Healing a broken heart

Christmas time and bad times

Chapter 70

ELLAPOV

Christmas in New York I always loved it, even with my shitty ex it was my favorite time of the year, but with Norman, it's something else we got a real Christmas tree the house smells like pine I love it. I've been baking up a storm lots of cookies I decided I had nothing better to do than bake cookies for the other tenants in the complex I got the security guard to help me give out all the gift bags and had several cookies of gingerbread and butter cookies and a card attached:

We Hope you have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year from my kitchen to yours. The Reedus's apartment 10A.

Norman thought I was silly but we don't know anyone in the building there might be other moms here that are lonely or someone that just needs to know someone cares.

I got a call from some producers from bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta wanting to know if I wanted to be in the next season. I asked Norman what he thought and he said it was my choice but he wouldn't be in it he's in enough tv as it is. I ended up saying no because I won't have time I'll have three babies to look after even with Misty here it's still busy also they just wanted me because of Norman so no Norman no interest.

I've been trying to figure out what to get Norman he's not that hard to buy for I went shopping with Mingus and Stella, yeah I did Santa pictures with them, very cute. Stella just loves her big brother they're so super cute he comes over every second day except then he's got a lesson for whatever instrument or sport Helena's got him doing at that time. She and I get along well, she was worried about the whole sex tape business. I told her it wasn't any of her business. She couldn't understand why I forgave him for doing it, it wasn't his fault it happened yeah he taped me but he never intended it to get released I never wanted it to get released.

We had organized to have Mingus Christmas morning when it came around Norman was like a kid at Christmas, I trying to make breakfast as we are having a Christmas breakfast and Mingus has to go back to Helena so she can have Christmas with him.

"Babe come on Stella's up let's open presents."

"You do realize she's only eight months she can't open anything herself, and it'll probably end up in her mouth."

"Yeah but she's up. Come on I want to open my presents."

"You do realize you're nearly 47 right?"

"Yeah but I'm allowed to be excited it's Christmas it's our first Christmas it's Stella's first Christmas come on babe."

"Please I need to finish these pancakes then I'm done."

"So you'll be even sexier." He comes up to me and wraps his arms around my ever-expanding waist I'm so fucking huge it's not funny and I've still got two months to go. We're going on our family trip this year to Costa Rica Norman wants to show me something he won't tell me what but he hopes I like it.

"You sir are insatiable."

"Yes, I am." He moves my hair from my neck and starts kissing my neck.

"Mom can we open my presents."

"Yeah, I'm finished Ming. Okay, who wants to open the first one."

"Me me me." Norman said.

"No daddy, come on Stella where's Mingus's presents some daddy'll just have to wait."

"Oh come on babe."

"At least let Stella do this one and then you can go crazy babe okay."

"Yes, Ella."

"Mingus this is from Stella, yeah I know she's only little but she wanted her big brother to always have her around."

He opens the present it's a photo album of photos just of Stella and him so he can take it to Helena's. I didn't want to shove us in her face.