“Did you hang the
baloons up on ceiling?” i asked worriedly.
“Already done
mistress!” replied Harry.
“What about
presents?”
“They’re all placed on
the big white table you want us to decorate mistress!”
“Stop calling me
mistress!”
“Ok mistress!”
“Harry!!” I yelled
shotting a so-called angry look, then laughed and hugged him. “Thanx alot.”
“Not a problem Sky.
It was all fun! Especially when Tim lost his balance and fell upon the baloons
he was trying to hang up! They all exploded loudly! Ha-ha!!!”
“What?!” i yelled in
disbelief. Baloons were hanging from everywhere and also from ceiling.
“Hey, we bought the
new ones!” he assured me.
“Ok.” I said with a
relieved tone. The last thing i wanted was a problem in my daddy’s birthday
party.
I looked at the big
poster Tim and Thomas were trying to hang up on the wall of our big living
room. I sighed, a year had passed. A year had passed with heartbreaks, tears
and happy memories. I’d graduated from high school and was going to start
Florida state University to study economics in the Autumn of this year. Still
being not to be able to find something about my mother was keeping my mind
busy, but I’d promised myself to try everything i could. In fact, I hadn’t
wanted to find more about her or MEET her, cos i wasn’t ready. Maybe dad was
right, what would some more information gain me? I wouldn’t even dare to call
her “Mom” at all.
“He’s seen on the
corner of the street!” squealed Brigid, Auntie BJ’s little 5 year old daugther.
Her shrill voice brough me back to reality.
“Are you alright
sweetie?” a whisper brushed my ear, two strong arms enveloped me into a hug
from my back. I nodded as a yes as Uncle Howie turned off the lights, everybody
waited impatiently in the dark for my daddy to turn the doorknob and enter our
living room now decorated with lots of baloons hanging from there and there, a
big poster written “Happy Birthday Daddy Nicky!” on the wall across the front
door and a big birthday table. Everybody was invited. All their management, of
course other boys and their families, famous Carter clan with more members such
as husbands and kids of my aunties and newly wed Uncle Aaron.
We, Chris and me, had
struggled a lack of difficulties throughout our strong relationship. It was
different from any other relationships, just one year grew us closer than any
other lovers. We were soulmates. We even had sex two weeks before for the first
time and it felt so good to be much close to him. He was the right person for
me. My only fear was, that i’d have the same destiny as my mother. What i
didn’t know at that time was a baby growing inside me.