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Chapter 2
"A little part I didn't know about you"
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"Please, come in" he told her and she did "How are you?" he asked her politely
"Very good, thank you" she said with a smile "I was actually surprised when I got the call from your assistant, I didn't think it would be that soon" she said and he smiled at that
"I told you it wouldn't be that long. I've already caught up in the case. Please, sit down" Cole replied
"So...now I'm the one who needs to be caught up," she said
"Yeah. Well, I was checking the support of the lawsuit and then I talked to the plaintiff" he started
"You did?" she asked
"Yes. And I'm not an expert but she seemed emotionally unstable. So..." but as he was explaining Phoebe caught sight of the little girl who was in the other side of the office. She was drawing, then stared at Phoebe for some minutes and then started to draw again. When Phoebe stared back at her, the little girl smiled and Phoebe smiled back. "I'll ask my assistant to set the hearing by them-" and suddenly the little girl ran straight to Phoebe and said softly but cheerfully "Hi"
"Hi" Phoebe said with a smile
"I drew you" Emma said and showed her the drawing and then Cole came closer to them "What's your name?" she innocently asked
"My name is Phoebe" she replied, "What's yours?"
"Emma" she replied cheerfully.
"Oh, Emma, please. Let Daddy talk to the lady" he said, "I'm sorry" he apologized to Phoebe "It's just that my wife had to take care of her mother. And I couldn't get a babysitter, so I'm babysitting today" he explained
"Oh, don't worry. It's okay. She's so cute" she said with a smile
Then the brown haired little girl intervened "Here" she simply said and gave Phoebe the drawing
"Oh, Thank you!!" she said with a big smile "Nobody had never drawn me before. This is so beautiful" she said to Emma.
"You're welcome" she told her and then Cole took her in his arms and carried her
"Come here, princess" he said sweetly as he walked towards the TV and she put her arms around Cole's neck. "Let's go watch some TV" he said as he put her in the couch in front of the TV Cole had in his office and turned it on. Phoebe couldn't help but join them where they were.
"I think some cartoons will work" she suggested and he turned to face her.
"Oh, I always have a sesame street DVD here, but I can't find it" he said pointing to the drawers. Then he put cartoon network and the girl giggled when found out that 'The Power puff girls' were been aired in that moment. Then Cole stared at the point where Emma had been drawing and playing and saw toys and crayons everywhere. "Emma?" he started "Oh, look at this, is a mess" he said and she stared at him with puppy eyes. At this Phoebe just smiled.
"It's nothing" Phoebe said, "Let me help you"
"Oh, no. Don't worry. Let's get back to the case. I'll take care of it after-"
"But I can help you and we could talk about the case at the same time" she cut him off and they started to gather all the toys
"My office is like a kinder garden", he said playfully and Phoebe laughed at that.
When Phoebe was about to leave Emma ran towards her again. "This is for you" and she gave her another drawing
"Oh, thank you. I'm gonna hang it up in my office" she promised and Emma gave her a kiss in the cheek and came to Cole and he carried her. "Good bye"
"I'll be in touch" she said to Cole
"Yeah, I'll let you know as soon as the hearing is set" Cole replied
"Ok, Thank you. Good bye, Emma" she said and walked out of the office. Then Phoebe started to think about Emma, she really was a beautiful little girl. With her curly hair and beautiful big blue eyes, she reminded her that she wouldn't have children in the nearly future. She sighed as she dried a tear that fell in her cheek.
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That night, Cole, Susan and Emma were taking dinner together. As usual Cole and Susan weren't talking between each other, this time it was because Cole forgot to bring the milk Susan had asked him to the day before. Yesterday, they hadn't talk between them because Susan put cinnamon on the food when she perfectly knew Cole hated it... and they always were fighting for that kind of stupid things lately. Of course they had bigger problems than those, but it seemed like after reveal the big ones, all the little one come alone one by one. They hadn't had sex in at least five moths. Sometimes they didn't even sleep together. Cole used to fall asleep while he was reading a story to Emma and she didn't wake him up. She felt safer sleeping with her daddy. Some nights we would sleep in the guest room and other we wouldn't sleep at all working.
Emma noticed the uncomfortable silence between her parents, sometimes she felt guilty for that. She knew things weren't right in her family, but she didn't understand why; she just knew that when her mom or dad sent her to her room or told her to go to play, they started to fight and to yell at each other. All that made her want to cry but she never told it to anybody. So in the middle of the meal Emma broke the silence
"Mommy, I found a little turtle in the garden today", she announced and smiled proudly
"Really?" she asked
"Yes. I put it in a box that Daddy gave me" she commented. At this Susan shoot a killer look at Cole and he knew what that was for. She had clearly told him that she didn't want any animals or pets in the house. It seemed like this would be the reason of why they wouldn't talk between them the next day.
