WHEN DADDY LEFT

My mini bestie

Y'vania's POV

The house is quiet when I get in, apart from the sound of my baby's laughter coming from the tv room.

The tv is on, playing his favourite song. He loves 'Head, shoulder, knees and toes' because it starts at a normal pace then speeds up. He is dancing with Nina and they both don't notice my presence.

I admire the way Elio is fond of Nina and the way Nina turned out to be a great person after all. In the beginning I was so worried and scared of leaving him alone with the help. Lissa found Nina for us. I really doubted her experience because she is young. She's older than me but she's young.

Nina is in her late twenties. When I interviewed her she told me that she is originally from Venezuela but she came to the USA and trained for children caregiving jobs and she was employed by an agency. She is working to support her younger siblings and her child back at home. She speaks fluent English and we got along really well after the first interview. I treat her as family and I prefer Elio calling her aunty rather than calling her by her name only.

I had to do a background check on her with Daniel and Javier's help before calling her for another interview. When I offered her the job she was excited and she promised to deliver the best.

She is a happy soul. She is always in a good mood even if I scold her for doing something wrong or not according to my satisfaction. She accepts her mistakes and is always willing to listen and change. I really feel at ease when I see the way she treats my child. Maybe he reminds her of the child she left back home.

"My ma!"

Elio screams when the song is over. He is still trying to catch his breath from the dancing and laughter. Nina turns around and sees me. Elio runs towards me and tries to climb onto the chair. He always does that, tries to sit on the wheelchair with me. He thinks it's some kind of a fun ride for mummy.

"Hey Champ , I missed you my baby. Mama missed you a lot."

I lift him up and he hugs me kissing me on the mouth and on my forehead and both cheeks. Just like the way Daniel kisses me. This boy copies everything Daniel does to me. Talking of Daniel where is he?

"Hey Nina, is my husband around?"

"Pop gone, Dada gone."

Elio answers looking sad.

"Awww they left my Champ and aunt Nini?"

He nods as Nina tells me where everyone else is. Daniel and Chris have left for a business meeting, Lissa is at the country club and Javier is in his room. Elio starts reaching for my boobs and I know his nap time is approaching and he must be tired from all the dancing and jumping he's been doing. He settles down on my lap, holding onto my boobs as if someone is going to steal them. He sucks in the milk with evident happiness and contentment and soon enough he starts to fall asleep as I talk to Nina.

He later takes him and puts him down in his room. I head to the elevator my heart feeling heavy for not finding Daniel at home. I miss him. I don't know how I came to falling in love with him in such a way. He broke my heart into tiny pieces but I know I'll heal. I expected it to happen and I had braced myself for such a scenario I thought it won't bother me when it came to happen because Daniel is always Daniel. I know he changed for me but sometimes people go back to the way they were.

I realized that I wasn't ready when I saw him on that bed with that blonde girl. I realized that I was pretending to be strong but I couldn't face him and talk to him. I ran away, back into my father's house. I wanted to break off the engagement right there but then I was scared to do anything.