Thank you for the reviews guys! I'm only gonna say that for those who are worried about Victoria telling him the truth, just... don't be. Haha. Hope you like the chapter.
Victoria stretched her arm and reached for her watch: 06.15.
"God, Victoria go back to sleep. You don't have obligations from now on." She told to herself. But she couldn't, she tried but she couldn't keep sleeping. There wasn't a reason for that... Stress? No. Why would she be stressed?
Worries? Well no, she didn't have any.
Maybe it was just about adaptation... this was new for her. The calm, the freedom, the possibility of doing what you want without being pressed. She didn't remember what that was like.
She turned to the side and faced him. A smile blossomed from her face as she looked at him...
She tried to sleep for the next half an hour. And nothing. She couldn't fall asleep.
So, she had to do something. She sat on the edge of the bed and stretched her slim body backwards. Her still heavy eyelids kept her there for seconds... as the singing of the evidently different kinds of birds took her attention.
God, how beautiful... she could hear them loud and clear from inside their bedroom.
She put on her night coat, and without making any sound with the door, she got out of the room, and walked towards the back door. That house was delicately decorated and proved that its previous owner had quite large economic possibilities. David hadn't told her this... But it was obvious, that house was beautiful.
"Oh God, thank you for this place" she prayed, admiring that gorgeous (And generously big) whole of green field.
Now that she was definitely awake, and with that growing sunrise light she could appreciate where they were going to live from now.
There was a 80 mts. front field before the house, and the farm along with the barn was 20 mts. behind the house. It was so peaceful, and quiet. Thank God, because that was all she wanted since a long time ago. Her children (Sadly, but at least she had one of them beside her), the love of her life, and peace. A life. Now she could have a life.
"I thought you'd probably be here"... she heard a voice coming from behind. Turning around, she saw him walking towards her with a smile. "Good morning" he said before giving her a short kiss.
"Good morning" she replied.
He took her hand and walked both to the wood planks that indicated the limits of the fields.
Beyond them, a big quantity of animals could be seen on the neighbor's field.
"Why does he have so many?" Victoria asked.
"Animals?... He sells most of them, and a few ones are for the personal use"
"Oh..." she nodded.
"Come here..." he said, taking her hand. "...I wanna show you something... And I know you'll like it" and guided them to the barn.
He undid the wood locker and opened the door. "Come in" he said.
When both came in, a smile automatically appeared on her face and she let out a little scream of joy.
"Aaaaaahhhh yeeeeeeees!" She yelled running to the horses, as a little girl would do.
"I knew it" he said laughing.
"Now this is what I call HAPPINESS" she said laughing.
She caressed and kissed the three of them. "Do they have name?" she asked.
"I don't really know that"
"Great. This white is mine from now on..."
"Oh but, who told you they don't have an owner?" He said.
"Oh, c'mon... you're serious?" She said caressing her horse.
He laughed. "No I'm not. Choose the one you want... and name her as you want but please... be reasonable" he said laughing.
"Her? It's a female?"
"Mmhhmm"
"Ooohhh yessss..." she said kissing the animal.
"Have you already eat something?"
"No"
"Okay, let's go inside?... To eat something"
"Yes. Aahh, I'll be there... you go."
"Okay". He said and walked towards the door, getting out.
Why would she want to stay there, with the horses?... Was it for pure fond to the animals... or did she want to be alone?. Maybe he doesn't need to worry, maybe she just wanted to be with the animals a little more.
Inside there, she thought if it was still early to talk with him... about that. Because she needed to, she could feel it…
In the middle of the thoughts storm her mind was trapped in, she felt an unbearable headache. A painful pressure in her whole head, as if two hands were pushing her brain.
Victoria desperately put her hands around her temple, trying to make the tremendous pain disappear. She walked quickly outside the barn, and headed to the house, entering from the back door.
David was making breakfast when he turned around and saw her with that painful expression on her face and one hand around her head.