"Your daddy told you to keep it?" she asked her daughter
"Yes, he told me I could keep it" she replied, "Tommy, told me it was a girl" she commented
"Who's Tommy?" Cole questioned curious
"He's the neighbor. I'm gonna name her 'Phoebe'" she said with a smile
Susan, who by the time was already pissed but wouldn't say anything until Emma finished her food and went to her bedroom, asked, "Where did you get that name from, baby?"
"She's a friend" she replied and kept eating
"From school?" Susan kept questioning
"Nope" the little girl nodded 'no' "She's a pretty woman from Daddy's work" she replied and her mother just stared at Cole angrily one more time
'Now, she's gonna say I'm sleeping with her' he thought.
"Really?" Susan asked one more time staring at Cole,
"Yes, she's a client" Cole coldly intervened
"Yes, I met her today. She's very nice and very pretty" she commented
"Is the first time you see this woman in Daddy's office?" Susan asked. Cole knew exactly what she was doing. She used to do it all the time. She would interrogate Emma to find out things about Cole.
"Yes. And she's very pretty. I saw her and is pretty and Daddy thinks she's pretty too" she innocently answered
'Damn it' Cole thought. "Emma, honey, did you already finish your food?" Cole asked and she nodded, "So, why don't you go to wash your teeth and I'll be with you in a couple minutes?" he suggested
"Ok" she said and walked out the dining room.
"So, tell me Cole there's another thing you did today to make me pissed?" Susan threw out.
"What the hell are you talking about?", he didn't know why he asked, he saw this coming
"Well, first the pet thing. I clearly told you I didn't want any pet or animals here, and just come over my decision not just say she could keep it, but help her with the stuff. Maybe, you put it in the garden so she could find it to make mad!" she reclaimed
"I told her she could keep it because there's no problem for a child to have a little pet!" he stated
"But I told you I didn't want animals!" she yelled
"For god's sake it's just a little turtle with the size of finger not a dinosaur!" he angrily replied
"But it's still an animal!"
"It's just a little piece of life. But you don't care about do you?"
"Ok, let's forget about the pet. What about the this whore you're screwing?" she asked
'I knew it' he thought
"I'm not screwing anyone, not even you!" he shouted
"So, tell me, why does my child have to get alone with this bimbo?" she asked
"She's a client, and Emma met her because she was at my office while I was working. Remember I took care of her while you were taking care of your 'sweet and Charming' mother?" he reminded her sarcastically
"Oh, please, not with my mother's subject again. Leave her alone" she said
"You know what?" Cole cut her off " I had a hard day at work, so just forget it. I don't wanna fight today. I'll find a way to not make Emma cry when I tell her she can't keep the turtle" he said and made his way out of the room
"Cole! I'm not done yet!" she yelled and he didn't come back "Cole!" then the anger made her hit the table with her fist.
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Phoebe was working in her laptop when she heard the door open.
"Hey, honey" Miles said
"Hey" she replied very softly and with saddness.
"Honey, are you alright? You sounded a little down in the phone when I called you" he commented, "what happened?"
"Me? Down? Nope" she said and faked a smile, " See? I had just got out of the attorney's office. I'm fine". The truth was that she wasn't fine. She wasn't just a little down. She was sad, depressed, frustrated, devastated and even mad. She even couldn't help but cry when she was by herself at home before Miles come home.
"Are you sure?" he asked concerned and she nodded. 'I just was remind of a the little treasure I'll never have in my arms to protect and love' she though. Lately every time she met some kid she got depressed.
"Well, I see you're great. I brought you something" he said
"Really, what is it?" she asked curious and got disappointment when she found out what it was.
"I brought you fresh tulips" he said with a smile and noticed her unsatisfied face and suddenly she started to sneeze. The sneeze became out of control when he got the flowers close to her "Don't you like them?" he asked
"No, it's not that. It's just that I'm allergic to the tulips" she replied
"Oh god! I totally forgot. I'm sorry. What the hell was I thinking?. I just wanted to do something for-" he stated
"Yeah, I know" she cut him off, "Just get them away from me" she said rubbing her noise. Miles took the flowers and threw them out. This was the kind of stuff that she noticed were failing in her marriage. It was like they didn't know each other anymore.
