She closes the door behind her and goes inside as the man plays with the twins as naturally as she has always played with them.
There is something like immense joy on his face as he's almost glowing while playing with them, her heart almost softens but she hardens it right back. There is no way for her to know whether he has a good intention for being there... She sits upright as soon as the thought crosses her head that maybe he's after the twins? Maybe he wants to take them away from her? She srings to her feet and goes to meet him.She turns to Maya and Miles, "Why don't you two go inside and finish the cake? Mommy's not hungry now so we'll join you in a little bit."They whoop and go inside to go have the cake that she had previously kept for tomorrow.He stands up to his full height and has a smug smile on his face, something about her just what's to whack it right off but she just clenches her fist."Whatever your intentions are from coming to my house, you can't...""Come back with me to New York." He states and steps forward.She takes one backwards, keeping the space between them consistent. "What? Come back to New York with you? I have a happy life here, why would I do that?"Luc laughs. "Happy life... In this humble apartment?"Even Mika can hear the sarcasm in his words. "I lived here for five years, I don't see why it will change now.""Oh, it will. Those children are mine as much as they are yours and we both know that. You had absolutely no right to keep their existence a secret from me..."She swallows, knowing deep down that it's the truth, he's still their father after all and had a right to know about their existence but she had been scared..."No, we like it here. I don't want to go back to New York. It will be a hassle to start a new life over there. Think of the children, they will be leaving all their friends and..."Luc cocks his head to the side. "This is not about them, right? It's you who's been selfish. You don't want to run into your past. Lily and Price along with Alicia. Aren't you curious what's become of them? Your parents? What the whole city thought of you back then? Oh, I can tell that one is not good. You want to make the world think of you as a loose harlot for your life?"Mika tries to not listen to him but his voice slowly crawls all over her defences and go straight to her heart and head, everything becoming infuriated. With clenched teeth... "No. I am not curious. Let them think what they want...""Even if they will call your children bastards?"At that, Mika snaps. "I won't tolerate anyone saying crap about my children."Luc smirks. "See? You've been hiding your anger under all of this facade about living in an humble apartment. You hate this place. Come with me and I'll give you a new life, I'll make sure you have your pound of flesh on everyone who took something from you."Mika eyes him. "What's in it for you?""My children. They are all I want.""So I'm just a bonus.""You're just a bonus." He states passively. "Will you give it a thought or should I just leave with them? Because I assure you, not even a court is going to side with you in this case..." He leans in and whispers to her. "I love throwing my money around, some Judges won't mind being the recipient of some of them."Mika can't help but smile. "Now you're blackmailing and threatening me?"He shrugs. "Just think about it." He gives her his card and walks away, his waist like just perfect enough to wrap all her hand around. She shakes her head violently to rid of the thoughts and watch as he gets into his car in the entourage of others.He gives her a two finger salute before driving off.As soon as he leaves, her children show up, icing all around their faces. She chuckles lightly, her eyes filling with love for them. She bends down to their level and begins to wipe it off their faces. She licks them off her own hands, nothing more than a child herself.Miles looks around "Where is Dad?""Don't worry, Dad is coming back tomorrow." She kisses their forehead one after the other. "You really brought your Daddy home..." She mutters. She straightens up and smiles. "Daddy wants to take us home, should we go?"She has decided that she will follow whatever her children want, leaving her own selfish feelings out of it."Yes...""Yes!"Both of them respond, their smiles infectious."Can I pack my bag Mum?" Maya asks, dropping icing to the ground while jumping."Of course. Come on, let's start packing."In about five hours later, she has successfully tucked them both to bed which was harder than normal because of the anticipation for their Dad and Mom coming together and going back home together.She holds the card in her hand and twirls it around. She looks up his name on her safari.Lucas Santinello.A thirty two year old self made man. At under 30, he had been a billionaire but now... He's the wealthiest bachelor in the whole country.All the other wealthy men are married.He's the biggest catch and so many celebrities has named him to be their crushes...She chuckles sardonically.If only they know."Don't you want to know how Lily, Price and Alicia are doing...?" His voice comes crawling back and while still on Safari, as she has stopped herself from doing for the past five years, she looks up Lily Anderson on the Internet.Her cutesy face comes flashing back at her but this time, she's not alone in the photo. She's dressed in a long white wedding gown with Price on her side, smiling brightly at the camera.Mika sits up and looks at the date.They had married a month after she had left home...The day after she had been released from the prison.All her pushed down hatred and anger for being wronged come skimming the surface..."Those cheating mother..." Mika curses.Very early the next morning, Mika has everything ready, all their personal effects, clothes and the likes mainly. She walks around the apartment, noting things down that has been left behind, like most of the furniture, kitchen utensils and the like.She does not touch them, the back of her head telling her to be reasonable, that they just might return home. She doesn't know what to make of that man just yet.Lucas Santinello.He may be a trillionaire, who has made a name for himself in the industry but what's to say that he's not a bad person? Maybe a woman beater? A child abuser? Frantically, she looks for her children and pull them into a hug. She pulls them back and looks into their eyes individually. "Maya, Miles. We are going to a different state, things will be very different okay? New people, new accents, you'll even make new friends and the biggest of all, you will be living with your father, please tell me anything that happens that you don't like, okay?"They nod, smiling.
