Lego House

Chapter 4

I woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of the door bell ringing and Dominic shouting "Open Door Mummy it me. " through the letter box. I reach for my phone to check the time. Its twelve o'clock. I creep slowly out of bed I put on my slippers and stomp towards the door.

"Mummmy!" As soon as I open the door Dominic flies towards me. As a natural reflex I scoop him up kiss his cheek.

"Hey Dom Dom. Did you have fun at daddy's?"

"Yeah." He nods vigorously as I set him down. He runs futher into thw the house.

Jacques lingers at the door awkwardly.

"So how was he?" I ask as I lean against the door frame.

"He was good. Didn't cry once." He replies quickly.

"My son's not a wuss of course he didn't cry ." I smirk.

"Yeah. Well good." I reach out for Dominic's overnight bag.

"Well I have other things to be doing right now as you probably do too. So I won't be wasting your time anymore. Have a safe drive Jake." I start to close door when he stops it with his foot.

"Can I take him again next weekend? "

"I'll get back to you about that later."

I push the door shut and breathe out.

"Dominic get ready we're going to see Uncle Paul and Nessa.

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During the 20 minute drive all Dominic could talk about was going to the park and how daddy let him go on the big boy slide, how daddy read him a bed time story at night and how daddy's cooking is delicious.

It made me smile when I saw how happy Dominic was. He seemed to be a lot happier.

"So you had a good time did you?

"Yup."
"Would you like to go again? "
"Can I go again next week?"
"We'll see..."

I pull into the Vanessa's driveway and park the car. Stepping out of the car I run my fingers through my hair...well try to run my fingers through my hair. After unbuckling Dominic from his car seat I retrieve a the gift bag from the bacm seat.

Vanessa opens the door with a big smile and scoops Dominic into her arms.

"Dommy!" She coos. "Did you miss me?' He nods slightly and looks over her shoulder into the house. "Go play with Janni?"
"Of course you can." She sets him back on the floor and he runs off futher into the house. Fixing her jumper she smiles at me.

"You know you're a sideting when everyone says hey to your kid before you say hi to you."

"Oh shut up and come inside you twat." After a quick hug I hand her the gift bag. She squeals as she peeks inside.

"Smirnoff yeah? Lemme get the coke out."

Walking into the house and closing the front door she asks. "So how was your date?"