Abandoned Baby
Chapter 178
The next morning Bless and Drew started getting things packed in the car for the trip to New York and to drop the kids off at Meera's.
Once they got to the house with the kids, they were greeted by the young girl Carla who was feeding her small yorkie Chewy.
"Hey Bless, Drew." She greeted the couple walking up to them.
Bless smiled at the young woman. "Hi Carla. Nandito ang mommy mo?" (Is your mom here?) Bless asked the teenager.
"Sa kitchen si mom. Naririnig kailangan sitter sa bata?" (Mom's in the kitchen. I hear you need a sitter for the kids?)
"Only for one day kasi I need to go to New York to pick up some things for ang kapatid ko." (Only for one day because I need to go to New York to pick up some things for my sister.)
Carla nodded with a warm smile as she led the couple up to the house as Chewy followed her before going up to her room.
"Ma, nandito si Bless at si Drew." (Mom, Bless and Drew are here.) Carla told her mom walking into the living room where her mom was sitting doing some knitting.
Meera smiled when she saw her daughter. "Bring them in anak." (Bring them in my daughter.)
The couple entered the room with the kids along with Carla.
"Hi Yaya Meera. Hindi kami isturbo sa in'yo kasi kailangan kami mag punta sa airport in three hours at hindi gusto kami mag late. We're just here to drop off yung bata." (Hello Meera. I hope welre not disturbing you because Drew and I need to be at the airport in three hours and we don't want to be late. We're just here to drop off the kids.)
Meera simply smiled. "Hindi Bless. Okay sa'kin mag drop off yung bata. We'll take good care of them." (It's okay with me if you drop off the kids.)
"Anak, you and your baby brother be good for yaya Meera and Tita Carla,pangako?" (My daughter, you and your brother be good for Meera and Aunty Carla, promise?) Bless kneeled down to Catherine's level telling her.
"Yes mama. Pangako." (Promise.) Catherine smiled kissing her mom before handing her off to Carla.
"I wuv yew mama." Catherine told her mom reaching over to kiss her.
"I love you too baby love."
"Munchkin, you behave okay and watch over your little brother. I love you little lass." Drew let her know kissing his daughter's forehead.
"Pwomise daddy. Wuv yew." The toddler smiled kissing and hugging her daddy.
After Bless and Drew dropped off the kids and had lunch, they headed out for the open road.
"You ready?" Drew asked reaching over the console to interlace his fingers with Bless making sure she was ready to go.
She smiled his way and nodded. "Ready." She confirmed.
Drew revved up the engine and out they went to start their road adventure.
When they got to New York, they brought their stuff to the hotel where they were staying in the Hyatt.
Bless then called Lynn to make sure she was home in able to get Evelyn's things and get directions to the apartment.
When the couple approached the place, they were brought into a nice apartment which was a student apartment which was sort of lika flat where most of the students lived which wasn't too far from the community college Evelyn had been staying at temporarily to finish some general studies until she could afford to go back to LA before she passed away from the accident.
Bless knocked on the door to the apartment as she held on Drew's hand. The couple heard someone approached the door to open it to see it was Lynn with a warm smile.
"Hi. You must be Bless, Evelyn's sister?" The young girl who was about her sister's height with the same complexion as her and her long tresses of curls were black with a hint of dark blue highlights wearing a NYU T-Shirt and cute skinny jeans. Her eyes were also a warm chocolate brown color like chocolate milk. She looked to be about ninteen or so.
"You're filipina?" Bless asked just out of curiousity.
"Yup. Fil-Am actually." Lynn smiled warmly at Bless.
"Awwww... you're just about the cutest thing ever." Bless complimented on her the young student had such a cute shy voice when she spoke.
Lynn smiled with a blush. "Thank you. Um...Sorry but do you and your husband want anything to eat or drink?" The young girl asked as she ushed the couple in the house which was very warm and inviting.
It was a regular three bedroom, one full kitchen, and two bath apartment. The living room looked pretty furnished with enough furniture for them to just sit around and hang out with a green painted wall which was a great ambiance for the room, Two windows off to the right blowing the white curtains from the gentle breeze outside, a medium sized tv, book shelves where they kept their stacks of books neatly on one side of the room and pictures hanging around the room. The one bedroom was just down the hall where likely Carla had stayed.
"No, it's okay honey. We're good but thank you though." Bless politely declined.
"I have Evelyn's stuff mostly in her room which is off to the right which is beside my room which is that door in the middle." The young girl walked the couple to the room where her best friend stayed. The couple followed her as Lynn tried to compose herself since it had been quite a few days after she hadn't stepped into the room after packing Evelyn's things which was hard for her losing a best friend she had gotten to know for a short amount of time. Evelyn and her had met in a bioscience class and hit it off immediately.
