spoiled Lene, she is not a spendthrift like other children, she knows how to be satisfied with something and she appreciates small things so Liyah does not have difficulty in giving a gift to him. After we look at the Department Store we go to a Toy story,one of toy stores in this mall.

“Mom looks oh” taught by Lene in a small stuffed toy, well the stuffed toy looks like a keychain because of its size.

“You want that?”

“No mommy i have that in house”

“Okay” we continued touring until my cellphone rang.“Baby stay here, I will just answer this okay?”i said goodbye to Lene and sat her on a bench here in the store.

“Okay po” he answered and I moved away from him a little.

Bree’s calling…

“Michelle?!”

“Bree, why?”

“Nothing I just want to say hi to my son, Maximo and I couldn't go because I watched over the twin”

“It’s fine,Lene will understand that”

“Oh, can I talk to him?”

“Oh, wait, I was about to go to the place where I left Lene when I noticed that she wasn't there, I looked around to see her but….

Without

“Bree, I'll just call you later”, I said goodbye, I didn't wait for his answer and the call was turned off “Lene!”i called my son loudly but I didn't even see his shadow inside the store, I walked around “Michellene!”i called loudly again.

“Brother, did you see the boy I was with earlier?”i asked the gurad guarding the store.

“I can't answer it.

“Didn't you notice him come out?”

“No child has come out here yet mam” he answered.

“Thank you ho” I said and continued looking for my son.”Brielle Michellene!”i called her full name loudly. Brielle was coming from her father Brian, I didn't deny her name to my son because that's Lene's right, but Lene's last name is mine because that's a different story.

“Mommy!”i looked at the source of that voice, and there I saw Lene was standing, I immediately approached her and hugged her.

“Hush baby, I thought where did you go. Don't do that again, okay?”

“Okael po, toly po”

“Where did you go?”

“Michelle?”my whole being felt cold when I heard that voice, and within four years I saw it again…

…

…

…

The man who broke my heart.

Brian.

“I see him mommy so I follow him I came back to reality when Lene spoke, I quickly stood up and carried her.

“Mommy?she’s your mommy baby girl?”brian turned to my son.

“Yet, my son answered, I want to laugh but we are in this situation.

“Let’s go” my invitation to Lene.

“Michelle let’s—"

“I don't have time” when I cut off whatever he says, I want to talk to him but I don't want to. I can't, I can't face him, I have to admit that I'm still hurt until now by what happened to us. I'm still affected.

“Sher, you know my mom?”lene turned to Brian.

“Ye—”

“No,baby.He doesn’t—”

“Yes baby, I know your mom”

We are like fools who cut off what to say in front of my son, I can't bear to admit the truth to him, I still can't admit that his real father is right in front of him, because all Lene knows is that he is in another country ‘to work.

I couldn't do ANYTHING but talk to Brian because even Lene insisted, I don't know how the two of them met earlier, Lene seems to have gotten along with her worthless father.

And now we are here at Kye's resthouse because Lene invited me home, I don't want to bring Brian here at the behest of Kye's friends but I can't do anything because Lene herself insisted that he come. Brian tell to my daughter that his boyfriend,ex to be exact and good and he knows about our relationship that I cut off a long time ago because of the thickness of his face.

“Michelle, we told you why did you bring him there?”kye asked me, I'm talking to him now on the cellphone because I called him to tell him what happened, Brian is putting Lene to sleep because it looks like the father and son are close even though they just met once.

“He insisted, Lene was also insist” I sighed.

“You know you can reject him, right?”

“You know what Lene can do, aren't you?”

“Yeah” he answered and he sighed “Michelle, There's nothing I can do about that, it's your decision So whatever you think is right always follow that,me and your friends are always here to support you. Always remember that we treat you as our li'l sister” he said seriously. After a while he said goodbye.

When I entered the house I saw Brian sitting on the sofa and far away. He looked, I sighed softly and approached him but I made sure there was a distance between us.

“Where is Lene?”i asked him.

“She is already sleeping” he answered and stood up.

“You can go home now, thanks” my information.

“Who brought you here in Tagaytay?”

“Some of my friends”

“Who?”

“You don't need to know Brian, all the relationship between the two of us is end so don't meddling with my business”.

“Michelle, enlighten me. Is Lene your daughter?”he asked so I was dumbfounded.

“Is it just stupid?that's why I'm called mommy ‘, right?”i asked sarcastically, I wanted to hit him. Well, only four years passed as if he was broken, so his brain was shaken and stupid. But I have to admit that even though that happened to him, he was more handsome, nothing changed, he just added. From his equal eyebrows that always meet because of the occasional frown on his forehead, towards his blue eyes,with her sharp nose on her naturally red lips and her muscles that are more defined by her. And Lene, like the girl version of Brian because she looks exactly like her father. Lene has a blue eyes also, her nose is pointed and her lips are naturally red. Meanwhile I gave birth to him but she didn't even get a mole from me.

Bad trip.

“Is she my daughter?”brian asked again.

I looked at him bitterly “Brian, I told you before and I'll tell you again now, you have no right to my son because you didn't want to lose him from the beginning so you don't want him anymore so what changed mind as if you want my son again?And one more thing, since I ended our relationship, you have no relationship with me and even with my son. That's why he's not your son. I said in a hard tone, I kept being brave in front of him but inside I wanted to cry because looking back on the past, looking back,if only my friends hadn't supported me, I wouldn't have known where Lene and I would have been picked up.

“Michelle—”

“Brian please, have mercy on me. What you did was so painful, ‘, don't expect me to talk to you about what you want,’don't worry I didn't tell Lene that her father is dead. I named your name after her but ‘don't expect me to agree to use your last name because that's a diffe

rent story, I said seriously and I saw the passing of pain in his eyes He deserves the pain,the deserves his suffering because even my son and I also suffered.

"Why?"