SEKANI: "I told you I could take care of her," Sean spoke from where he stood behind me, close to the door. I'd just tucked Mya into her bed, sitting at the edge and watching her sleep peacefully. Yeah, she had no problem in this world so she had the right to sleep as much as she wanted. It was one thing I envied so much, to be like a child. To sleep without a care in the world, to sleep without my problems at the back of my mind. I softly brushed her hair back before kissing her on the cheek and pushing to my feet. Sean was at the door and he didn't look pleased at all. His scowl deepened and he leaned away from the door. "Can we talk outside for a moment?" "We're going in the same direction. We can talk on our way to the room," I replied in a chirpy tone. I knew very well that he was mad about what I did tonight but I didn't care the least. He couldn't hog Mya for the whole of today, having all her attention directed at him and welcomed into her heart so easily. Wa
SEKANI: I woke up to the sound of giggles and plates clanging in the kitchen. I leaned back, stretching my body like a feline cat while turning away from the saturated morning sunlight that poured into the window. In my anger last night, I'd forgotten that rooms had windows with drapes that were meant to be closed at night, jumping right into bed and now, I was bearing the brunt of it. I leaned back into the bed, waiting for my brain to boot in ten minutes like I usually did every morning, especially when Mya didn't have to wake me first. Memories from yesterday came rushing back. Mya and Sean had gotten along really easily. It made me really uncomfortable. Angry even. How could he be gone for several years, only to be back and snatching the attention of my daughter from me? I knew Mya was his daughter too but I couldn't help logicality right now. I didn't want to be logical. Not at all. Something crashed and I jumped, flying out of the bed and rushing out of the room I
SEAN: Sekani was nowhere to be found. Right after she'd changed Mya into her swimsuit, she disappeared into her room, leaving us both to ourselves. Mya was sad. She sulked the whole time we walked to the pool, looking back constantly to see if her mother was going to come for her. But there was no sign of Sekani and I wasn't just displeased by her attitude. I was mad. "Are you sure mummy is coming?" Mya asked right after she threw the towel off her and came to stand beside me in front of the pool. I shrugged. "I don't know if she would. Let's just hope she's getting changed into a bathing suit too." "She doesn't swim." I looked at her. "How do you know that?" "I've never seen her swim. We have a large pool at the house but she rarely goes out." "What's she always doing in her leisure time? Her weekends." "She's always busy. Well, she takes me to practice on Saturday but she still has calls to answer and as soon as it's over, she takes me back home and dri
SEAN: Mya fell asleep before the cartoon ended. I could have taken her back to her room but I was already enjoying the cartoon and didn't want to watch it halfway to the end. Mya had a very good way of making me invested in watching it with her. Her description was very detailed and she made it clear how and why she loved to watch it. A smart kid. That was who she was. I still had Sekani to thank for everything. She had done a lot and invested in our daughter, so much that she was starting to take after her smartness. Once the credits rolled, I lifted Mya in my arms and headed out of the TV room towards her room. I caught the light in the kitchen to see that it was one. Definitely, someone was in there and I knew it was Keila. She was probably watching a few videos on YouTube as I could hear someone speaking in the background. Once Mya was fully tucked in, I turned and made my way out of the room, thankful that I had the time to just do everything myself. I thought
SEKANI: "I'd love to drive her to school," Sean replied after I told him we would be taking different cars. "Because I don't get why you're just overcomplicating things." "Overcomplicating things?" She laughed. "What the hell are you even talking about?" "You're going to the office really early. At fucking seven. The school doesn't start until eight thirty. I leave for work by nine but I can get dressed early enough to drop her at school and somehow, you think it's me making her not punctual to school?" "We would not be talking about this, Sean," I shook my head at him and laughed. "I really don't want to have this conversation with you and if you're going to really understand why I don't want to, I would so appreciate it." "Yes," He laughed. "Avoid talking about things as usual. Yesterday, you made a show of us before Mya and now she thinks we hate each other. Do you even realize how much baggage we are putting on that little girl? She's so little and yet, she get
SEAN: I'd just stepped out of the elevator when I came across Luca. He had come out of the corner, a smile on his face. It faltered the moment he set eyes on me and died into a frown. "I see the trophy husband is here to pay his wife a visit," He spoke, his voice tainted with disdain. Then his eyes lowered to my hand and he looked up at me with raised brows. "You brought food for her?" "Do you seem to have a problem with that?" I asked, trying not to sound at all affected by his tone. I could tell he was doing this to rile me up. He shrugged. "Not at all. Why would I? After all, you're doing this for her because you get to get something in return, right?" "I don't know where you're driving so I'll leave you to go on your way. Have a nice day, Luca." "You better watch how you walk around her," He called just before I walked away. "Because if you do anything to hurt her, I'll make sure you pay for it." I wanted to say something but I kept quiet. I couldn't ju
SEKANI: I was the first to pick her up from school. Thankfully, I didn't meet Sean there. It was time for mother and daughter to rebound. "Mum, where's Dad?" Was the first question Mya asked me the moment she stepped out of the hall. Really? I tried not to look too upset as I took her hand and led her across the overgrown lawn. An old man was mowing it so I was rest assured that no one would be getting any snake bites at all. "He's at work." She sulked. "He said he was going to pick me up from school today but he's not here. He promised." "Well, honey," I pulled the car door open, helped her in before crouching in front of her. "Daddy has business to run. He might have wanted to be here but something probably came up. You know how it is with me sometimes, right? I make a promise to be with you but it ends up not happening because I have things to do." She nodded. "Yes." "You'll see him soon, okay." "Will there be a babysitter for me soon?
SEAN: The first thing to welcome me once I walked into our room was the scent of cinnamons and coconuts. I almost believed Sekani had a carton of cinnamon rolls or something in this room but it was just her spritzing perfume on her skin and inhaling softly. She slapped the liquid over her skin before turning to look at me with raised brows. "Why are you staring like that?" I swallowed. "Uhm, that smell. It's nice." She nodded and faced the mirror again. I went to take a seat close to the window and picked a magazine I'd been going through yesterday. Something clattered to the vanity table Sekani had immediately possessed the moment she walked into this place and I looked up to see she had twisted a very small transparent pink container open. She was doing her nighttime skincare. I sat back and watched as she picked a bottle of liquid that wasn't water. That was definitely a toner. She pulled out a cotton swab from a silver packet, dropped a few dro