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
SEKANI: I returned from work and walked into the aroma of food cooking in the kitchen. As tired as I was, my feet couldn't help but carry me over to the kitchen. Well, Sean was standing in front of the cooker with a pan stir-frying vegetables. I stood by the door, contemplating either walking into the kitchen or turning to leave. "You can come in if you like." "I wasn't planning on doing that," I replied and pulled my bag to my shoulder. "What are you making tonight?" He briefly turned to look at me before smiling. "Stir-fry pasta." "Oh," I nodded. "Nice. So do you need any help?" "Yeah. Mya hasn't done her homework yet. I was planning on doing that after cooking but I think she would be hungry by then." "I'll help," I smiled briefly before walking away from him and leaving the kitchen. I'd do anything not to not be in the same room with him. I found Mya seated in the living room with a coloring book in hand. Her new set of crayons was scattered
SEAN: The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed and a needy Mya on the bed. Sitting up, I yawned and stretched before checking to see it was almost seven-thirty. "Baby," I muttered, slipping out of the bed and pulling Mya along with me. "When did you wake up?" "When mummy went to work," She replied with a sigh. "Why don't we all have breakfast and go to school together?" "Huh?" I replied absentmindedly as I made my way out of the room. Mya rushed behind me and tugged at my sweatpants. "Why don't we all wake up together and go to school together?" I slowed down and bent to the side to pick her into my arms. "Because mummy has to be at work really early. School starts at eight-thirty for you. We wouldn't want you to be alone in school. Plus my work resumes at nine." "But mum doesn't go to work early all the time. She's the boss, right? Why does she have to be early?" Well, I already had an answer. She didn't want to be anywhere close to me. It was th
SEKANI: Work was really hectic today. I had to admit that it was. I'd done a lot of getting mad at Shirley today and I knew she didn't deserve to be talked to in that manner but I couldn't care less. One of my staff had left the room in tears after I'd called her out for her insubordination. I was going over a file when a knock sounded on the door. I looked up to see Luca standing there with a paper bag and a smile on his face. "I brought food," He raised the paper bag up and smiled. "Figured you hadn't eaten." "No. I haven't." I sat up and closed my laptop. Seeing food had reignited the hunger I had stashed to the side from laziness of standing up to get food or asking Sheila to order me some. He pulled out a seat and placed the bag on the table before he sat. "The office seems very quiet and melancholic today. Did something happen?Sheila didn't give me a reply when I asked if you were in. “ "Yeah, I addressed a few things that didn't sit well with a lot o
SEAN: You know, Jake was right. I did have to stress myself over whether she liked something or not. She didn't and it was very much obvious. I tried not to get mad over the fact that I'd spent a couple hundred dollars on that shawl. I had seen it the moment I walked into the clothes store and instantly knew that dress belonged to Serene's arms. And it did belong to her arms. So I guessed that was a gift I'd given her without expecting anything in return. Mya was happy to see me and that alone was enough to make my day. When I showed her the beanie I got for her, she literally jumped on me and kissed me on the cheek while saying many thanks. If I hadn't held her back, she would have rushed back to school to show her friends that her father had gotten a gift for her. I was just about to steer her into the car when a lady dressed in corporate clothing stepped out of the school's building and waved over at me. Squinting, I cocked my head to the side to see who it was. I