One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 68: I am no longer your wife!

~~~All the pain and the truth I wear like a battle wound, so ashamed, so confused. I was broken and bruised. Now I'm a warrior, now I've got thicker skin. I'm a warrior, I'm stronger than I've ever been and my armour is made of steel, you can't get in. I'm a warrior and you can never hurt me again.~~~

-Demi Lovato-

-'Ohh...'-

I gulped. I didn't know her words would have a huge impact and a sting in my heart. It was a slap in the face for the two of us to hear those words from our daughter and I couldn't help but blame myself again.

"I'm sorry, baby, I didn't know---" Luke interrupted me putting his hand on mine which at that moment was holding my daughter's hands over the table

"No, Sam, it's me who should apologize. I'm sorry..." He was stopped for a second when I pulled my hand out of his grip. "...for what I did. I'm sorry, my princess for not having been with you all these years, but I want you to know that starting today, daddy will do everything to make you happy and give you the family you dreamed of."

"Luke!" I called him as I didn't like the last line he said. It seemed to me that he was promising her to have a complete family which we both know would never happen.

But he just ignored me.

"I promise to go out with you and your mommy and we will do the things that we haven't done as a family. We will watch movies together, eat together at your favourite restaurant---ouch!"

That was the next word he accidentally added to his sentence as I kicked his leg under the table. He glanced at me but I glared at him.

"Hmm? Why, what happened daddy?" Cali asked him worriedly.

"Oh, uhm... I-I just accidentally bit my tongue, baby."

-'Jeez!'- I just bit my bottom lip to control the smile that wanted to curl up my lips when I heard what he said.

"Does it hurt?"

by your side in every step of your way. I will now do the

turned to me when he said the last line, but thanks to my daughter as she was the one who asked the silent question in my

are

smiled... at me instead to

I still had time. But I think time will run out if I state them one

me again, but I can't

in surprise which was I already expecting. Her reaction when she heard her dad's promise was

to blow the frustrations out of my body and promised to

who helped my daughter eat while I just sat across their seats, ate in silence and smiled every time Cali glanced

known this would happen, I would have asked Jack to come with us. I don't know what's going on in Luke's mind. I have no idea what he was up to and what he was thinking about doing such things. If he's thinking of using my daughter just to

to have a picture with her dad. We also had a photo as a 'family' as

one of the cartoon movies that Cali's like. And inside the cinema, I refused to sit next to Luke, no matter how Cali forced me. Even though I have no idea what the things they talked about before that day, I wasn't that naive not to notice that it

was trying to explain and urged her to sit between me and his dad. I don't want

and kept looking on the screen even though

Luke took us to the department store and bought his daughter a lot of dress, shoes, and all the things she asked for her father. I wanted to stop him from doing it, but when I saw

my daughter.' I kept repeating in my head as helped Cali choose the dress from the clothes

buy her those things which he hadn't done in years. Yes, it may be too much but we

to the ladies section after this, we will buy clothes for you, shoes, bags and everything you

have to and I don't

it's the least I could

give him the chance to finish

attention and effort you're

"Sam---"

sure she would appreciate it. But I'm sorry, I don't know what kind of dress she's wearing, so I can't help you with

up and followed Cali into the dressing room just to

"Are you okay, mommy?"