Chapter 54: Why are you kissing your mistress?
~~~I don't see the smile you used to give to me, I don't see the same look in your eyes. I don't know why it's happening to us. It's hard to keep the pieces of a broken heart. Oh, maybe I just have to face the truth, I'm losing you and there's nothing I can do. Maybe it's time to let go, it's time to move on. It is the time to forget what we have shared~~~
-Sarah Geronimo Guidicelli-
As the days went by, I found it more difficult to adjust to Luke and I's situation. We hardly saw him around the house and I almost lost reason or alibi every time Cali asks me about her father.
I don't know what stopping from to leaving him when I know I was already suffering. Maybe because I just love him that much that if the love I have for him can be called a crime, I'm sure I have already been put in jail since day one.
Keeping secrets from my own daughter and my family has never been easy and the more I hide the truth, the more they get the answers... it seems like the truth itself has been the one spots close to them and I can't do anything to stop it. Just like what happened in the two following days...
Friday afternoon, after getting the laundry from the laundry shop, I walked into the house and saw my daughter sitting in the living room. She was playing and making her doll sleep in the dollhouse which was given to her by her Uncle Dale on her birthday. I sat on the couch and I smiled at her when she got up and stared at me.
"Mommy, can I ask you something?" She has furrowed eyebrows when she asked me.
"Sure, what is it?"
"What is a mistress?"
My forehead creased as I was shocked and confused as to where she got that word.
"Baby, where did you learn that word?"
"Hmm... I heard it from Maine when she yelled at Gerry---"
"Wait, who is Maine?"
"She's the woman from the movie Rory was watching yesterday."
"Ahh... and how about Gerry, who is he?"
"He's Maine's husband."
"Ohh, so he's Maine's husband," I said nodding, but my eyes were on Rory who's giving me an awkward smile.
"Yes, I heard Maine yell at Gerry and she said... she said... stop seeing his mistress."
"You heard her scream..." I repeat, nodding.
"Yeah, and she was so mad."
"Uhm..." I pretended to laugh, but deep inside I was already thinking what would I answer to her question. "Mommy, what is a mistress?"
She stared at me, waiting for me to speak.
"A mistress is uhm... a friend!"
"A friend?"
is a friend, right?" I turned
I didn't miss the way she let out a sigh of relief when Cali
friend." Cali
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the next day, Saturday, at 7:00 o'clock in the morning, Cali entered her father's room but when she found out he wasn't there, she immediately ran downstairs to his study room and there she found
ran upstairs and knocked on my door and the first question
"Mommy, who is Cherry?"
shock but her next question was left me
"Is she daddy's mistress?"
also thinking if it's right that I told her yesterday that
did you
heard daddy talking to
here." I lifted her up and placed to my lap. "Why did you
just want to hug and kiss daddy before
and then I smiled
I looked for him downstairs. I just don't want him
answer brought me in tears but I immediately blinked them
sorry, mommy, I won't do it
okay, just promise me
forgot
"Mommy, who is Cherry?"
"Uhm... Cherry is---"
I love you before
him mentioned I
"Hmm."
say those words to her when he had never mentioned it to me in those four years? "She's your daddy's friend, I mean one of his friends
"College?"
when he was
that mean Cherry is his
would I answer her? Would I say yes? "Baby---" but I was interrupted when we heard a knock on the door, and seconds later, Elaine's face came into our sight. "Sam, I'm sorry, I didn't notice we ran out of kitchen
She nodded.
go with them?" I turned to
the supermarket to buy groceries and no
to hold
Elaine who
"Mommy, please?"
I was so weak when it came to her, so I had no choice but to say
"Yehey!"
I should
since I have nothing to do, I decided to make Cali's favorite, blueberry cheesecake. I happily took
indulged by what I was doing that I had no
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