Chary To Ballsy

47. Little Anley

Four months later

Caesar's POV

Nothing was the same ever again. My life before Chloe was sure plain, just black and white. And then she came along, everything changed, she was able to always put a smile on my face without even trying. My life became colourful and the place I built a home for myself and my sister became a real home because everyday I was always looking forward to go home, not like before. And all that was because of her...

I'd been distraught the past four months. I didn't know it could get to a point where Chloe couldn't be in the same room as I. Anyway, I just thank God she didn't move out of the house because that could have broken me even more. I was only given clear instructions, infact they weren't instructions, they were strictly demands. Being adamant I didn't stick to those demands where she'd told me to never visit her in her restaurant, to never go to her room, to never talk to her.

That had happened when I got back the following day after they had left abruptly with Cherry living back their stuffs which I had to pack and bring them with me. When I got home, it was around 10 at night and nobody was around the living nor kitchen. I went up straight to Chloe's room and I found her curled up in a ball in the middle of her bed and when I got even closer I found her letting out soft snobs, I was literally broken at the sight, I felt something I've never felt before and when she noticed my presence she shot up immediately moving further away to the corner shaking his head as she dried up her tears with the back of her palms. After taking in a few breaths she instructed me to get out of her room or she will leave. I tried to explain myself but it got even worser, she couldn't listen, she literally yelled giving me those three demands making me give her space.

I thought I can give her time to calm down and so I went to her restaurant a week later to pick her up so that we could go home together. She had walked right past me and when I tried stopping her, she bit my hand so painfully leaving a mark am sure will never disappear. That night she had gone to Tracy's place and I couldn't do anything. She had came back to the house the following day though and I decided to give her another week.

Next I had gone to her room so that we can at least have a decent talk, she ended up crying out so loud it scared me. I was confused and didn't know what to do and when she begged me to let her be, I lost it. She said that whenever she saw me, it hurt her. I only wanted to give her all that she wasn't able to get when growing up, that included happiness, since I couldn't do exactly that, I decided to let her be as she had requested.

I know what I did was wrong. It's just that I didn't know my past will catch up with me one day, literally coming to haunt me when my life had found its meaning.

I just don't regret meeting little Anley. I had taken a paternity test just to be sure even though I knew she was my daughter. And then the results had came back positive, a 99.8% match. A gush and a whirlwind of emotions had crowded my mind then and I got lost for a moment there. I wasn't ready to be a father yet but I couldn't run away from my responsibilities as a father to Anley. I had not played any part in her upbringing and I decided that day that I wanted to meet her.

Natalie was now some young ambitious mom and she had gotten kinda soft surprisingly. I think that's what motherhood does to a person. She had brought Anley to the hotel and when she jumped in my arms after her mother told her that I'm her father and that I've been always waiting to meet her, I think something stirred inside me. I softly engulfed her around my arms after picking her from the ground.

"Mom told me you were too busy working so that you'll find enough money to take me to a school in Netherlands?" She had chirped making me look at Natalie immediately, she just shrugged her shoulders smiling.

"Uh uh... Yes! But ... Do you really uh....want to go to Netherlands?" I asked still trying to hide the shock I had. Natalie was sure a bitch once upon a time but now she was changed and I couldn't thank her enough.

"Yeeesss! And also I want to go to Disneyland!" She quipped.

And then she reminded me of Chloe who was definitely now back in Bronx maybe crying herself to sleep. And it hit me that I should be on the plane back home.

"Okay, is it okay with mama if I'll have you for myself this summer holiday?" I asked expectantly looking at Natalie who was shocked at first but then she recovered almost immediately when Anley turned her head to look at her mother so that she'll give her permission. I had asked surprising myself even. But I think that's what I wanted deep down. I wanted to bond with my daughter, get to know her better. I knew in a way, we'd talk things out with my Marvelous Chloe and when she'd eventually meet Anley she'd fell in love with the kid since she loved kids.

"It's totally okay! But I hope daddy's little sister who is your aunt will be less harsh, I hope she'll like you. If she's going to give you hard time, daddy will never see you again." She rasped making me get shocked.

"Did you meet Cherry?" I asked Natalie turning wholly to face her.

"Yes, yesterday I stopped by your hotel room and I found this young lady with amber eyes and chocolate hair. I wanted to peace us but the lady wasn't that inviting. She was kinda rude."  Natalie said and my mind immediately went to Chloe. Of course she had seen her the previous night, she wouldn't have been kind to her.

And then I remembered the documents she had brought including that SD card with a sex tape and my mind did that freezing thing. I'm sure she watched it. She also saw Anley's pictures. But I was really looking forward to a good talk  and hoping that she'll forgive me and everything will work out well, except I was so wrong and now it was summer and Anley couldn't be less excited about coming to see where her dad had been living all this time.

I had gone to Italy like two months ago and it was on a weekend. I had gotten some time for bonding with Anley, I had taken her to ride the Naples wheel. We hard camped for those two days in the park. Then I had taken her for swimming. It was all fun except I felt guilty for not telling Marvelous where I had gone. Not that she would want to see me but I felt like she would have known.

Something I always did in those past four months, was check on Chloe every night when she was asleep. I could tiptoe and then cover her up well Incase she wasn't well covered and then I could peck his forehead, reel in the feeling of breathing in her sweet scent, then go to sleep. Doing that every day always gave me a sated feeling, peace.

I've been working myself so hard and  now I decided to take an early break. I felt like going to toothsome restaurant and just check on her, but I knew better.

I had introduced Anley to Cherry a month ago on a video call. This is after Cherry decided to listen to me after three months of trying to prove myself to her. She had forgiven me somehow and I got even much happier when the two linked. Anley loved talking to Cherry and so Cherry could always hide in her room and talk to her on calls without getting noticed by Chloe.

"Hey, I was coming up to see you!" Mesh grunted when we bumped into each other in the elevator as I was walking out, him walking in.

"Why?" I raised a brow making him swat my arm.

"Anley." He said flatly.

"I thought we talked about that, we came into an agreement. What's wrong this time? I asked agitatedly walking towards my parking spot.

"I'm worried, I don't think that was the wisest ---"

"Mesh!" I cut him off.

"I was just...you know... trying to ---"

"Byee!" I shouted as I jumped into my car and zoomed off making Mesh shook his head disapprovingly.

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