V
Camden Point of View
Michelangelo hid behind his grandfather as the man I once was married to walked towards us. I don't know what happened but one minute he had a look of anger, then after looking down at the boy, his face changed to a look of determination. He stopped in front of us and turned to look at his father.
"Hello father, how are you doing?"
Gregori nodded at his son and gave him a hug.
"I am doing well son, how are you? You do not look so well."
That was true, he did not look like the man I had fell for. He looked like he had been running on fumes, he had not slept for I don't know how long, but it seems that he needs to rest.
"I have been better father."
He turns to look towards me making me gasp. The look on his face softened, he opened his mouth to say something but he decided not to say anything. I look away and watch the lawyers walk out of the building, bidding for us to enter so we could begin the meeting. I sigh and start to walk towards the building. I hear tiny feet run after me, then I feel Michelangelo tug on my skirt. I stop and pick him up, he wraps his arms around my neck while we walk. I feel him bring his thumb into his mouth. I feel a hand on my lower back and see that it is Gregori, he smiles down at me and he opens the door for myself, my son, and then he lets his son in before he walks in himself.
I walk further into the building, the lawyers were leading us to a room down the hallway. When we passed the front desk clerk, the woman sitting there looked up and started fixing her shirt so her cleavage showed more, she then puffed up her chest. Her face turned into a flirtatious, seductress look towards my ex husband. I rolled my eyes and continued to walk, I did not need to see my ex husband flirt with a woman especially when we are about to go into a room where we will be fighting over the well being of our son. Once we reached the room we were to be having the meeting in, I turned to see that in fact Nikolai had stayed close to our little group. He did not even look towards the woman, I could tell by the way she was sending daggers towards me through her eyes. There was a lady standing with the lawyers, she smiles at us.
"Hello Ms. Beverly, my name is Amy and I am here to take care of the boy while you discuss with the lawyers. I am aware that they do not want him in the room with you all so I had been asked to watch him."
I felt him cling to me and start shaking his head.
"No mamma, non voglio andare con la donna. (No mommy, I don't want to go with the woman.)"
I sigh and pull him away so I can see his face.
"Mommy will be with you soon, you need to go with her okay? If you need me I will be here, I won't leave you okay?"
He still shook his head and clung to me as well. Gregori tried to pry him off of me but he started screaming no.
"No I want mommy!"
It hurt me seeing my son like this.
"Can I please have him stay with me? He will not want to go no matter what you say."
The lawyers shook their heads.
"I am sorry Ms. Beverly but we can not have him in our meeting."
I look to my son who has not stopped clinging to me and crying. It broke my heart seeing him so scared.
"No mommy, I don't want to go."
I hugged him close and kissed his cheek.
"Then I won't go into the meeting not with my son acting like this."
