Bliss

Opening Up

After reminiscing, tears begun to fall from my eyes without me meaning to cry. I missed my little girl, she didn't deserve to die like that and I partly blamed myself for it, if I had not confronted my husband that day, she wouldn't have fallen off the stairs while trying to stop him from hitting me. I remembered that Greg had asked me after the program, why I looked sad when the choir was ministering, I didn't want him to feel like I couldn't be transparent with him. Since we were becoming friends, I decided to tell him, after all he also told me about his wife when he could have withheld that part of his life from me. I called him to ask if he was free and if he could come over

"Hello Greg"

"Hello Viv, how are you doing?"

"I'm good and you?"

"I'm doing well too by God's grace"

"Please would you be free after you pick up J.J from school today?"

"I have one or two things to take care of, why do you ask?"

"Oo ok, never mind, we can make it some other time"

"Vivian..."

"Okay, I just want to invite you and J.J over for dinner but I specifically want to talk to you, since you have things to do, we can reschedule"

"We'll be there at 5:00pm, I just have to finish a couple of things I planned to do today"

"You will?...I hope it won't conflict with your schedule?"

"No, let me be concerned about that_ so we'll see you later?

"Yes, yes please, I would be ready_ Jayden likes spaghetti right?"

"We all do"

"Okay perfect, thank you very much"

"What did I do?"

"For making time, I really appreciate it"

"You're welcome"

"Let me leave you to what you were doing_ bye!"

"Okay, bye!"

This was it, I had the choice to either cancel dinner or prepare to tell him everything and I really wanted to be open with him, no skeletons in my closet. I went to the storage room and rummaged through some of Tracey's stuff, I found animations she used to love and selected them for J.J to watch while I spoke to his dad. I then proceeded to prepare beef sauce, it was already 3:00pm and by the time the sauce would be done, it would be almost time, then I could freshen up and wait for them to arrive.

GREG'S POV
I didn't really expect to see her call because of how the previous day went. She wanted Jayden and I to come over for dinner and to talk to me as well. I was curious to know what she wanted to talk about but I was patient enough to wait till 5:00pm. I went to pick up J.J from school and told him about it

"Hey champ, would you like to visit Auntie Vivian today?...yes yes yes, are we going now?...hahaha, in a few minutes, we will but you have to bath and look fresh okay...okay_ daddy...yeees...do you like Auntie Vivian?..." I knew this boy was very intelligent but sometimes he asked questions beyond his age

"Daddy...yeees...you're not saying anything...sorry son, yes I like her but that's normal because she's my friend...okay, that's good because I want her to be my mummy...it's time to bath, let's get you cleaned up...okay_I'm happy we're going to see Auntie Vivian...yeah me too" I just had to find a smart way to take his mind off that discussion before he took it all the way to Vivian's house and I wasn't ready to feel embarrassed in front of her.

We got to Vivian's house and she was already waiting for us "hey darling, come here, how are you?...I'm fine, thank you and you?...I'm good...how was school?...it was good, I got the highest score in the assignment teacher gave...wow, you don't say_oh sorry, please come in" I gave her a hug and entered the room, she put in a disc, it was an animation and I was amused because there were no kids living with her "Do you watch cartoons?...sometimes but with the nature of my job I hardly get time to watch them...so how come you have all these CDs?...that's why I wanted to talk to you...oo ok, hey champ, I have something to discuss with Auntie Vivian so watch the cartoon okay...okay" she led us to the dining area and asked me to sit.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?...errr how do I even start...you can start from the middle if you like, I'll understand...hahaha...I just want you to loosen up a bit, you look tensed...okay so I'll just go straight to the point_ I have lots of those children's stuff because I had a daughter...wow, that was unexpected, when you say had, what exactly do you mean?...she's no more..._I'm so sorry Vivian, what happened to her?...she fell from the stairs and died before we could get to the hospital...I'm really sorry to hear that...it's okay, I pulled through and I still am, it's been 2 years since the incident" she told me everything that led to her daughter's death and I could tell there was a struggle inside her to not breakdown in front of me.

"So you never heard from your husband after that?...yes he disappeared and everything in the house reminded me of Tracey so I moved in with my parents. I was a mess then, I blamed myself for everything and my husband blaming me as well didn't help...I can't believe he left you on your own to mourn your daughter. Since you've not heard from him, you're still married right?...I was until a month ago. I received a package from a delivery guy asking me to sign some papers after reading them, so I read them and realised he filed for a divorce and I didn't need to see him before signing the papers. Everything happened so fast and I knew there was nothing left of our marriage so I signed my part and that was it, it was over. Our union was already coming apart, it was our daughter's presence that kept us together till she died...I understand, sorry you had to go through all that...remember how you said yesterday that my countenance changed when the choir was singing?...yes I remember and I asked you why...yeah, the thing is I used to sing in church...really?...yeah and my family would sit on the third pew just so they could watch me up close while I ministered, my parents, husband and daughter...oh I see, so do you still go to church with them?...just when there are programs, I actually stopped going for awhile after what happened but I was counselled several times till I decided to go back, I couldn't bring myself to singing anymore, I always felt I would breakdown anytime I mount the stage and didn't see 'her' there...oh you would surely mount the stage again, I'm sure your family would love that plus I would also love to hear you minister...hmmm" I didn't know what else to say to make her feel better, I just placed my hand on hers and prayed for her in my head, knowing that the Holy Spirit was the only one who could comfort her and mend her heart.

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NB:POV means (Point of View)