Lynn smiled a little opening the door as the sun filtered through the window of the pink painted room feeling Evelyn's spirit through it.
"This is Eve's room?" Drew asked the student looking around his wife's sister's room which was now bare of her belongings ready to go home with them and yet knew this was going to be hard on Bless but he promised he would be here for moral support.
The nineteen year old nodded. "Yup. Pretty much. She loved this room and it was enough for her. It's hard to step into this room sometimes whenever I think of her but at times it's easier too." She told him how it felt being in the room when she missed her best friend and had good memories when they had their girl talks and talk about random things.
Bless saw most of her sister's things packed in boxes in the middle of the room where Lynn had them sorted out for her on the hardwood floor and the rest of the room empty except for the chestnut drawer that stood out on the end of the wall, the small closet was empty of Eve's clothes her sister passed down to her, and the springs of the bed left in the room.
The older sibling rooted through some of Eve's things such as pictures in the boxes and sniffled looking at them randomly. She seen a framed picture of her smiling face that hung off to the side of the box and held it close to her heart. Looking at Evelyn was like looking at a mirror image of herself. She and her sister looked so identical in the picture and mostly like their mother.
Lynn stood off to the side trying not to cry herself when she saw Bless hold Evelyn's picture that was near and dear to her heart. That was her most favorite pic of Evelyn because she looked happy and photogenic. It was the hardest pic to put down when she was arranging most of the things to put in boxes and a few of their favorite copy pictures.
Drew knew it was hard for his wife while she was sorting through the boxes and let her be to grieve. He felt his heart break to see his wife lose her sister. He couldn't imagine if it happened to his sister. It would just kill him to lose the one sibling he had left.
He frowned watching his wife look through her sister's belongings clutching them like a lifeline. He wished he could take her pain away. Even though he never knew Evelyn, he felt like he lost a member of his family in his heart and it crushed him. He wondered if he would've been a good brother-in-law if he had gotten to know her.
"You okay baby?" Drew asked softly walking over to his wife kissing her temple as she was holding to her sister's gold charm necklace which had a picture of them together when they were younger that she saw in her sister's jewelry box. She had kept it all this time.
"I will be." Bless reassured him with a small smile.
He looked down at the necklace his wife had and opened the picture that held two cute smiling faces of her and Evelyn . He smiled at her before looking at the picture again.
"That was Eve and I when we were younger." Bless giggled through her tears showing Drew the pic inside the necklace.
He chuckled softly. "It's cute. You two definitely look alike. It would look nice on my baby though you know that way your sister would be close to your heart." He told her sweeping his thumb across her face.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt wearing it huh?" Bless giggled tracing the locket with her thumb.
"No not at all. I think your sister would appreciate it and you would always have a keep sake." Drew thought it would be a lasting memory forever to have Evelyn close to her heart.
"How are you two doing in here?"Lynn asked with a soft smile seeing the couple looking through a few more things as she appeared at the door.
"We're doing well. Just sorting through some of Eve's things and figuring which one's I'm going to take home with me or unless you want to keep a few things Lynn." Bless told the young girl looking at some clothes and other accessories her sister had in the boxes.
"I'm just actually keeping a few pictures which are is all Bless. The rest I'm sure Evelyn wanted you to have." Lynn wanted to make sure Bless took most of Evelyn's belongings.
After Bless knew what she wanted, she and Drew took most of the thngs to the car and packed them in.
Once the boxes with Evelyn's other things among clothes and jewelry were taped and closed, Drew put those in the Tahoe.
"I'm glad you were able to come today Bless. It was good to know you from your sister. She has said nothing but good things about you."
Bless smiled. I'm grateful to have met you too Lynn. Evelyn has said nothing but good things about you too when she would write me. I'm glad she was able to make friends with you."
Lynn was grateful to have known Evelyn even though it was just a short amount of time and Bless was so much like her she could tell.
After talking for awhile, Bless and Drew needed to go back to the hotel to check on the kids and have Evelyn's stuff shipped that way thry could get it back to Tampa in time.
When they got to the hotel and made sure to call a U-haul company who could come pick up Evelyn's things and then called the airlines to arrange their flight for the next day.
After doing those duties, Bless and Drew called the kids to check on them to greet them good night.
A few minutes later, Drew got a call on his cell from the U-haul company that were going to bring Evelyn's things back to Tampa. He told them what room they were that way they could get them.
The U-haul got Evelyn's things and Drew gave them their address where to bring it.
By the end of the night, the young couple went to bed and couldn't wait to be home with their babies the next day.