Toris Laurinaitis was only ever used to normal days. But this, how ever, was no normal day. It was the first day of his new life as a widower, his new life as a single father, and, more importantly, his new life of unhappiness, knowing the woman he loved so much was gone from this world, a light extinguished while he was at home, playing with his daughter.
His wife has been battling breast cancer since the third year of their four year long marriage, and she had lost the battle shortly after their daughter turned one. Toris was ashamed that he had not been there, horrified that she was gone, and soon a new feeling crept in, the feeling of loneliness. He loved his daughter very much, but he was so alone without his loving wife. He decided not to let it keep him from being the best father the world has ever seen, however, and he spent most of his days with his little girl, teaching her songs and how to walk, and doing everything a father had to do.
That is, except work. He had not been working ever since his wife had to be brought into the hospital, for he had to spend his days watching their child and her. After everything had finished, the wake, the funeral, the reading of the will, and after the mourning flowers had stopped arriving in the mail, he knew it was time to get up and go work. There was, as there always would be, one problem. He did not have anyone to watch his baby girl.
It pained Toris to know that Audra Laurinaitis would never know her mother. She would never know the wonderful woman who she received her sparkling brown eyes from, though she would know the man who gave her the silky brown hair she had.
It was the first day. The first abnormal day of many more abnormal days to follow. It was the day the nanny, or 'manny' as the man referred to himself as in the ad, would arrive and take care of Audra while he went to work. He waited patiently by the door for this man to show up. He could hear music up the street, and sighed. He hated the teenagers that liked driving through the quiet neighborhood, blaring their music. What shocked the Lithuanian was the fact that the car in question stopped outside of his house, and a small blonde man, or was it a woman, stepped out. Upon closer look, Toris realized it was in fact a man, though the tight pink button up and loose white slacks didn't convince him much. The man walked up to the door and knocked.
Toris jumped and opened it. He looked at the man. He had blonde hair that resembled a bob almost and shining green eyes. Toris realized he was staring and snapped up.
"H-Hello," he said nervously. "Are you Feliks?"
"Yeah, that's me," Feliks said, a bright smile lighting up the milky white skin on his face. Toris's own mouth relaxed into a small smile.
"I'm very glad to meet you, Mr. Feliks. Please come on in. Audra's room is right upstairs.."
Toris fretted all day at work. Feliks seemed to be a capable man, albeit girlish and slightly annoying, but he couldn't help but worry about how his little girl was. It was lunch break, and he sat with his usual group of friends, a tall blonde named Eduard and a shorter male named Raivis. The work had a cafeteria of sorts set up, so they would always go there to eat. Today, the two watched at Toris sat on his cell phone, praying for an answer.
"Hello, this is, like, the Laurinaitis residence." Feliks had finally answered the phone.
"Feliks? It's me, Toris."
"Hey, Toris! What's up?" The blonde was talking happily, like Toris was a cousin he hadn't talked to in ages. Toris felt his lip twitch.
"Feliks how is Audra? Is she okay? Did she eat? Did-.."
"Toris, you, like, gotta totally relax. Your daughter is fine; I'm doing, like, an amazing job! Just sit back and do your work and I'll do mine," Feliks replied, still sounding very happy. Toris let a relieved sigh escape his lips.
"Great. I'll be home at five."
To be continued,hopefully. Review, s'il vous plait!