Seeing You Again (Camren)

Chapter 1

Since a little girl, Camila had always been a hard working woman. She'd made it her life's mission to be better than her father ever was. He was nothing more than a low life drunk who had nothing better to do than make his family's life a living hell.

Camila doesn't know how her mother put up with him for so long. She understood that she needed him for bills and income but he wasn't even good at that so she didn't see the point of him being there. Yes he was her father but she sure didn't act like one.

He left when Camila was 10 years old, not leaving behind a trace of anything. It's as if he disappeared off the face of the earth and honestly, Camila was grateful for that. She hated the dreadful look in her mother's eyes whenever he'd come home. She knew her mom only put up with him because she had no one else to fall back on.

It was hard on her mother at first but she managed to find a reasonable job that helped support herself and her 2 children. It wasn't a lot but it was enough to help them make it. They lived in a small 2 bedroom house where Camila and Sofi had to share a room. They didn't have the luxury that other kids their age had but that didn't matter to them because they were happy with what they had.

Her mother was finally able to say she was financially stable after 2 years of hardships and they were able to move to a bigger house in a nicer area.

When Camila was around 15 and Sofi was around 11, her mother had met a nice young man named Henry. He was a doctor down at the local hospital.

He cared for her mother deeply and treated her like a queen. Not only did he treat her mom right, he treated her and Sofi like they were his own. He showed them love and cared for him like they were his own daughters.

He was especially there for her when Camila found out she was pregnant at the age of 17. Her mother was on the verge of kicking her out, something of which she wouldn't really do, it was only out of anger and disappointment.

After calming an angry Sinu down, he made his way into brown eye'd Latina's bedroom and held a hysterical Camila while she cried in his arms. She was packing all of her things when she just broke down completely, gripping his shirt for life. He then went on to explain that her mother was only speaking out of anger and wouldn't dare let anything happen to her or her future grandchild.

After a while of just crying, he left her alone, kissing her forehead before leaving the room. Once she calmed down, Sinu came in the room looking at her sympathetically which caused more tears to spill from her eyes. She had completely disappointed her mother and she couldn't stand the thought after her mother had sacrificed so much for her and her younger sister. Once Sinu had wrapped Camila in a warm embrace, Camila broke even more. She thought about what example she was setting for Sofi and how she had let her down too. She had let her whole family down.

Sinu hated to see her daughter cry and tried to console her the best she could. She kissed her forehead multiple times and let her know everything would be alright.

That day had brought them closer than ever and now Sinu couldn't wait for her grandchild to be here, although protesting to Camila that she was too young and hot to be a grandmother. That only made Camila smile, she knew things would get better.

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Camila was standing in line at her school's Chick-fila-a with her, now, 4 year old daughter. The little girl was dressed in a white t-shirt, pink tutu and light up shoes. The small child was an energetic little thing, jumping up and down just to watch her shoes light up.

Camila glanced down at her child amused, shaking her head before turning back to the biology book she had in hand. She had a big test coming up in an hour that she had to do good on.