She wants to escape it all. She runs from it. She gets a chance to leave it all behind. And she does, without thinking twice.
Gabrielle leaves France, her home country, when she finds an offer to babysit in London. She doesn't have a lot of ex...
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"So, are you Alex's girlfriend now?"
I pause and look at the four-year-old that's way too smart for her age. "Uhm, yeah, so it seems," I say, my cheeks warming up. Amelia really has a strange power to make me blush so easily.
Amelia grins. "Cool. Are you going to live in his room?"
I almost choke.
Rosanna looks at me with knowing smile and mischief in her eyes. She already told me that she loves seeing Alexander and me together - literally.
I give Rosanna a glare and I see her hiding a laugh behind her hand. "I don't know. I still have my own room," I tell Amelia. Even though I never sleep in it anymore.
"Are you going to stay here? Forever?" Amelia asks with a plea in her eyes.
I straighten my mouth. "No, I'm still leaving in a little more than three months," I tell her. I see how she turns sad.
Rosalyn, Alfred and I haven't addressed this matter properly, but my deal with them was for a year only, nothing more. Besides, my home is back in France and I can't just stay here as long as I want to. Even though there's not a part of me that wants to leave Great Britain, I have to go back. For myself.
I know I grew much stronger. And I know I can deal with things that a year ago seemed impossible to deal with.
"But I don't want you to go," Amelia suddenly says, her mouth trembling. She comes to me and wraps her tiny arms around my legs.
I pick her up in my arms and wipe the tear that's fallen from her eye. "Who's going to play with me?" she wonders with apparent sadness.
My stomach clenches and I feel tears prickling my eyes. Oh, no. I'm going to start crying.
"Your mum. Your dad. Alexander. Rosanna. Sam ... all of them will play with you," I try to reassure here, anything not to see her cry.
Amelia shakes her head, her curls bouncing on her head. "It won't be the same," she mumbles, her big, blue eyes staring right at me.
I love this kid. And I'm going to miss her so much. I'm going to miss everyone and everything here. I met so many great people and saw many great places. And it's coming to an end all too soon. I barely started to live fully, got together with Alexander and now I'll have to leave him just as fast.
It's too soon. I feel like I didn't have enough time. Especially with Alexander. I'm going to miss him the most of everyone. And I know our farewell will be hard, especially for me.
I started to depend on him and trust him so much, with everything. I love him. And in three months, we will be thousands of miles apart.
I'll cherish this time with him in my heart, healing the broken pieces of my heart with the memories we create, and I know I'll have a great story to tell my grandkids.
