Chapter 4

The days passed after my friend's party, we went to work and the days were busy as always, >> this restaurant is good << —I thought— those days I began to notice that my friend always felt bad, she looked She was sick, she even had nausea and spent her time in the bathroom vomiting, one day I told her that I had to go to the doctor, I did not want to go, but finally she listened to me and went, the doctor sent her to do several tests to rule out various diseases , and at last the day came when they gave my friend the result and the truth is something that she did not expect. As she had not gone to work in those days because they had sent her to rest, at the weekend I decided to go to her house to visit her.

"Hello friend," I greet him with a kiss and a hug, "how are you?"

"Hi Abby, I'm fine physically speaking," Ale told me somewhat worriedly, "I have something to tell you."

- Yes friend? What is it? I notice you are somewhat worried.

"Oh friend," Ale let out crying, "I'm pregnant, that's why the symptoms, the dizziness, the nausea."

- Really Ale? And Pope?

"It's Carlos, the very damned one. I called him and told him everything, and do you know what he told me?" That he will not take charge, "my friend said between sobs," told me that if he wanted me to have an abortion, that he paid for everything, but he was not going to raise a child, that ours was just an adventure.

"You see Alejandra! That's what I told you, if I saw that Carlos who didn't want anything seriously with you," I said, hugging her from one side, "he saw you as if he wanted to eat you, and look what happens, he's a bit of a man." , And what are you planning to do?

—Well, I don't know Abby, abortion, I don't know, it's not fair, this child is not to blame, but having him also makes it difficult for me, how am I going to support him? Who takes care of it for me while I work? There are so many things to think about, having a child by yourself should not be easy.

—Friend, I can help you, but do not abort, you know that I am against abortion, that is cruel, you take the life of an innocent before you can see this world, I promise you that I will support you and never I'll leave alone

—Oh, there are so many things, friend, I already have a lot of expenses, I have to pay the rent, you know I have to help my parents, and when they find out, I don't know what they will think.

—Quiet friend, you know that in my apartment there is a room that you can use, you can move in with me, that baby will not be able to have a father, but he will have two mothers —I tell Ale with a smile— and as for your parents, well You tell them the truth and that you are going to have your baby by yourself and that I am going to help you. ”I take one of their hands in mine.

"Thank you very much, really, you are a great friend, that's why I love you so much."

A few days later my friend was already moving into my apartment, she went to visit her parents and luckily they understood her and also offered her support, even though it was her first grandchild after all, while my friend was visiting her Parents, I continued at work and every day Matthew went to eat at the restaurant, but I was surprised that he did not carry his daughter with him, as he sat at one of the tables that I was supposed to attend to.

"Good afternoon Matthew, how are you?" —I handed him the menu— what are you going to want?

"Hi Abby," he glanced at the menu card, "I'm going to want the special of the day," he replied with a smile. "Thank you."

—Ok —I turned to look for the order, but I stopped and turned back— hey, I'm sorry I'm nosy, but what about Luisa?

- Ah, Luisa! She is with the babysitter, I hired a babysitter to take care of her, I used to do it, but I can't take her to work anymore, I have to concentrate and, well, I can't with Luisa.

"Ah ok, that's good" I turned around again to go to the kitchen, I came back as soon as Matthew's plate was ready and I went to deliver it to him, "here's your food, enjoy yourself."

Matthew ate and at the same time looked at his cell phone, you could see that he was writing to someone, since he had a smile on his face, when he finished he called me to ask for the bill, paid and before he left he told me that he would pick me up when he left work , I was surprised by that fact, I did not know what to say, without thinking more I accepted.

It was time to leave my work, I went to change and when I left the restaurant there was Matthew leaning in his car with a smile, I also smiled at him and approached him, he opened the car door and invited me to get on.

"Let's go get Luisa first if you don't mind," he says as he gets into the car.

"Of course it doesn't bother me."

We left and Matthew drove for about 10 minutes until we reached a pink house, got out of the car and walked to the door, when it was opened I saw an old lady who handed Luisa over to Matt, he thanked her and returned to the car, Upon entering he handed me Luisa, as Matthew had already gone to my apartment several times. Luisa was already used to me, as soon as she saw me she smiled at me.

-Hello sweetheart how are you? I say to Luisa with a squeaky smile and voice to which Matt smiled.

"Luisa likes you," Matthew tells me without taking his eyes off the road, "you know, she doesn't get along that well with everyone, not even with my friends, who saw them every day." he said and I kept talking to the baby.

We got to the building where my apartment is, I was going to hand Luisa over to Matt, but I was surprised when he gets out of the car and goes to the door of the building.

"I thought you would just bring me and then leave," I said somewhat confused.

"Tomorrow is Saturday, so we can talk for a while, don't you think?" Or do not want? -asks me.

"Oh, of course I did, I hadn't even realized that today was Friday," I said with a smile, I took Luisa's things and we entered the building, and we headed for the stairs

"Give me that," Matt says, taking Luisa's things, we go up to the fourth floor.

"Hold Luisa while I look for the keys in my bag to open," he handed Luisa over and I open the door, we went in and placed the things on one of the sofas in my living room. "Sit down, I'll be right back," I tell Matt with a smile.

I went to my room, and I went to take a quick bath, I changed my clothes and went out again, when I entered the room Matthew was playing with Luisa, I stayed for a while watching him, he looked so cute, he noticed my presence, raised his head and looked at me.

- That? He asks me with a smile, I sure looked like a fool seeing him there with a silly face.

