What The Body Wants

Ladies Day Out

Chapter 33

Finally it’s here; tonight we will announce our engagement to all our family and friends.  I can’t believe the work Toni, Maumey, and I put into making this engagement party a night for Kevin and I to remember.  Toni worked with us as much as she could, but really if it weren’t for Maumey I would have lost my mind. 

Maumey Peyroux, (Maw-May Pay-roo) is my new housekeeper; she grew up in Trinidad, but left to come to the United States when she was 18.  Her father kicked her out of the house when she told them she was pregnant from an American guy that was there on vacation. 

It was hard for her when she told the man that she was pregnant he quickly denied it said they had only slept together twice and there was no way he could have gotten her pregnant.  She offered him a blood test when the baby was born but he didn’t want to do it and after that he cut all ties with her.

She was alone when she came to America, but she worked two jobs while she was pregnant and saved as much money as she could so she could make a decent life for her and her daughter.  Maumey told me she would like for her parents to meet their granddaughter and for her daughter’s father Vincent to see her.

She said she didn’t want any financial help from him; she just wanted him to see how beautiful their daughter turned out to be.  Her name is Kaima Peyroux (Kay-ma Pay-roo) she is 13 years old and she is such a beautiful young lady.  She has cocoa colored skin with her deep brown almond shaped eyes. She has deep dimples on each side of her face and a smile that will melt your heart.  She isn’t very talkative, but she loves to draw and take pictures of herself, her friends, and anything dealing with art.

If only Kevin and I could have a child as beautiful as her.  Although Maumey has only been here with us for a few weeks I already consider her my friend and I absolutely love her to death.  I told her I would talk to Kevin and perhaps he could do some digging and try and locate Kaima’s father. 

Kevin told me that he wanted to have someone here that could help me with the cleaning, cooking or anything else I may need help with because sometimes I had to work crazy hours and wouldn’t always want to come home and take care of the house.  I am so happy to have Maumey here with me because there’s nothing she won’t do to help me. 

After Kevin and I went furniture shopping and the furniture store came to deliver the furniture, she helped me decide where each piece of furniture should go in the formal living room, formal dining room, family room, and the bedrooms upstairs.  We have two other rooms downstairs and Maumey has one and the other will be made into a small office.

We told her she could have one of the five bedrooms upstairs, but she insisted on staying downstairs in one of the extra rooms.  We gave Kaima a bedroom of her own upstairs and let her decide what color she wanted her room to be, how she wanted it decorated, and what size bed she wanted. We put a 32 in flat screen TV and gave her the choice of a desk computer or a laptop to help her with school and to be able to Skype with her friends.  

Maumey went into hysterics when she saw Kaima’s bedroom.  She has fussed with Kevin and me for two days about her daughter’s room.

Maumey begged us to get her a smaller bed and a smaller TV for Kaima.  I couldn’t do it, I loved Kaima as if she was my own and I wanted her to have nice things.  I explained to Maumey that I wasn’t trying to make her feel bad by buying those things nor was I trying to buy affection from Kaima.

I just know she has had to work hard to care for Kaima.  I just wanted to help her as much as I could.  Kaima is a good child; she made straight A’s, and she was very obedient. I just wanted to award her for working hard in school.  I walked back upstairs to make up the my bed and get the other guest room ready for my parents after talking to Maumey waiting for her to calm down.  My cell phone went off and I picked it up and saw my mother’s phone number.  I quickly pushed the button on the phone to answer.