Gwen. I turned slowly hoping that I wouldn’t see the person I was thinking about and I was just hallucinating that I heard her voice but how damn wrong am I. As I turned, I saw the ever so lovely-looking middle-aged woman dressed in a very tight dress that brought out her curves. This was my mother. Mother always has the notion that she was always young no matter how old she’s becoming. Age is nothing but numbers she will say and dress sexily than me who was in her twenties. I remembered our last meeting when Mother stood in the living room as Dad pushed me out, without looking at me or even making eye contact with me. But now here she was staring at me like I was the one important thing in her life...I thought they didn’t want me so why was she acting and looking this way?“Uhm, Gwen do you know her?” Ryan asked and I snapped from my thoughts. I wasn’t going there again, I am not going back to those days. Here I thought I should leave and come back some other day because I wa
Gwen. We stepped into the living room and in no time Mom called out my sisters. “Jade, Nina come see who we have here!” Mother called out excitedly as I let my eyes stay on the stairs because I knew that in no time the girls would be running downstairs to come to see what Mother was talking about. I have two sisters, Jade and Nina. Jade was the youngest of the three of us and Nina was the second child after me. Jade is thirteen this year while Nina is twenty-one, they were both cute little girls I loved playing with when I was still with them. But now I wonder if they would even come near me if they saw me. Ryan came to my side and held my hand in his as a sign of him comforting me. I smiled appreciatively at him. He just knew what I was thinking at the right time and now I was scared. I don’t know how my sisters were going to react if they saw me. “Don’t worry, it’s going to be fine,” Ryan whispers in my ear and I nod. It’s going to be fine. For someone who didn’t know what was
Gwen. Everything was just as I left them, I can’t believe Mom made sure the maids cleaned my room up even when I was not here. “Please don’t start crying over again Gwen. This is not the time to cry, I believe you have a lot to tell me right?” She asked and I nodded. Yeah, I do. I have a lot to tell them and I also need their help. If there was one person that could go against the Baldwins in court and any other places then that would be my father, Alexander Mars. This is the reason I’m back and now thinking about it, I feel so ashamed for coming back because of this. I didn’t come back because I missed them, I only came back because I wanted my father’s help. “I told you not to cry anymore Gwen, let’s have our seat,” she took my hand and led me to my bed. We took our seats and my eyes stayed glued on my lap, I found it to be the most interesting thing in the room. “How have you been Gwen?” Mom begins. “I’m doing fine Mom,” I said with a forced smile. “I don’t think so Gwen,
Gwen. There was this feeling in your chest when you accepted by the family you thought wouldn’t be by your side. There is an overwhelming feeling that surrounds you when they welcome you back into their lives and that’s exactly what I’m feeling right now. Mom was going ballistic about Jasmine, and the concern in her voice was genuine. You can hear how hard she’s trying to keep herself from crying. She was sad that she wasn’t in my life when Jasmine was born, she felt sad and angry at herself that she wasn’t there for me when I was going through this. Honestly, I don’t blame her at all. I was the one who decided to leave, dad gave me an option and I picked leaving over being with my family. “What do you want to do right now?” She asked after she was done fuming. I sighed, “I want to take him to court mom, that’s why I brought Ryan with me.” I answered. She nodded agreeing with my suggestion. “Yes, I think that is a good idea.” She kept quiet for a while before looking at me. “
Gwen. Words couldn’t describe how I felt while staring at my father’s eyes. Love? He had that look in his eyes as he looked at me and that wasn’t something I was familiar with, I haven’t seen that look in Father’s eyes for years now. I bet my leaving changed them….it changed everyone and would I be a bitch for saying that I was glad I left. “You still haven’t given me an answer Gwen, you were going to leave and not let me see my granddaughter, is that it?” He asked. I remained speechless, not knowing what to say as I took my eyes to my feet. I think I have found another interesting thing to look at. “Up Gwen!” My head was up instantly. Dad still has this effect on me. “Remember you are a Mars and we Mars don’t look down when spoken to, your head must be up when others are speaking.” He said and I also recited it in my head. This has been Dad’s motto since we could learn ABC, he would always tell us to be proud of what we are and shouldn’t let others look down on us. “Yes, papa
Gwen. Once I was done telling them all that truly happened, I brought my eyes down so I wouldn’t see the disappointment and hurt on my family’s faces. Jade did a surprising thing by pulling me into a hug and I really appreciated that. “He did all of that to you Gwen and you still decided to stay with him?” Mom asked. Dad hasn’t spoken any word since I stopped talking and that makes me wonder what he was thinking about. He probably wasn’t thinking of dealing with Henry right?“Say something, Gwen, tell me why you still decide to stay with him after seeing how he acts. That doesn’t define marriage.” Mom insisted. “I love him Mother and as shameless as this may sound, I still do. I…I thought he was going to change after Jasmine was born, I thought he would spend more time with us but I was wrong.” I was so damn wrong. Henry wasn’t going to change, his mind had been set on Emily and that is who he was going to go for not me. “He shouldn’t have done that.” Finally, Dad said something
Gwen. “Yeah, I’m fine. I’m glad that I came back.” I whispered and he smiled. “I’m also glad you did.” My brows furrowed. “Why did you say that?” I asked. “Because you look more alive and happy than the first time I saw you. That wasn’t Gwen, this is the true Gwen.” His words made me smile.Even though we haven’t known each other for a long time he still knows when I’m happy or not. “Thank you, Ryan,” I said sincerely and I did mean it. I wouldn’t have ever thought of coming back here if it wasn’t for him and for that I was grateful. He shook his head, “You don’t have to thank me, Gwen. All I want is to see Jasmine by your side after all she’s my friend.” He winked at the end while I giggled. Yeah, that’s true. They both bonded that day at the park and that was also the first time I saw my daughter blush. …….It was already evening which meant I had been here for the whole day, dad wouldn’t let me go home and Mom seconded it. They both want me to spend the night, in fact, the
Henry. I typed furiously on my laptop, gosh I was feeling so tired, hungry, and cranky as a bitch. Now I know how hard it is to take care of a child and not to talk when that child is my jasmine, geez that little girl was a mini devil. She can act and drive me crazy every day and still had me wrapped around her tiny finger. I stopped typing and looked at the little devil on the couch in my office, even after much persuading she refused to go to her preschool and instead wanted to follow me to the office. After much crying and me promising to buy the world for her, she still refused, and here we were hours later, with a messy office and a very tired me and Jas who was currently sleeping on the couch. I groaned and leaned back in my seat, I stared at Jas for a while and smiled when she smiled in her sleep. She must be dreaming of something good,‘Maybe her momma.’ I thought and then frowned. Where did that come from? I promised myself that I wouldn’t think about Gwen again since she