"What happened to your neck?! "
"nothing much "
"what do you mean nothing much ?! it's bruised Amanda!!!"
"mommy? "
"it's nothing Louis don't worry " I turned to Aiden hissing at him "not in front of him "
"Sorry but y-" he whispered back
"let's just go, or you'll be late, the site is a bit far from here "
"sure you can drive? "
"for the hundredth time , I am fine , and don't you dare tell Joshua or pa and ma about this , or I will hunt you down... now get out! "
"fine , bye Louis "
"bye uncle , good luck "
I turned to Louis before leaving the house "wait for your dad, he will be here in a second, okay?"
"Okay, mommy " he kept looking at my neck which made me conscious of it, he shouldn't see my neck this way, that might traumatize him
"I'm fine, I just massaged my neck a bit roughly that's why it turned a little red "
"it's purple " ...shizz
"oh, I might have been too rough " I smiled at him, then kissed the top of his head "I'll be going now, but I'll be back after dropping uncle , so I won't be late"
"don't worry, I promised papa to be a good boy and not to make you worry"
Didn't need to know that
"here we go, good luck dumbo "
"I'm not your dumbo...Joshua is "
"oh yeah, sorry, good luck, Lil dumbo "
"I hate you "
"love you too "
"we will talk about your neck, you might have dodged the conversation on the ride but you won't be able to do that back home "
"try me "
He closed the door behind him and left after sending me a small smile shaking his head along
I called Joshua as I was driving back
"sis"
"Hey, you good ? "
" Yeah what's up ? you good ?"
"Yeah, just wanted to ask you to pick up Aiden later , I want to go out with Louis, I didn't spend much time with him"
"no problem, have fun "
"thanks"
"call me if anything "
"sure thing "
I was about five minutes away from home when peter called to notify me about the admission of my patient in his clinic and inquire more about his state which was a conversation that took more than just five minutes as I was able to park and get in the house all the while still talking on the phone, I took off my shoes and looked around for any sign of Louis but there was no sign of him, not in the living room, kitchen, washroom..where is he?!!
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i am not a replacement
Non-FictionAmanda decided to sacrifice everything and get married just for the sake of the future of her deceased friend's baby. Thinking that everything she has ever done was the right choice, she starts to break down when the outcome is something she never t...
