Chapter 127
Mommy is here” Arabella yelled happily and then Alfred turned around and to his greatest surprise, he saw her. The person he never thought he would see again.
“Lisa….” Alfred called out in shock.
“Alfred” Her voice was so low that she could barely hear what she said. Her heart stopped as she stood rooted to her place. Her Stomach twists. She felt her breathing change as she saw Alfred.
She then felt a sharp pain in her chest as her muscles Constricted. She felt time seeming to slow down. Not being able to comprehend what she was seeing.
Was this Alfred with her kids in his arms? She felt numb.
“Mommy” her kids called out jolting Lisa out of her thoughts.
“Come here kids,” Lisa said and the kids turned to Alfred who put them down immediately.
“Mommy, you know him? ” Isabella asked
“You and your sisters go to the car and wait for me there,” Lisa said as she swallowed hard. Trying to calm herself down. She felt like putting a knife on this man’s chest for touching her kids at all.
“Yes mommy,” the kids said as they helped Isabella and walked towards the car.
Lisa swallowed hard as she stared at Alfred, she wanted to be sure it was him and it was him. Her greatest nightmare. The memories of everything he did to her came running into her head like flash.
She stared at him with raw hatred in her eyes before walking away. Meanwhile, Alfred stood numb still shocked. When he was back to reality, he rushed toward Lisa but it was already too late because she had ignited the engine of the car and zoomed off.
“Alfred, Are you alright?” he heard Mr luke call from behind and he turned to him.
“Yes I’m fine” he responded and forced himself to smile.
“Common, let’s go. You should go rest at your motel, the funding party is tomorrow ”
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The car screeched to a halt in front of Lisa’s compound. The drive was a silent one as the air felt so hot. Lisa opened the car door and Alighted the car. She opened the door for the kids and helped them out. She closed the door and walked inside the house.
“Mommy” Isabella called
“Go to your room isabella,” Lisa said as she dropped her bag on the couch in the sitting room. Lisa didn’t know how she was feeling but what she knew was that she was trying to suppress the anger she was feeling so she would not unleash it on her kids.
“Mommy are you alright?” Annabella asked. They knew their mommy had been acting weird since she saw Alfred kings. They began to wonder if their mommy knew the man because he called their mommy’s name, Lisa.
“I’m not fine Annabella. I’m not. Where did you guys meet that man you were talking with? Where?” Lisa yelled at the kids who flinched at her.
The kids were so scared, they’d never seen their mommy this angry before.
“Mommy, we met him at the school and Isabella introduced him to us, ” Arabella said as she burst into tears.
Lisa turned to Isabella.
“Where did you meet that man? Huh? Answer me” Lisa yelled as she moved towards Isabella gripping her hands. Isabella joined her lips together as she stared at Lisa with tears in her eyes.
“I met him at our restaurant yesterday” Isabella cried out
“didn’t I warn you guys not to talk to strangers? Huh?” she yelled
“Uh, answer me. Didn’t I tell you not to speak with strangers?” Lisa yelled as she held her wrist tightly.
“Mommy you’re hurting her,” Clarabella said and Lisa stared at Isabella and quickly let go of her hands. Her wrist was already red.
Lisa put her hands on her chest as tears gathered in her eyes. What was she doing? She let the thought of the past cloud her mind that she didn’t know she was hurting her daughter, Lisa thought as tears slipped down her cheeks.
She stared at her kids who were already in tears.
“Oh my God!! Isabella, I’m sorry, I’m sorry” Lisa said as she bent to her level and hugged her so tight. She pulled away from the hug and stared at her wrist. She kissed it and blew some air on it.
“I’m sorry baby, mommy is sorry for hurting you” Lisa cried as she hugged her again and told the rest kids to come too and they hugged each other. Tears slipped down her cheeks.
She pulled away from the hug and wiped each of their tears.
“I brought some food from the restaurant. Come on, let’s go eat. It’s your favorite” Lisa said as more tears slipped down her cheeks.
She wiped her tears and helped her kids sit on the dining chair. She served the food. She stared at them and noticed they had sad faces on. More tears slipped down her cheeks. She felt so sad and heartbroken that her kids were sad and it was all her fault. She had let her emotions get the better of her. She blames herself.
Lisa wiped her tears and smiled at the kids.
“Mommy is going to feed you guys today. It’s been a while since I did that and tomorrow I’m going to give you guys your iPad so you can play your favorite games” Lisa said and their faces brightened except for Isabella who was still in tears.
Lisa stood up and moved towards Isabella and kissed her cheeks. “Sweetheart, mommy is sorry,” Lisa said as more tears slipped down her cheeks as wiped her daughter’s tears.
Isabella turned to her mommy and wiped Lisa’s tears.
“I’m sorry mommy, I’m sorry for making you cry,” Isabella said and Lisa smiled out of tears. She quickly laughed and wiped the tears.
“Let’s eat before it gets cold,” Lisa said. She carried a spoon filled with food and put it in Isabella’s mouth. She carried another spoon filled with food and put it in clarabella’s mouth. She fed the four of them till they were filled up.
She carried them to their room and helped them take their bath. After that, she helped them lay on their bed. She told them a bedtime story till they drifted to sleep. By the time she was done, she was already exhausted.
TBC