Her Heart

Chapter 19

Riley's POV

"Your godfather is young." I tell Carter as she's smiling and playing with Maya.

We've been sitting on the grass at the park enjoying the nice evening and having conversations here and there.

Her head moves towards me, "Yeah my whole family is kind of young they all got married young."

I smile, "That's nice. If you don't mind me asking why did your parents choose him?"

She for some reason seems hesitant to answer. I don't want to seem paranoid but he looked familiar. I obviously only saw the back of his head but the demeanor. His posture seemed way too familiar.

"I'm not sure I would say they trust him a lot."

I look at her and even though she's answering my questions her focus is on Maya. I have a feeling this woman is gonna ruin me.

She's so beautiful but not like the girls in the magazine. She's beautiful for the way she thinks. She's beautiful for the sparkle in her eyes when she talks about something she loves. She's beautiful for her ability to make other people smile even if she's lost all hope in her own life. She's not just beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She's beautiful, deep down to her soul. She's beautiful.

Carter looks up and our eyes meet, a small smile creeps onto her face once she realizes I was staring at her, "Who's Maya's godparent?"

My breath catches in my throat and I look away from her. She notices the change in my mood and tells Maya to go play on the swings. Maya happily runs away.

"Sorry I didn't mean to overstep."

I take a deep breath, "I'm her godparent."

Carter's smart I know I don't have to say anything else. I know she'll know what that means.

"Oh" is all she says.

A sad laugh escapes my lips, "That's all Mi Vida?"

She grabs my hand and squeezes, "I'll always listen if you want to talk about it."

"There's not much to say Carter, I got involved with some bad people and they took my sisters life."

I study her face closely. Usually people run the other way as fast as they can when I tell them that. But her face god her face shows nothing but sympathy and support.

"Mama adopted Liv when she was just a kid." She says knowing that I'm not ready to talk about my sister yet.

"The rich one?" I ask and intertwine our fingers.

A small laugh escapes her lips and I feel my heart calling to her, "Yes the rich one. She met my mom when Olivia was 2 and didn't even blink when she found out my mom had a kid."

"I've heard about her she seems like a good person."

"Oh she's great. Family is so important to her."

I smile, "Does that mean your sister is your half sister?"

Carter nods her head, "Olivia saved my life. She makes me look forward to things."

I glance at Maya to make sure she's okay and look back at the girl that has captured my heart since the very first night I met her, "And how does she do that?"

"She thinks I don't know but she's not marrying her fiancée because she wants me to keep living. Poor Sof she's been waiting a while."

A sudden sadness washes over me she's smiling but it's fake. She's tired. She's tired of living and not knowing when the last day will be.

Carter takes a deep hearth and continues, "I feel bad for people that don't have sisters. Sisters are the only people that know you in a way that no one else does. Sisters are late night talks, trying on makeup, forgetting about crushes, laughing until our stomachs hurt. Sisters are there for you in a way no one else can be."

She's right. I felt like the world collapsed when my sister passed away.

"I'm so happy you have her my love." I tell Carter and grab her face softly planting a kiss on her lips.

When I pull back she has a mischievous smile on her face, "My love? You love me Ms.Valdez?"

Oh how I wish she could say my real last name.

I laugh, "You wish."

She lunges at me and pushes me on the grass on my back and sits on my stomach, "It's okay I don't want to be loved."

"Lascia che ti ami comunque." I say in Italian testing her.

She tilts her head in confusion but the look in her eye is interesting, "What did you say?"

I clear my throat, "I said we should go. It's getting dark."

It looks like Carter has no intentions to get up but her phone rings. She gets off me and sits on the grass.

My eyes catch the name of the person on the phone. Sister in law.

"What do I owe this call to Sof," Carter asks with the biggest smile on her face. Now that's a genuine smile.

"Omg sunshine I've missed you."

Sunshine? I try to peak at the phone to see the persons face but the FaceTime is showing the ceiling and there's sounds of shuffling.

"I miss you how's everything?" Carter asks.

"Things are good. Your sister wanted to talk to you so I called. Where are you?"

"Oh I'm at the park."

"With who?"

Carter looks up at me, "Umm...," she thinks for a second before answering, "my crush."

My eyes widen, "Carter." I say in disbelief but with a smile on my face.

Carter laughs, "What it's true."

The sound of a gasp comes from the phone, "You? A crush?" The person on the phone says excitement ridden all over their voice.

"A crush?" Another person's voice comes through.

"Love, Carter has a crush." The phone gets grabbed and the persons face comes on the phone.

The only feature I see of this person are her ice blues eyes before Maya's cry's make me look away. I get up leaving Carter to talk.

"What's wrong sweetie?"

"I fell mommy." She says with her eyes full of tears.

I crouch down and inspect her. There's the tiniest scratch on her knee. I kiss her cheek, pick her up and she starts to calm down.

"It's okay sweetie you're okay. How about we go get pizza. Would that make you feel better?"

She nods her little head and I turn around and see Carter hang up the phone.

The person Carter was talking to on the phone was definitely her sister and the fiancée. I've only ever seen ice blue eyes like that once before. What a coincidence.

I shake the weird feeling off and smile at Carter. I'm gonna ask Carter on an official date. I want to get to know her more so I can stop overthinking that she's not who she says she is. I'm too scared to get close to people.

Anyone could be coming after me. I have to be careful. I can't wait to have all my questions answered.

I also have this urge to meet her sister now. She seems so sweet.

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A/N:

I've been busy with college and life so I haven't been able to update for a while but it's my girlfriend's birthday and she requested a chapter so here you go my love. Happy birthday beautiful, I love you ❤️