Mr. Tuffles

Chapter 8 { Mall day }

After that I brought Ricky upstairs to show Britteny the wedding dress I designed for her. She took it from my hands and saw. by closer inspection i saw her start to smile. "It beautiful" she muttered
"really" i said shocked, i did not know i was this good at designing despite i never took classes. the coarse i took in college was Computer science. "yah, ann it's beautiful. . . . .so elegant. im exited how it would look on me" she told me and I giggled. "so Britteny wanna go shopping for your wedding . .  .today?" i asked
she looked at me and smiled "sure" she giggled.

i knew i had hatred left for Ricky, considering he is my Ex- hubby. but now im inviting him and his mistress to the mall. wow, how much did I change.

"are you ready guys" Britteny asked loudly "yup, im ready, and the kids too" i yelled
"ok . . .lets go" Ricky said.

so Ricky was wearing boy shorts and a black t-shirt, and Britteny was wearing a dress.
"come on kids" i said bringing them up to my car. we were using my car today.

shortly after we were off. i was driving in silence, no one wanted to start a conversation, then the thought of Tuffles came to my mind "shoot" I mumble under my breath.

"what was that?" Britteny smiled at me.
"uhh, nothing" I quickly said

     --MALL---
uhh, the mall. such a noisy and fun place for a family. it was my favourite place. Was. it was nice being back though. I haven't been in the mall since last month. i dont really go all the time sice i do heavy groceries, so that means my house is packed with food. i stared at the mall and turned to my son who was getting out of the car, kinda having a hard time but lucky Ricky was there to help. "Mommy, Mommy!!" Andrea called out. "Mom, i want a new toy" she pleaded, her eyes sparkling with excitement that made smile in a instant. you couldn't refuse to such a cut smile coming from a cute child. "Sure" i nodded as Andrea jumped with joy.

we entered the mall and the cold air hit my skin and made me shiver, " it sure is chilly here" I mumble with a smile. i was behind everyone, they looked so happy, Britteny holding Rickys hand and the two kids running around with them, they looked like a perfect family. then Johny looked back at me and smiled, he ran to my and spread his arms wide and i expected a hug and i did get one. "Mom lets go to the toy store he giggles at me and nod. "yeah, yeah your sister asked me the exact thing" i paused and spoke again "How about call your sister and tell her we can go to the Toy store together. he ran to andrea and i see them talk for a little then seeing them both run back to me with a smile.

--Toy store--
we walked in the toys store and the kids parted ways from my side, they went to different places of the store, Andrea went over to the Barbies and Jhonny raced over to the toy cars. i smiled at the sight. i looked around and saw a pile of teddy bears that looked like Tuffles. I frowned p, remembering the disgusting sight.

Ring Ring

my phone ringed as i fish it out of my pocket. "Hello" I answered, then i heard a Unfamiliar voice "Hello, is this Ann" the voice asked. "Yes"
"well, i your next door neighbor, Maria and im so sorry to say this but....." she paused " your house is on fire"

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I was speeding through the cars in my sight, just when things were going great, my house just was set on fire. but it makes me wonder, who will set it on fire. i dont really have any enemies, because im a introvert. i stopped infront of my house, which doesn't seem to exist anymore. I could on the see some of it though, just a lone wall stood there bravely like it was saying 'I survived', but the rest of the house was ashes. i heard footsteps behind me and saw my neighbor, her hand behind her back.
"hey, sorry for the loss, but there was one thing i have retrieved from the house, but its seemed to retrieve itself, its this bear i see your children always hold, i saw it infront of the house, on the porch while the house was burning, to be honest, i dont know how it got there" she said handing the bear to me, my eyes widened as i get the bear from her hands, i felt a rectangular shape on the inside of the bear. but i did not really care to much about it, i just had the thought of how it survived.

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hey, i have something to say. so savvy0642 commented on one of my chapters saying that she does not like the way i do/ write my conversations. and i agree with her. i dont like the way i write my conversations too, but i try. so if you guys have some suggestions of books on how to write dialect properly please suggest them, and if you also have tips, once again please suggest. thank you all 😊