Lucas regards her in the car, sparing glances at her every once in a while.She catches wind of it. "What is it?" She asks him, not grabbing her children's attention.He shrugs. "What? I didn't say anything."She's pretty much lost in her thoughts after that. Alicia? A fashion designer that's flying someone down for her show? After backstabbing and bringing her own life a standstill, she had the guts to go and make it? Mika scoffs out loud unconsciously.Luc looks right at her. "Something funny?"Mika just throws him a glance and says nothing.It's a long drive from the airport to wherever they were going. She snaps out of her head and watches Maya as she paints something on her brother's face, both of the bursting into laughter. She also smiles."Wow. I didn't think you were ever going to smile, figured you were an ice queen or something."Everything in her body unwilling to show any ounce of friendliness to him, moreover, he's still in a way a complete stranger to her. All she know
It was already pretty much a bad day...The wedding designer had called in saying she came down with a terrible fever suddenly, the hall booked for the wedding suddenly has some electrical failures and if all of this continues, the Anderson's would have to postpone their first daughter's wedding.And that will be terribly unfair to the bride, groom and all their guests that has been invited.To cheer up the to be bride, her little sister and best friend arrange an outing, an evening party at a famous hotel, something like a bachelor's eve for her and she decides to attend, hoping to take her mind off all the setbacks.Mike sings along to the catchy song on the radio as she drives down to Heirloom, the second biggest and expensive hotel in all of New York. As soon as she opens the large doors into the prepared place for the party, everyone gives her loud whoops and pats on the back."Congratulations Mika, you're so lucky." They coo towards her and she has a smile ready for everyone, h
"Inmate 0202, come with me." The female warden raps on her cell door and opens it.Mika steps out of the small cell, waving goodbye to the other women she had stayed with for a month as she holds the small basket containing all her effects.She's taken to the office and the warden gives her a few documents to sign before handing her another basket filled her clothes from that fateful day, her phone and purse.She grabs them all and heads out of the door, squinting lightly at the harsh afternoon sun.Then she smiles and rubs her hand on her belly.She immediately hails a taxi and leaves.Less than two minutes after she leaves, a white Ferrari pulls up in front of the police station and out comes Price Woods with Lily on his arms.They go inside and hear that she has just been released. Lily scoffs in disappointment. "I was really hoping to meet her so I could give her the invitation card to our wedding. Why was she in such a rush?" Price smiles down at her. "You're so cute and too nic
FIVE YEARS FROM LEAVING HOME..."Happy birthday darlings." She places a spongebob cake in front of them. It's a Saturday so everyone is at home, there is no school nor work and she has the best surprise planned for her children. Maya claps excitedly and blows the candles out.Miles grumbles. "Come on, you don't get to blow it out on your own."Maya stands up and stretches to her full height, looking down at him. "What did you say?"Mika laughs. She has been terrorizing her brother ever since she became conscious enough to do so. And it happens every single one of their birthdays since they were two years old.She cuts slices of the cake for them both and relights a candle on Miles's slice so he can also blow it out. He closes his eyes deeply, clasping his hand together before blowing out the fire.Mika tilts her head and watches him. "What did you just do?""My friend told me that before blowing out the light on a cake, you can make a wish."Mika chuckles and sits down beside him.