Chapter 30
Amelia’s Point Of View.
On Saturday I decided to go to the mall to buy something for them to wear tomorrow, we were in the car going to the mall when I heard Aria speak.
“Mom, why didn’t we meet your mom?” she asked while playing with the teddy bear hse was holding.
My grip on the steering wheel tightened because of what I heard, I expected them to ask this because they only knew my dad.
“Because she’s gone, Aria,” it took me a long time to answer.
“Huh?” Aria didn’t seem to understand what I said.
Caleb looked at her. “Mom said it’s because her mom is dead,” he explained and Aria looked surprised at what she heard.
“That’s so sad, do you miss her, mom?” Aria looked at me sadly so I laughed.
“I always missed her, baby,” I said. “I hope she’s here and with us, I know she’ll be happy if she meets you,” I added and Aria looked scared.
“Mom, I don’t like ghosts,” Aria said fearfully.
I laughed out loud as Caleb looked at Aria with a smile.
“My mom is a harmless ghost, she can’t hurt you, Aria,” I said laughing but she didn’t seem to want to believe it.
“But she’s still a ghost, mom,” Aria said in fear, making me laugh even louder.
I scared her the whole way we went to the mall, apart from buying clothes, I also wanted to buy things that I could put in the condo. I have arranged our things again, but I haven’t decorated the whole condo yet.
It’s plain to see because I haven’t fixed it yet because I’m too busy now that I’m back at work. What I can say about this first week of returning to work is that I am happy, it’s like a wound in my heart has calmed down because I returned to the job I love.
When we got to the mall, I quickly went straight to the kids clothing store, I first looked for a dress for Aria, she was very happy while showing me the dresses she said she wanted. While Caleb is by my side, I’m really happy because at Caleb’s young age he knows how to listen, I’m not afraid that he might get lost every time we go out because I know he’ll listen to me when I say he’s by my side and don’t leave.
“Mom! Look at this dress,” Aria approached me smiling as she showed me the pink dress she was holding.
“Is that what you want to wear tomorrow?” I asked with a smile while looking at the dress and he nodded so I quickly put the dress in the cart and we went straight to find a dress for Caleb, he found it quickly unlike Aria.
“Mom, I want this,” Caleb said and showed me a blue plain t-shirt and another pair of black pants.
I didn’t ask any more questions and quickly put what he took in the cart, next I was looking for a dress to wear. I quickly found a formal black dress, we also looked for shoes for Caleb and sandals for Aria. While I didn’t buy anymore because I have a collection of heels that I haven’t used in a long time.
I also bought new curtains and floor coverings, as well as new sheets and pillowcases. After that I quickly paid the cashier, after paying Aria said she was hungry so we went back to my car and I put the paper bags inside that contained the things we bought.
I said we should just drive thru Jollibee and she quickly agreed. After we bought, we quickly went home while the two of them were eating in the back.
When the red light came on, I quickly looked in the mirror on top of my car and watched them eat, still being overwhelmed that in just an instant, I had two children.
Everything was so sudden to me, at first I thought I would not be able to be a mother to them. Because I have no idea how to raise a child, mom is not by my side to help me.
So I’m also very proud of myself because even though I was alone I was able to revive them, I suddenly remembered those times when I had just given birth to them and I had a hard time changing their diapers.
I am very stressed, because there are times when they cry together every morning. I’m alone, so I don’t know who I should prioritize among the two. I can’t even take care of myself, but I know that my hard work is worth it because by just looking at them right now, I know that I have raised them to have a heart for themselves and for others.
When I got home, I quickly arranged the things we bought, they fell asleep right away because I knew they were tired from walking around the mall all afternoon.
I sat down on the sofa to rest, I took out my cell phone and called dad’s number, several rings passed but he still didn’t answer the call until my phone completely died.
I sighed before placing the cellphone next to me, I don’t know if he’s in the office right now so he didn’t answer his cellphone.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
I feel like with each passing day, I’m losing hope that my dad and I will ever get back together, and I fucking hate it. I don’t want us to treat each other completely differently, we were close then so I can’t really accept it.
He’s getting old and so am I, I don’t want it to get to the point where we can’t even talk properly, I’m not saying he’s about to disappear but life is fast and you can disappear anytime.
I still have a lot to tell dad.