Chapter 2
"A little part I didn't know about you"
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"Please, come in" he told her and she did "How are you?" he asked her politely
"Very good, thank you" she said with a smile "I was actually surprised when I got the call from your assistant, I didn't think it would be that soon" she said and he smiled at that
"I told you it wouldn't be that long. I've already caught up in the case. Please, sit down" Cole replied
"So...now I'm the one who needs to be caught up," she said
"Yeah. Well, I was checking the support of the lawsuit and then I talked to the plaintiff" he started
"You did?" she asked
"Yes. And I'm not an expert but she seemed emotionally unstable. So..." but as he was explaining Phoebe caught sight of the little girl who was in the other side of the office. She was drawing, then stared at Phoebe for some minutes and then started to draw again. When Phoebe stared back at her, the little girl smiled and Phoebe smiled back. "I'll ask my assistant to set the hearing by them-" and suddenly the little girl ran straight to Phoebe and said softly but cheerfully "Hi"
"Hi" Phoebe said with a smile
"I drew you" Emma said and showed her the drawing and then Cole came closer to them "What's your name?" she innocently asked
"My name is Phoebe" she replied, "What's yours?"
"Emma" she replied cheerfully.
"Oh, Emma, please. Let Daddy talk to the lady" he said, "I'm sorry" he apologized to Phoebe "It's just that my wife had to take care of her mother. And I couldn't get a babysitter, so I'm babysitting today" he explained
"Oh, don't worry. It's okay. She's so cute" she said with a smile
Then the brown haired little girl intervened "Here" she simply said and gave Phoebe the drawing
"Oh, Thank you!!" she said with a big smile "Nobody had never drawn me before. This is so beautiful" she said to Emma.
"You're welcome" she told her and then Cole took her in his arms and carried her
"Come here, princess" he said sweetly as he walked towards the TV and she put her arms around Cole's neck. "Let's go watch some TV" he said as he put her in the couch in front of the TV Cole had in his office and turned it on. Phoebe couldn't help but join them where they were.
"I think some cartoons will work" she suggested and he turned to face her.
"Oh, I always have a sesame street DVD here, but I can't find it" he said pointing to the drawers. Then he put cartoon network and the girl giggled when found out that 'The Power puff girls' were been aired in that moment. Then Cole stared at the point where Emma had been drawing and playing and saw toys and crayons everywhere. "Emma?" he started "Oh, look at this, is a mess" he said and she stared at him with puppy eyes. At this Phoebe just smiled.
"It's nothing" Phoebe said, "Let me help you"
"Oh, no. Don't worry. Let's get back to the case. I'll take care of it after-"
"But I can help you and we could talk about the case at the same time" she cut him off and they started to gather all the toys
"My office is like a kinder garden", he said playfully and Phoebe laughed at that.
When Phoebe was about to leave Emma ran towards her again. "This is for you" and she gave her another drawing
"Oh, thank you. I'm gonna hang it up in my office" she promised and Emma gave her a kiss in the cheek and came to Cole and he carried her. "Good bye"
"I'll be in touch" she said to Cole
"Yeah, I'll let you know as soon as the hearing is set" Cole replied
"Ok, Thank you. Good bye, Emma" she said and walked out of the office. Then Phoebe started to think about Emma, she really was a beautiful little girl. With her curly hair and beautiful big blue eyes, she reminded her that she wouldn't have children in the nearly future. She sighed as she dried a tear that fell in her cheek.
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That night, Cole, Susan and Emma were taking dinner together. As usual Cole and Susan weren't talking between each other, this time it was because Cole forgot to bring the milk Susan had asked him to the day before. Yesterday, they hadn't talk between them because Susan put cinnamon on the food when she perfectly knew Cole hated it... and they always were fighting for that kind of stupid things lately. Of course they had bigger problems than those, but it seemed like after reveal the big ones, all the little one come alone one by one. They hadn't had sex in at least five moths. Sometimes they didn't even sleep together. Cole used to fall asleep while he was reading a story to Emma and she didn't wake him up. She felt safer sleeping with her daddy. Some nights we would sleep in the guest room and other we wouldn't sleep at all working.
Emma noticed the uncomfortable silence between her parents, sometimes she felt guilty for that. She knew things weren't right in her family, but she didn't understand why; she just knew that when her mom or dad sent her to her room or told her to go to play, they started to fight and to yell at each other. All that made her want to cry but she never told it to anybody. So in the middle of the meal Emma broke the silence
"Mommy, I found a little turtle in the garden today", she announced and smiled proudly
"Really?" she asked
"Yes. I put it in a box that Daddy gave me" she commented. At this Susan shoot a killer look at Cole and he knew what that was for. She had clearly told him that she didn't want any animals or pets in the house. It seemed like this would be the reason of why they wouldn't talk between them the next day.