"No, nothing," I shake my head, "it's that I like how you are with your daughter," I say with a smile.

We talked until we got hungry, I went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat for us and apart I made an atol for Luisa, while Luisa's food got cold, we cumin, and Matt gave her small pieces to go Getting her used to eating solid food, we finished eating and while I was washing the dishes Matthew fed Luisa the atol, when I finished, Luisa was already asleep, I took her and took her to my room and laid her on my bed, of course. I put up two pillow walls so it wouldn't fall off.

"I already put her to bed," I told Matthew when he entered the living room again, he was sitting on the large sofa reclining.

—Yes, what a good technique, how about we watch a movie? 

"Yes, I think it's a good idea." I went to a drawer near where the television was to look for the remote control, when I found it awkwardly I dropped it, Matt got up to pick it up at the same time that I did, we stood together in front of front with our faces very close, we stared for a few seconds and suddenly Matthew approached and kissed me, it was a soft and tender kiss, I was surprised by that act.

"I'm sorry," Matt said, pulling away from me, "I shouldn't have done that, I got carried away."

"Don't worry, it was nothing," I said blushing and took control and turned on the television. "What movie do we watch?" I ask to get out of the awkward moment.

We chose a movie and sat on the big sofa, I got up suddenly to what Matt was surprised and looked at me with wide eyes.

- What happened? -I wonder.

"Nothing, I'm just going to prepare some popcorn (popcorn) are perfect for the occasion," I say with a smile.

I went to the kitchen and found a bag of corn for popcorn and I started to prepare them, I returned to the living room with a full bowl.

- They're ready! I say to Matthew with a smile, handing him the bowl.

We started to watch the movie and before it ended we had already run out of popcorn, I put the empty bowl on the table in the living room and leaned back from the sofa, big mistake, I don't know when I fell asleep. The next day I woke up lying with Matthew on the sofa, I actually liked that feeling, I stared at him for a while and I remembered the kiss we had given each other that night, my cheeks immediately turned red, Matt began to move, for So I got up in a hurry before he saw me like that, I heard Luisa crying and I went out in a hurry to take her when I returned and Matthew had woken up.

"Good morning beautiful," Matt says to me with a smile and settling down on the couch, "did you sleep well?"

"Yes, thank you," I reply with some pity, "and Luisa also slept well," I tell her and hand her the baby. "I thought she would wake up at night."

"Luisa didn't spend much time waking up at night and thank God it was like that, otherwise I would go crazy," says Matt laughing, "and what are we going to do today?"

—I don't know, on weekends I always go out with Alejandra or I just stay here reading a book and ordering.

"Well, fix it, we're going to go out."

I went to my room and from there I went to take a bath, I got ready and went out to take care of Luisa while Matthew got ready, bathed and dressed the baby, I also prepared food and fed her, after a while Matt came out already Dressed and with wet hair, he looked beautiful, I hadn't detailed it before, but Matthew had beautiful hazel eyes ... - but what are these thoughts that are coming to me? I can't believe I'm thinking like that, I'd never done it — we left the building and came to a very large house.

- And what do we do here? I ask Matthew.

—Ah, Lisa's family lives here, some weekends I have to bring Luisa to them ...

-Oh okay good...

I didn't really know what to say, why did he bring me here? What can these people think of me? Matthew rang the bell and a very pretty girl came out and as soon as she saw him she was happy and rushed towards him and hugged him, even gave him many kisses, I was really surprised when I saw that scene.

"Abby, this is Elisa, Lisa's older sister."

"Nice to meet you," I say with a smile and extending my hand to which she did not reciprocate, instead she looked me up and down as if I was looking at a being from another planet, I lowered my hand.

"Come on in Matthew," he spoke to Matt, totally ignoring me as if I wasn't there, he didn't even pay attention to his niece.

"I'm sorry, I've been busy at the office, there's a lot of work."

We entered the house, it was very beautiful, I was left with my mouth open to see so much luxury, I was taking Luisa in her car, when an older woman approached with a smile to take her.

"Hello my little Luisa, how is my beautiful little heart?" The lady speaks to the baby.

-Hello Maria how are you? —Matthew comes over and asks the lady— this is Abby, a friend.

"Ah, nice to meet you," says the lady with a smile, "how long have you been friends?"

"Not much ma'am," I reply with a smile.

"Oh, don't tell me like that, call me Maria, if you tell me ma'am, I feel old, and I don't feel like that, I still feel young," he says, laughing. "Come let's go to the garden for tea."

We went out to the garden, it was beautiful, there was a glass table with several seats around it, we sat and had tea, we talked for a long time, María was the owner of a well-known company in the city, her husband had died 5 years ago and she had been left in charge of the company, but had been depressed for a long time at what she told her daughters to take over. We had a nice day, of course Elisa sometimes looked at me angrily when Matt approached me, what happened to this girl? I couldn't handle the discomfort with her anymore, so I decided to leave.

"Well, I'm going now," I tell Matthew and Maria.

- Because you are leaving? Maria asked me.

"My friend arrives today and I have to be home by the time she arrives, she doesn't have a copy of the key," I lied, but actually I wanted to get out of there.

"I'll take you," Matt says, getting up.

"No, don't worry, I'll take a taxi, I don't think Maria wants Luisa to leave so soon," I tell her with a smile.

I leave the house, and take a taxi, I felt relieved, because the look of that girl was heavy, and that did not please me at all, I arrived at my apartment and Ale had already arrived.