The fear that my mom had in her eyes through the last day were gone. Now she was a new woman. Had the power to start all over again.
When I walked in the kitchen with Josh, we were surprised to see the things she’d cooked. She made pancakes, bread, chocolate cake, and strawberry juice. My favorite.
When she saw us, her face illuminated. She opened her arms and gave us a worm hug.
“Good morning my angels!” She said and looked to our face. Then she continued. “I hope you had a nice night. I did! And is so good to have you two here!”
“Thanks Ab.” Josh said with his crooked smile. “I had a wonderful night indeed. The sound of the trees is wonderful to relax.”
“Oh! You’ll love here in the fall then! Is so cozy, promise you’ll come!” She said and then looked at me. “Dan. I want you two here in the fall.”
“Of course mom!” I said giving her a kiss.
I was happy. She was happy. She was the woman I used to know. And I couldn’t be more happier. I had Josh there with me too.
We had a long breakfast and talked all the time. Sadly Josh had to leave that morning as he’d to talk to his father. As he left some stuffs in the lighthouse I went there with him to grab them before he came back to the city.
“What you think your mom will do now?” Josh asked me.
“I don’t know. But she’s really happy. And this make me happy. And you don’t know how glad I am to have you here with me…”
“Me too. What time you’ll leave tomorrow?”
“In the morning. Why?
“Nothing…”
“All right…Too bad you won’t be here to met Sookie! She’s so nice!”
“I would love too, but I had to talk to my dad. And he’s really a jerk.”
“You have to tell me what you talk with your dad.” I said joking.
“It’s really boring love, but one day you’ll know.”
He kissed me and then hit the road back Stable City.
I looked his SUV cross the road, and I smiled. I’ve found the happiness.
The cold wind was there, taking my smile till him.
Was going to rain.
Later that day, the rain continued and the cold came as a bonus.
My mom replaced her house and already paint her bedroom walls. She was really happy. I had my dinner with Sookie, and had a wonderful night with her and her husband and son.
I came back to my house and told my mom that Sookie’d come to her house tomorrow to help her clean the rest of the house. At least I’d come back home knowing that my mom had a friend with her.
As was my last night there, my mom and I made a movie session with Titanic, one of the first movie we’d seen so late.
We ate MM’s and popcorn, with coke.
In the morning I had my breakfast and came home.
I promised her to visit her soon.
I was crazy to see Josh again. Fell his soft lips touching my. Stay in the bed with him, just talking.
But first I had an entire day with Kiki and Richard.
I thought that the first thing that Kiki’d do was scream and say “Where the hell have you been?” But she just said a nice and lifeless “Hi Dan.”
I answered with a big smile and said “Hey Kiki!” And she just gave a forced smile to me.
Later I’d have to cheer her up.
Richard decided to make a big sale in the store, and that took me all day to change the prices and print the new sale offers.
During the day I only saw Kiki once, and she was talking with Patricia. Josh called me in my launch time and told me that he had had a nice day with his dad, and said to meet him in the City of
Twenty minutes before the store close, I went to Kiki’s desk. She was in the phone, and looked surprised to see me there.
“Hey.” I said to her.
“Hey.” She said after she hang the phone.
“So, I haven’t seen you today, how’s your weekend?” I asked sitting in the desk.
“Sorry. I wasn’t in the mood,” She took a little break and then continued “You know. We sometimes have really terrible days, and mine end up being this last weekend.” She said crying.
God, she looked really terrible. Something really horrible must have happened.
“What happened Kiki?”
“Remember that guy I told you about? That I met?”
“Yeah.”
“So, he… he’d stolen my things.”
“What?”
“Yeah, he just hit my head last night, and then when I woke up my TV was gone, and my purse, and my shoes.” She said crying.
“Have you called the police?”
“Yeah, and he’s been doing this for two years, and they never catch him.”
“I can’t believe, are you ok? I mean, if he hit your head, you must go to the hospital.”
“Don’t worry Dan, I’m ok. And what can I do? I have to continue living my life as normal as possible. I mean, he just stole idiot things, I can by a new TV, and shoes, and my purse, well, what can I say. I called the bank and blocked my cards.”
I must say that she looked really confident. But I didn’t get why she avoid me the all day.
I gave her a hug and said “If you need anything just ask me.”
“Thanks.” She said.
“Poor Kiki.” Josh said.
“Yeah. I’m felling terrible. I like Kiki, but this last days, I haven’t been nice to her, I was just thinking of me.”
“You can’t blame yourself. You didn’t said : Here Kiki, date this guy. She hang up with him by herself.”
“I know. But I feel sad.”
“Hey! I don’t want you like this, and plus, you’ll scare the costumers.” He said laughing.
“Funny, but tell me more about your dad, what you guys did?”
“Well, I came home and talked to him, about his behavior, not accepting me. And told about the cheating on mom, and her on him. And he was really nice, said that he always loved me and he was angry with other things and he put everything on me. And about my mom, he’d said that they’re trying to be together, but he is not easy. And guess what?”
“What?”
“I told about you to him.”
“You did?”
“Yes! And he said that he wants to know you!”
“Really?”
“Yeah! He told me to ask you to have diner with us tomorrow. You’ll go, won’t you?”
“Of course!”
“I still can’t believe that I was talking to my dad.” Josh said to me.
“I’m glad, everything is in the right place now.”
“Yeah, and talking about place, we could rent a film, what you think?”
“Hum, It’s sounds perfect, can I choose the film?”
“Of course Dan!”
“So, I’ve to go to an store and I’ll be right back, ok?”
“Ok.”
I left the dinner and hit the Happy place for Lonely Girls, this old store opened to make girls happy after something that made them sad. I really didn’t believe in the story but Kiki was really sad, and I thought that wouldn’t hurt.
To enter in the store there’s this guy, a hot one, in the front, like a host, and he says: “Hello, welcome to
I got inside the store thinking of the guy, he must hate his job.
After ten minutes I found the perfect gift for Kiki, a huge Eeyore.
I stop by the video shop in the mall, picked Under the tuscan sun and headed back to City of fruits.
I stood there with Josh till he closed the place and then we went to my house.
I woke up with Josh kissing my ears, and mumbling “Good Morning my love”
I think I’d never get tired of wake up with him in my bed, in the morning he looks more hot then he does, his eyes get so blue in the morning that is impossible not smile, and his crooked smile, God that make me want kiss him forever. His hair was like I liked, ruffled.
“Good morning my angel” I said giving him a kiss.
“Good morning my love, I thought you’d sleep all day” He said getting up.
He wore his pants and his shirt, went to the kitchen and then came back with orange juice and donuts.
“So, what time you want to me pick you up?” He asked.
“Hum.. I don’t know, after eight.” I said eating the donut. “I’ll take Kiki to that place for a milk-shake, I’ll not get late, just to give her the Eeyore.”
“Ok, Don’t worry. I’ll wait for you in the lobby. And I’m really jealousy that you’re giving her a present and nothing to me.” He said with his beautiful crooked smile.
“Poor kid, don’t worry, you’ll have a surprise soon.” I said and kissed this forehead. “And you’ll not be waiting in the lobby. It’s time for you have the apartment keys.”
“Really? I mean, this is a huge step. And you know most of people don’t like this, and…”
“Shut! You’re the one, you’re the person I’ll die with. And after all it’s only keys.”
“I love you know?”
“Hum.. I don’t know.. I think, but you could make something to show your love to me.” I said smiling.
“Let me see, I think I know something.” He said with his crooked smile, and then hugged me.
©Leonardo Martins
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