"Your daddy told you to keep it?" she asked her daughter
"Yes, he told me I could keep it" she replied, "Tommy, told me it was a girl" she commented
"Who's Tommy?" Cole questioned curious
"He's the neighbor. I'm gonna name her 'Phoebe'" she said with a smile
Susan, who by the time was already pissed but wouldn't say anything until Emma finished her food and went to her bedroom, asked, "Where did you get that name from, baby?"
"She's a friend" she replied and kept eating
"From school?" Susan kept questioning
"Nope" the little girl nodded 'no' "She's a pretty woman from Daddy's work" she replied and her mother just stared at Cole angrily one more time
'Now, she's gonna say I'm sleeping with her' he thought.
"Really?" Susan asked one more time staring at Cole,
"Yes, she's a client" Cole coldly intervened
"Yes, I met her today. She's very nice and very pretty" she commented
"Is the first time you see this woman in Daddy's office?" Susan asked. Cole knew exactly what she was doing. She used to do it all the time. She would interrogate Emma to find out things about Cole.
"Yes. And she's very pretty. I saw her and is pretty and Daddy thinks she's pretty too" she innocently answered
'Damn it' Cole thought. "Emma, honey, did you already finish your food?" Cole asked and she nodded, "So, why don't you go to wash your teeth and I'll be with you in a couple minutes?" he suggested
"Ok" she said and walked out the dining room.
"So, tell me Cole there's another thing you did today to make me pissed?" Susan threw out.
"What the hell are you talking about?", he didn't know why he asked, he saw this coming
"Well, first the pet thing. I clearly told you I didn't want any pet or animals here, and just come over my decision not just say she could keep it, but help her with the stuff. Maybe, you put it in the garden so she could find it to make mad!" she reclaimed
"I told her she could keep it because there's no problem for a child to have a little pet!" he stated
"But I told you I didn't want animals!" she yelled
"For god's sake it's just a little turtle with the size of finger not a dinosaur!" he angrily replied
"But it's still an animal!"
"It's just a little piece of life. But you don't care about do you?"
"Ok, let's forget about the pet. What about the this whore you're screwing?" she asked
'I knew it' he thought
"I'm not screwing anyone, not even you!" he shouted
"So, tell me, why does my child have to get alone with this bimbo?" she asked
"She's a client, and Emma met her because she was at my office while I was working. Remember I took care of her while you were taking care of your 'sweet and Charming' mother?" he reminded her sarcastically
"Oh, please, not with my mother's subject again. Leave her alone" she said
"You know what?" Cole cut her off " I had a hard day at work, so just forget it. I don't wanna fight today. I'll find a way to not make Emma cry when I tell her she can't keep the turtle" he said and made his way out of the room
"Cole! I'm not done yet!" she yelled and he didn't come back "Cole!" then the anger made her hit the table with her fist.
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Phoebe was working in her laptop when she heard the door open.
"Hey, honey" Miles said
"Hey" she replied very softly and with saddness.
"Honey, are you alright? You sounded a little down in the phone when I called you" he commented, "what happened?"
"Me? Down? Nope" she said and faked a smile, " See? I had just got out of the attorney's office. I'm fine". The truth was that she wasn't fine. She wasn't just a little down. She was sad, depressed, frustrated, devastated and even mad. She even couldn't help but cry when she was by herself at home before Miles come home.
"Are you sure?" he asked concerned and she nodded. 'I just was remind of a the little treasure I'll never have in my arms to protect and love' she though. Lately every time she met some kid she got depressed.
"Well, I see you're great. I brought you something" he said
"Really, what is it?" she asked curious and got disappointment when she found out what it was.
"I brought you fresh tulips" he said with a smile and noticed her unsatisfied face and suddenly she started to sneeze. The sneeze became out of control when he got the flowers close to her "Don't you like them?" he asked
"No, it's not that. It's just that I'm allergic to the tulips" she replied
"Oh god! I totally forgot. I'm sorry. What the hell was I thinking?. I just wanted to do something for-" he stated
"Yeah, I know" she cut him off, "Just get them away from me" she said rubbing her noise. Miles took the flowers and threw them out. This was the kind of stuff that she noticed were failing in her marriage. It was like they didn't know each other anymore.