Chapter 2: you want to talk about fairness
"Hi... Stretch what's up?" the voice from the second line…echoes!
"Nicky please I need you back here"... Answered Alex while focusing on road driving to her apartment...
"I think Sylvie is leaving me and She's taking the kids with her".. And I don't know what to do...I can't lose my kids Nicky!"
"Whaaat? What the fuck have you done now Vause?" questioned, Nicky.
"I don't know Nicky just got a call from miss Claudette said she was leaving...am on my way there will give you the details. But please can you make it here back in time?!"
"Hey! Don't worry okay! I will try to be there as soon as I can...just try to talk her out of it"...
"Thanks Nichols... Okay Vause see you latter!?", She hangs up her phone. Focusing back on the road...
28 minutes... Later at Alex apartment
She is parking on her driveway
Unbuckling herself from seatbelt... Opening the driver's door. And taking off to her apartment... Stepping into elevator and pressing number 6, for 6th floor, stepping out of elevator holding herself together for fear of falling, she then opens her front door apartment …
"Moma! Moma she is greeted and hugged by her daughter
"Are we going on a vacation Moma?", Mummy is packing our clothes upstairs, are we going with you Moma?"
"Yes honey! Where is Bernabe?"
"He's sleeping Moma! Are we taking him with us Moma?"
"Yes sweetheart! … but first let me speak to your mum okay? She then kissed her on her forehead
"Okay Moma!"
"Do you want pizza hon?'
"Yes Moma"
"Do you want to go with miss clauddete to buy Your own pizza?"
"Yes Moma"
"Okay go to Miss Claudette's room and tell her I said to take you to pizza hut", she kissed her again... And the toddler excitedly running towards miss Claudette's room,
Leaving Alex taking steps to upstairs, Sylvie is now packing her shoes from the shoe rack into a middle-sized box,
She enters the room and greeted with numbers of various boxes and bags packed with various items!
"Hey babe"…she greets Sylvie…
"Hi" Sylvie responds...
"Babe what's going on why all of your clothes and the kids are packed?"
"Oh! Please Alex let's not do this"…
"Come on Sylvie talk to me. What is wrong?"
"Ooh you wanna know what is wrong Alex huh? ...you! Alex! you are what is wrong!"
"Babe !Please we can talk this out there's no need of packing or leaving ...let's discuss this huh?
"There's nothing to talk about Alex... At least not anymore"
" Come on babe that's not fair to me or to the kids"...
"Ooh this is funny now you want to talk about fairness Alex ?... Ooh guess what Alex, what is fair is you coming home late drunk every fucking night, acting cold towards me, I mean for fucks sake do you even love us? "
'Come on Sylvie why would you even ask me that?"
"Oh you don't know?. When was the last time you touched me Alex? as your wife...Jeez are you fucking someone else? Because that will be totally understandable...
"Sylvie...? Alex warned, let's be adults and talk this out for the sake of our kids!"
"Just give me one chance... Babe am sorry I haven't been in the mood lately but that doesn't mean I don't love you anymore", she said walking to hold her wife's hand which Sylvie rejected fiercely...
"Sylvie I was grieving my mother?!" Alex said trying to defend herself, come on Sylvie you know how much my mother meant to me! I know that's not an excuse but babe you gonna understand this huh?",
"You know how much I love the kids, you can't take them away from me", they are all I have now babe,
"Oh you should have thought about that before you started all of this, we wouldn't be here"
"Please Sylvie?!"
"Don't you dare fucking Sylvie me Alex!" Shouted Sylvie, " It's not a matter of one-time Alex you started this before even your mother's death",
Their fight is interrupted with the sound of the crying kid…Alex is walking toward the baby's room,
Turning her back on Alex ... Sylvie murmured
"Am leaving you Alex and am taking the kids with me"
The divorce papers are in wardrobe please sign them will meet you in a coat room
Alex nearly fall from losing balance shocked by Sylvie's last sentence!...
"Hey kiddo, how are you? She then lift her son from bed kissed him and holding him as if that's the last time she will be seeing him.
