He Was Her All 3: Enough is Enough✔️

Chapter 24: Horrible Realizations

"Okay Leilani, I'll speak to you later," Mariana said on the phone as she was leaving her car.

"Okay chérie, let me know of any good leads you receive. I hope you find your babies."

"Thanks Leilani and me too," Mariana said and then ended the call. She sighed and tucked her phone away in her pocket.

Even though she had an interview to conduct and the sun shone high in the sapphire skies, her spirits weren't in the proper mood. She just didn't feel right knowing she was going back to her house and her children won't be there to greet her.

She wiped away her tears, but they kept coming out in small bursts. She just wanted to go home and see little Elisa coming to hug her legs. She wanted to watch Axel play his drums and to embrace them.

She let out a sad chuckle. Those moments were nice to think about, but at the same time, made her feel more depressed about the situation.

But she adjusted her hair and straightened her outfit. Her gloomy face became masked with a cheerful one as she went ahead and sat outside a cafe to who she needed to speak to.

"Hello, sorry for being late," she apologised to the retired doctor and sat down opposite him.

"It's fine, It's great your here now," he replied.

Mariana forced the smile to stay on her lips as she nodded with fake enthusiasm. She got the google docs up on her iPad and steadied it in front of her, because she feared if she looked away, her melancholy state would show through.

"I'm just going to ask you a couple of questions for my research," she said, "So the first question is..."

Her ears then perked up at a mother and her child walking past them. She heard the little girl pestering her to buy her candy and the mother trying to walk without getting dragged into the cafe.

Seeing the girl jump about, tightened her throat as it reminded her too much of her own kids. She couldn't go on walks with her little chick anymore, or stop Axel from tugging at clothes they passed while shopping, made her chest ache like a stab strikethrough. All she wanted right now was to swing her daughter by the arm and hear her joyous giggles float out.

"Hey, is everything alright?" The retired doctor asked.

"Mhm?" Mariana turned her attention back to him and realized her eyes got very watery. She quickly wiped them away.

"Sorry, just dealing with some issues in my personal life." She avoided eye contact because now she was embarrassed.

"It's okay, take your time. I don't have much to do today."

"Thanks." Mariana sniffed and held in her breath. She straightened her back, as if that would make her focus, but now she was out of focus like a camera and would rather be somewhere else.

"Sorry, do you find just filling these out with your answers." She handed him the iPad and sat back while he started typing his answers.

"Are you sure you should be working? Shouldn't you take some time off?" He asked with his eyes fully concentrated at the screen.

"No, I'm fine," she replied quickly which was followed with a rapid head nod. But it ended up sounding more like she was trying to convince herself than him.

"Okay, well, I hope you get through whatever your dealing with." He then handed her back the iPad.

"Thanks so much." Mariana smiled with appreciation and  got up from her seat. She hopped back to her back and then got in. She puffed out a sigh of relief, which made the hairs above her forehead blow out.