That day, Alice waited impatiently for her sister's call, but it never came; instead, she received Loren's visit almost at ten at night. But not Mary Jane's call."Loren." She gave her a strong hug and then dragged her into the house.Loren was angry with Robert because, thanks to Beth, Alice almost went back to jail."Where's Robert?!" She asked angrily. "He never puts a stop to that damn crazy woman! Never!""Shh! Calm down, Loren. Robert is putting Ethan to sleep; he just woke up to eat. Right now, Bethany is the least of my worries. I'm more concerned about Mary Jane. Where's Mark?""Mary? Mark? But what's going on here? Even dad called me, as if I were Mark's nanny or his mother. Is there something or not between Mary and Mark?""I don't know, that's what I want to find out. Why haven't you talked to Mark?""But you still haven't told me what's happening with Mary.""It's just... I went to see her today. How do you not know anything?!""I know nothing! I only know about you what
"Will you lift my punishment?" She hadn't woken up in her bed, but Robert went to Alice's in the middle of the night. I couldn't stand that she was still keeping distance from him.That night Alice felt some hands around her waist, but she thought she was sleeping, until Robert woke her up with his words.The blonde pushed away the hair that was spread across her face, receiving dozens of kisses on her face, on her lips, on her bare shoulders, quickly pushed Robert's arms away and began to get up."But what are you doing in my bed, Robert?" I couldn't even say what time he went to his bed or how long he had been there."I was cold." He made an excuse."And I'm hot. What time is it?"Time to stay in bed and more if I'm in it. Come here." He took that body back to bed, leaving it on top of him. Alice wrinkled her frown, squinting to look at him. "Today I'll talk to Beth," she said, but quickly corrected. "Today I'll talk to Bethany. After lunch."Why not in the morning?" Go in the morni
"Don't you feel alone here?" Sofia went to visit her father, Simon and Alice had convinced him to talk to Henry Taylor so that he could agree to give him the share of the inheritance that belonged to the young Alice."No. I have lived in this house since you were born, why should I feel alone? Why isn't your mother there?""I guess that's why. It's very strange not to feel her in the house, too quiet, she needs it."And do you think I don't know?" It was his decision to divorce at this point of play. I don't know how it crossed his mind, but it's fine. At some point things end and that was the end of our marriage. Years of company, reduced to nothing. We always agreed on everything, we were very close. And your mother didn't have to understand everything but she accepted it. He always trusted me. And that's the most beautiful thing about a marriage, trust, even if there are differences. Trust is the essence of everything. If he didn't trust me anymore... it was logical that he wanted
"Alice," she got back into her bed, now it was he who went to her in search of being punished, she had solved things with Bethany, but Alice did not mention anything that he was already forgiven, on the contrary, she walked around the house with her legs in the air and those breasts showing up through the blouse, she bathed with the door open and used to get into her bathroom to shower there, another way to punish him while he drooled with everything about Alice. She was very aware of that, for that same reason she did it. "Alice." She inserted herself under the sheets and on her thigh you saw the tattoo of just two days since she did it.It had been an extremely long week for Robert and it didn't seem to end.Alice's hands pushed him away, but he turned around, turning in the direction of him."But what are you doing here?""I'm cold." He gave the same excuse as every night before, looking for Alice's warmth, but not because she was cold. "I've come to sleep accompanied."Go to your
"It has been very hot today," adding to that all the time they both were trying to walk, with Robert managing to get Ethan to take about two steps, very quickly while trying to reach his father and not fall to the ground.The problem is that Ethan liked the ground more and would only take very short steps, without fear, but with laziness. For walking, he was very lazy; he would immediately throw himself to the ground, grab one of the toys, and entertain himself. Soon he would be a year old; it was just around the corner, and he was babbling a lot, almost saying clear words, but not quite there. It was likely that he would speak first, as that was progressing faster. Or perhaps his young parents were eager to see their little son do one of the two things.He lay down in Alice's bed with Ethan playing on him, gradually getting tired until he was lying on his father's chest. The feeling was always pleasant, so much so that he never got used to it, because it always surprised him, that pl
The suitcases were packed.Robert had called his brother to tell him that he did not accept the job, thanking him for his offer, but that he would give his project a chance, with the support of Alice, who would be the one who would put the money to do it, start with that dream that was now of the two of us."Are you ready?""Not yet," she said, already a little tired of answering the same thing, because Robert and the baby were ready a while ago, but Alice was taking longer. I had more things to do than the two of them.He got lost at the door before receiving one of his glances."Mom should never be rushed," he told his son. "We have to give him all the time in the world, even if we miss the flight, don't we?" He took Ethan's hand and put him on his feet, he clung to his father's fingers as they walked.Little by little Robert was loosening the grip that his son had, until he only touched his hand and without Ethan noticing he came to walk about ten steps at least without the help of
Cedric had offered himself to pick up Robert from the airport. It was the first time he would see his brother's son or his wife after only seeing her for a few minutes at their wedding. He was excited, happy.Connor, along with his siblings, had prepared a humorous sign for him to wait with for his brother, looking at the painstakingly crafted letters by Connor and the funny drawings made by his kids. Everyone was excited about Robert's arrival, even if it was just for a visit.Except one person.Noelia wasn't too pleased. She took a small victory in knowing Robert wouldn't work with her husband but didn't expect them to visit, especially after what had happened and the last call Robert made in which Alice also spoke.He raised his sign when they announced the passengers from that flight were coming out but couldn't see Robert, thinking they might be delayed by the luggage.Walking back and forth, dodging those waiting and the passengers coming out, except his brother. A bit resigned,
"We are civilized people," Robert thought as he saw Cedric's mother arrive. He remembered her just as she was, despite the years they hadn't seen each other, the years they avoided seeing each other because Robert represented something she despised, a reason for Mr. Graham to divorce her and marry Robert's mother.Alice felt Robert tense up, and only then did she realize why Noelia had such a wide smile. She was winning this silent battle. Robert had told her that Cedric's mother had poisoned his mind against him when they were children, which drove them further apart, especially since Cedric hurt Robert. But now, it seemed, the older brother wanted to get along with Robert. The schemes were Noelia's, to annoy, not Cedric's."I'm sorry, Robert. I had no idea," Cedric apologized, but Robert just shrugged, downplaying the presence of his mother. They were adults now; it shouldn't affect him, and that lady should have let go of her hatred towards someone who had nothing to do with her se