She wants to shout, throw things and cry but she can't because if she does. She is sure she's gonna loose..it, and she can't afford to do that at least not now!... instead she blinked and closed her eyes blocking all overflowing emotions
If she was being honest a part of her was relieved by Sylvie's decision of divorcing her.. the only part of her that was hurting is losing her kids!.. and honestly,
she was trapped in this marriage because of that!
Flash back
Opening the door and letting Alex in, Diane questioned,
"Honey what's wrong? what made you drove so late at this hour is everything okay? are the kids and Sylvie okay?,
"Ma... they're all fine! am I not allowed to visit you at this hours ma?"
"Of course, not kiddo, it's just that you usually call before visiting besides you have never visited me so this late"
"I just needed to be here ma"…
"Okay now you are scaring me Alex, what is wrong kid are you sick?"
"Mum am fine"
"No you are not!, I know my kid when she is troubled, what is bothering you? kiddo did you and Sylvie fought again?!"
"Ma we are fine!"
"Alex am your mother! and I can tell when you are lying just by one look you are not okay!"
"I don't know ma its Sylvie!"
"Oh baby I knew it" , Diane said while taking seat besides Alex,
"What's it that she has done this time?" she mumbled, while holding and squeezing Alex's hands,
"Ma she's been so grumpy and moody."..
"Is she pregnant again?" asked Diane in thrilled manner,
"No! Maa?... she smirked while playfully hitting Diane's hands
"I told you we're done having kids ma!", it's just that she's been threatening and demanding a divorce"
"oh kiddo" she said while hugging her, I think you should divorce her"
'Whaat?! Asked Alex in disbelief looking her mother direct in the eyes...
'Why would you say that what about my kids?"
"Hey look at me and be honest are you happy in that marriage?" Alex shook her head indicating she is not happy,
"But ma, I don't want to abandon my kids just like my dad did to you, I want to be near them and raise them like you raised me"…she said while her eyes watering with unshaded tears,
"Honey you can still divorce her and still be able to do all of that to your kids, there's nothing stopping you from doing that babe, you gonna have to step out of that marriage whether you like it or not"
"I know ma, I know",
"Come here" Diane said while kissing and hugging her daughter, " lets go have some sleep kiddo" end of flash back
Jone's yoga point
Okay take a breath in…. out, stretch your hands, close your eyes …breath in again let your body relax
pretend like you are sitting in a garden surrounded by different colors of flowers near the ocean holding the hands of the love of your life and…
Piper and Larry are sitting very close holding each other's hands but Piper seems very unfocused with the present situation,
"Honey! are you okay?" Larry inquired
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"
"Serious Piper am worried about you!"
" Then don't I told you am fine! Larry"
"Okay! Okay! Piper", Larry said while holding his hands up in a defeat,
"Am sorry Larry it's just that !... serious am fine but thanks anyway"
"Excuse me , am going to the washroom, Piper picks up her mobile phone and pace toward the female's washroom,
She then lock herself in one of the room washing her hands while staring herself in a mirror and taking a deep breath feeling very lonely in her life,
She's been married for 3 years now, they have been trying to have kids with Larry unsuccessfully... it's not like she can't get pregnant, she just don't want to..
And now Larry was running out of patient demanding to have kids with her something that she was not ready for...
She is feeling guilty for what she's doing, what she has been doing behinds Larry she wants to come clean
But she is so afraid, afraid of losing her family, her job tittle, her husband, her marriage,no! she can't risk all of that and for what? The truth? Her thoughts is interrupted by the sound on her phone indicating text message, she picks up her phone and read the text
Larry: "Honey should I be worried? are you okay in there?", before she could answer, another text massage popping in.
Zelda: "We need to talk Piper, are you ignoring me ?, please respond to my texts and calls", instead of replying to both texts she took off leaving the washroom,
with one thing in her mind divorce!….
A/N So tell me what do you think should I continue writing this story, because am giving up, please a feedback would be really nice