Love After Marriage

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Mommy we both turned to see Jason running toward his mom. The play just finished minutes ago and every kid was going to their parents

Claire's scooped him up kissing him all over his face which he pretended to be grossed about it.

You were amazing" he said bringing him down.

I know right" he looked around like he was looking for someone

"Dad didn't make it?" He asked his face already changing

He promised he will be here the next time, you know how busy he is"

Yeah I know, he probably doesn't wanna see me"

Hey that's not true, your dad is very proud of you" she said brushing his hair

Yeah sure" we both know he doesn't believe it

And hey look who I brought" his mom said pointing at me while smiling

His face lit up "ma'am Julian" he hugged me forgetting the absence of his father for the mean time. That's me I said hugging him back

I didn't know you were gonna come"

I didn't know too until I heard a very good actor will be performing on stage today so here I am" he chuckled at what I said looking briefly at his mom

Hello Good afternoon Mrs Claire" a woman in her late forties greeted us. I think she's Jason's home teacher. She looked at me momentarily confused. Oh I didn't know Jason has two mom"

It was weird for her to assume that I and Claire were married just because we came together.

No -- we are not, I'm just a friend" I corrected which resulted in another oh

I'm sorry to assume, I mean I don't have any problem even if you are lesbians"

Oh this is definitely weird now "can we get back to Why you came over now" Claire said clearly annoyed with this woman

Oh uh yeah of course if you will follow me" she says walking briskly to her classroom. I decided to stay outside with Jason while she and his teacher talks.

How old are you? Jason asks after a seconds of silence

Its not polite to ask a lady her age"

Why do adults gets to know our age but we don't, that's unfair" he says making me laugh at his outbust

Cause we are adult" I say

I think my mom is gonna be pretty mad at me" he says

Why did you do something bad? I ask

No I was just trying to defend my mom" he says looking pissed

What happened?

One of my grade mate called my mom a dyke, I didn't know what that is but I know it's an insult. He said her mom told her so so I gave him a punch which made his nose bleed" I was speechless for a while. I didn't know what to say to him

I like that you stood up for your mom but violent is not always the best, you should have reported him to your teacher"

Yeah and he's gonna do it again cause the teacher won't do anything about it" he huffed folding both his hands.

I just don't want my dad to hear it, he's already disappointed in me already" he said kicking both his legs

Hey he's not -------

Yeah why doesn't he comes home or read a book before I sleep or even have breakfast with us or dinner or come to my play or PTA meeting or stay at home so we can watch soccer together" he was now crying and I can relate to his pains

Hey I hugged him rubbing his back while he continues to sniffing trying to control his crying. The door opened to reveal Claire who was by the fact of things not happy.

Let's go home she says grabbing Jason's hand not minding he's crying. I followed them out, entered the car while he drove. The car was silent except for tiny sniffing from Jason

I decided to text Claire telling her not to shout and Jason first until she speaks with me. She read it looking at me briefly then to Jason who was looking out through the car window. She sighed before facing her head back to the road

Well I guess this is how school play ends with. I kind off wondered if this is how my baby girl would have felt if she had been Alive till now. Will Bill be doing exactly what Jason's father is doing right now

Bill hasn't tried to contact me ever since I left, it made wonder why we are still together. He doesn't care about me and I don't think I do too, we don't love eachother anymore, don't know if we ever did. I sighed joining Jason to look out of the window.