Be My Bride

chapter 23

    It was almost December and it was going to be my first Christmas with my husband and son. I needed it to be perfect.

   I wouldn't say I'm a religious person. But I believe in God and I know he's out there watching over me. I knew the essence of Christmas and what it meant to true Christians. I love Christmas. I love it because Christmas signifies the greatest love given to us. The birth of the son of God that came to save humanity.

   I wanted to host a Christmas party. Maybe have my parents and Paul with his family fly in.

  Then my baby boy would have the opportunity to meet his grandparents, uncle and cousins.

   Kyle was a big boy now. He had already started crawling and has been moving around in his walker. I had everything recorded on video.

   After we came back from Samuel's parents house, I barely saw Matilda again. She was always with Jennifer.

  There was a lot of things that I didn't like about her. I didn't feel comfortable with her around me and my family.

  " Ma'am, Excuse me ma'am." I was interrupted from my thoughts by Hazel.

" Oh hi Hazel, I didn't know you were here. Have a seat." I gestured to one of the couches.

   " Thank you. I don't want to take much of your time. I just came to tell you that I passed my college entrance exams and I'll be going to college soon."

   " Oh my gosh. I'm so happy for you. What are you planning on studying??"

   " Human physiology. I'd like to be a lecturer someday" She said.

   " Oh that's so nice. I'm so happy for you Hazel. ''

   " Thank you so much Kim." She said with the biggest smile on her face.

    I actually liked Hazel. She's so dedicated and hardworking. She was always reading. She reminded me a lot of my self when I was her age.

  The only difference was that instead of books, I was always looking at fashion magazines and drawing any design I could think of.

    " I'll leave—"

  The sound of my phone ringing interrupted Hazel.

  I sprung to my feet because I thought Samuel was the one calling me.

   She handed me my phone and the caller ID showed Matilda. I picked the call.

  " Hey Kim, I was wondering if you could go shopping with me tomorrow.  You can come with Kyle too. I miss you guys already please don't say no." She pleaded.

   She sounded genuine and I really wanted to work on my relationship with her as she was my husband's sister. Maybe get her to leave Jennifer's company. I knew that, that witch was using her.

  " Okay fine. " I replied hesitantly.

   " Great, I'll pick you by 5pm tomorrow." She said as she hung up. She didn't even give me a chance to protest.

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I told Samuel about it as soon as he came back from work. He didn't like the idea.

  " Matilda is a very mischievous person. I wonder what she's up to" He said as he caressed my shoulders, luring me to a dreamless sleep.

  When I woke up, it was morning and Samuel's side of the bed was cold.

    I went to Kyle's room to prepare him for the day. He was still sleeping. I'm sure Samuel came to feed him when I was sleeping.

   I left him to continue sleeping while I went to brush my teeth and arrange my bedroom.

   When I was done with my personal hygiene, I went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for myself.

   After breakfast, I went to my room to write down my plans for the party whilst munching on a cookie I stole from chef Luigi.  Then I heard Kyle's voice.

   My baby boy was awake.

   He was playing with his Kung Fu panda teddy .

  " Hey baby, how're you doing. " I said as I rained kisses on him and he gave his a smile that I absolutely love.

    I really love my son. He's so adorable.

  The day went by so quickly and before I knew it, it was already 3pm. I spent the whole day contemplating taking Kyle with me.

   I decided not to.

   I had my bath again and dressed up. I wore a black jeans trouser and a white T-shirt then I wore my black sandals. I wanted to look as casual as possible.

   I asked Samuel when he would be home and he promised to be back by five so I would have to leave Kyle with Gerta.

  As soon as it was five . The unmistakable blaring of Matilda's horn could be heard all over the house. I stood up and carried by bag, placed my phone, lipgloss, some cash, my debit card and a tiny bottle of oil perfume.

   I gave Kyle to Gerta and kissed him goodbye.

  " Don't worry Kim, I'll take good care of him." She promised

" Okay, I trust you Gerta." I said as I walked out of the house.

  Matilda was sitting in her car chewing gum in a very unladylike manner which was surprising because she always exuded perfection.

   " Hi Kim,  Where is Kyle? I thought that you were going to bring him. " She said with a frown on her face."

  " Um I didn't want to stress him out. He needs to rest." I said.

   " Ughh whatever, we can do without him anyway. Why don't we go to the Royal Mall first. They have a new line coming in today." She said.

  " Matilda, Royal Mall is like an hour away. Don't you think we should do our shopping somewhere close by?"

  " But I really want to go there please. I've been anticipating it for quite sometime." She pleaded.

  " Okay fine. Let's go." I said reluctantly.

   I busied myself with typing on my phone. I sent my mom a long message explaining to her how sorry I was for not reaching out earlier. I didn't tell her everything but I made sure to tell her that there was a long explanation that I had to give to her and that my son and I were doing fine.

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Merrryyyyyy Christmas in arrears Happy new year in advance 😚😚😚😚.

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