Filming Without You

FALLING IN LOVE WITH DULCIE

Vancouver, February 2014

Macarena's POV

"You've just missed him"

I stared at Santiago while a shiver ran throughout my body, I wanted so badly for him to tell me that he was kidding but instead he gave me a tight hug and grabbed my small suitcase and held my hand to walk in the apartment. Millie was sitting on the couch and came to hug me once she saw me, the hug was very tight, it made me cry.

"Oh Maca! We tried. I swear. He's a hardheaded man. He is hurt but he will come to his senses, I promise"

I wiped my tears away, there was nothing I could do. He was gone and I wasn't going to cry anymore.

"I know, it just hurts but I will be fine"

Santi gave me yet another hug.

"It hurts me seeing you like this, have you lost weight?"

I laughed weakly.

"No, mom!"

Millie brought me a glass of water.

"Here, drink this while I make some tea"

Suddenly, baby cries were heard through a baby monitor that was sitting on the coffee table.

"That's our princess"

Santi smiled at me.

"Can I see her?"

He took my hand and walked me to the nursery. The curtains in the room were open, the room was a little dark since the only lights were coming from the lamppost outside the apartment. Santi spoke and the baby stopped crying.

"Estoy aqui mi querida Dulcie" (I'm here my dear Dulcie). Look who is here to meet you.... Oh yeah! It's Maqui."

I was stunned by his tone of voice, he was cooing to the baby in the sweetest voice a grown man can make. He held Dulcie and turned the lamp on and told me to take a seat on the rocker, I obeyed immediately, eager to hold this beautiful baby girl. When Santi placed Dulcie in my arms, a shock of electricity ran over me and my eyes filled with tears, my chest tightened at the image of this stunning baby, her hair was so blonde that it looked like gold, and her eyes... when they met mine I melted, they were as blue as her daddy's. I was holding her tiny body and with my free hand I wiped a tear that was falling slowly down my cheek while I realized that I have fallen in love with this little baby girl, and I couldn't help it even if I tried to. Her innocence makes me want to protect her. Her eyes make me want to show her the world. Her tiny hands make me want to hold them forever. I am feeling so much love for this little angel that my heart fills with this new love and starts mending from the heartache I was feeling due to Jamie's rejection. Santi's voice startled me.

"I knew you were going to fall in love with her"

"How couldn't I? She's Jamie's daughter. I didn't come earlier not because I didn't want to see her, I thought my career was more important, but now I've understood, there's nothing in the world more important than Dulcie Dornan"

He chuckled while nodding and Dulcie started stirring in my arms.

"I think she's hungry, let me call Millie"

Before he reached the door I called him.

"Santi? Can you grab my purse, please?"

He frowned a little but nodded.

Dulcie started crying and I rocked the chair while singing a Peruvian lullaby, the one Antonia used to sing to me and her boys. Millie came into the room.