Chapter 0244

ANASTASIA

5 YEARS AFTER

"Why do I have to go there everyday? I wanna go with, u!" She said and turned away from me.

I sighed, dropped her backpack, lunchbox and my bag on the chair. and stooped to her height.

"Hey baby," I said softly and she responded by turning away from me again.

"Amie please," I took hold of her hands but she snatched it away. "Don't talk to me."

"Amie, look at me," I said in a firm voice and she immediately turned to me with a pout and watery eyes. I hate to raise my voice at her but sometimes it was the only way to get her to listen.

I gently took her hands in mine and thankfully, she didn't pull away this time. "Baby, you can't come with me to work. It's not allowed."

"Why?" She sulked, "I can work."

"I know that, Amie," I said with a small smile. "You're a very hardworking girl. But right now, school is more important for you, okay? When the time is right you'd work and no one will stop you." "What can't I work now?" She whinged, "I'm five!"

I almost threw my hands up. "Exactly, baby. You're five! You're too young to work."

turned five, she's been incessant about helping

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got all the impressions that she needed to help me. It was sweet but it sometimes got frustrating sometimes. Her shoulders drooped, "But

gasped dramatically, widening my

looked into my eyes

secondly, you meet new friends to learn lots of new stuff with and there's always

mommy but I

smiled, my heart warming. "I want to be with you all the time too baby but it's what it is." I placed a kiss on her forehead. "Tell your what, if you listen to mommy and

Her eyes bulged, "Really?"

"Really!"

hands around

arms wound around my neck; for the umpteenth time, I was

pregnancy.

have hesitated to run to Aiden and excitedly tell him that we were going to have a child together but then,

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was not ready to get tied down fathering

I had remained in my room. Nothing Clara did made me budge or step out. My first intent was to remove the pregnancy. I was still struggling to find and cater for myself, adding a child to my life would be unreasonable. But I couldn't

around my bundle of joy. It's been five years and even though, it was hard at some point, I hadn't for once regretted my decision. She has brought nothing but happiness into my

sweetheart," I reached for her lunchbox and backpack. "Let's get moving else we'd be

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