"What's wrong?" he asked urgently, going towards her and grabbing her from her shoulders. "Vee, what is it?"
"It hurts".
"Where?"
"All. The whole head" she said without taking her hands off her head.
"Sit." he said, looking for a glass of water and placing it in front of her.
"Maybe you're tired, plus you haven't eat anything."
She could only sigh in pain, while she drank the water.
He took her hand in his. "Better?"
"A little."
He stood up and reached for the toasts he made from the counter.
"Take. Eat something, darling". He said giving her a glass with juice.
She followed his advice.
After a few minutes beside her, she seemed better.
"Is it gone?" he asked.
She nodded. "I'm tired" she said.
"Go. It's still early".
She headed to the bedroom. In the way there, she stopped at Charlotte's room door, and opened it slowly to watch her. She was fine, completely inside her sleep.
She got into her bed, and quickly she fell asleep…
"Better or worse, he'll know" he said.
"Well, anyway... he doesn't want to see me. So it doesn't matter if he founds out where we are".
He remembered Daniel. He was such a sweet, well mannered boy.
He couldn't see his woman suffer like that...
He grabbed her waist and laid her body along with his on the couch, with her on his lap.
Without realizing it, he was caressing her lower abdomen. That sweet part of her body... it reminded him how good life had been with them, even though what happened the last twenty years, giving them a child together.
He felt happy of having a daughter with the woman he loved.
"Should I wake her up? It's almost one." She asked.
"No, Vee... let her sleep. She can do whatever she wants here now".
"Yes, right".
In that moment, she thought this could be the right circumstance to tell him... the truth. She considered it in silence, for minutes.
But something stopped her.
It's the past, Victoria, the past. You can't lose someone you love again. No, no. Shut up, Victoria.
"What do you wanna eat?"she asked.
"No way..." he looked at her with a smile, making laugh of her. "...are you gonna cook?"
"What do you mean with that?" She laughed. "I used to cook for you before"
"Yes, I remember, but I didn't think you would want to cook... right after arriving here".
"Actually I like it... But with the life I was having, cooking didn't look... 'decorous' for a woman in the Hamptons"
"Sure... did you anytime get bored of that life?" he asked, caressing her hair.
She made a short silence. "Of course I did... shortly after I made the mistake of getting into a loveless marriage".
He didn't say anything. What was he going to say? He was feeling the same way he always felt about her. He has always wondered why an incredible woman as her had to suffer like that. With no love, no companion, no one to listen to her.
In a sudden moment, they saw Charlotte's body running across the corridor, beside the living room where they were sitting. She got into the bathroom hurrying...
"Charlotte?" Victoria shouted, standing up instantly and running to the bathroom.
When she entered, she found her daughter on her knees in front of the toilet, vomiting.
"Baby..." she kneeled beside her and helped holding her hair behind, while she caressed her arm.
"Sshh, it's okay. I'm here" she whispered. That always calmed her daughter. Always. The sound of the air running out through her mother's teeth made her feel like a baby again.
Both stood up, and Victoria guided her daughter to wash her mouth.
"Were you this way last night?
"No... I woke up five minutes ago and I felt the nausea from nowhere" the girl replied.
"Maybe it's because you haven't eat anything"
"But I'm not hungry"
"I know, but sometimes you need to."
"But... it's strange" Charlotte said. "I've been feeling this way since last week"
Victoria made a pause, while she thought about what her daughter said, trying to find out what could be happening to her... And there was it. It came to her like a flashlight.
"Baby...when did you have your last period?" She asked.
The eyes of the girl widened as she realized that her mother could be right.
"Oh God..." she closed her eyes. "You're right"
"What is it?
"I should have had it two weeks ago...I completely forgot".
Victoria and her daughter met each other's eyes in a look full of complicity.
"Do you think...?" The girl started.
"We have to be sure"
Charlotte nodded. "Yes... right"
"Oh, darling..." her mother hugged her fondly.
How did the time go so fast?... Where was the baby she had twenty years ago?