Forever & Always

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

We headed to the bathroom, washed ourselves off, and went back to Burger King. I already knew what she wanted to eat so I didn’t have to ask her. I kept checking my phone while standing in line waiting for an update but I knew I wasn’t going to get one. Sam will be back when he is back that’s it.

We grab our trays and head out side to eat – the weather was so beautiful, I bet Barb’s flowers were blooming right now. Bella digs her hand into the bag that was placed on the tray. She pulls all her food out plus her toy sitting it all on the try. She was so different; I just ate from the bag. Unlike the other children she never played with her toy first, she always ate and then played with it.

About an hour goes by when we hear the pickup truck while we sit outside near the car while we were spelling words together. Senior and Sam were both in the truck but nothing looked wrong. They smiled and waved at us as they pulled in next to my car. Sam gets out and runs over to Bella to pick her up; he hugs her tightly while she is smiling is excitement. He lowers her to the ground while she makes her way to Grandpa Senior. Senior hands her a stuffed animal of hers that I never realized we forgot. Bella starts to talk to him about the words she was learning to spell.

Sam walked towards me and planting a kiss on my lips. One that was warm but something wasn’t right – deep down inside something was going on that he still wasn’t telling me about but instead of pushing him away to ask I decided to savor the kiss. He grabs my waist to make it much deeper. I finally pull back “I love you, don’t ever scare me like that again!” I hit his arm as if he was in punishment. He flashes his smile before telling his dad goodbye again then we head back onto the highway.

Bella babbles about what she ate, the words she can spell, and before we knew it she was sleeping again. “What was going on Sam?” He was looking at me the whole time in the car on the drive to my mother’s house. “We’ll talk about it when we’re alone okay?” I sigh in disappointment, “Fine, but before we leave my mom’s house okay?” He laughed “Okay, deal.” He held my hand the rest of the ride there.

We pull into the small little town that held so many memories – I haven’t been here in years and was scared of who I might run into. I really tried to avoid this place as much as possible due to Bella’s dad still lived here. I haven’t talked to him in so long I don’t know where but I just stayed at my mom’s house just so I didn’t run into someone who might let him know I was in town.

In this visit I wasn’t just going to see my mother I was going to visit a few old friends who I contacted before I went to the Pierce’s house. We were only here a few days, and my mom agreed to watch Bella for a few hours one night for us to go out with some friends.

We reached her house, it was bigger than Sam’s parents but it was a new house. Well, it was only two or three years old when they first bought it. I missed this place so much, especially my mom. She must have been waiting for us because as soon as I got Bella out of the car my mom came towards us wanting to hold her. She wasn’t tiny anymore but my mom babied her when she got the chance to.

I handed Bella over, so I could help Sam with the bags. We were going to stay in my old room while Bella slept in the spare bedroom across the hall. My mom had Bella sitting in the living room watching Nickelodeon while she checked on the dinner that I am sure she has been slaving over since this morning. Sam gets all the bags in the rooms while I head back outside – I needed some fresh air. My whole body felt exhausted when I did absolutely nothing today.

I hear the door creek open when I looked behind me it was Sam with a frown on his face. “Let’s go for a walk, Helen is watching Bella for us” I follow in his footsteps as he directs us towards the walking path along the tree line behind our house. We were in a place nobody would hear us or see us clearly so I began to speak “What was…” He cut me off with his finger to my lips. “There is something I need to tell you, but you cannot freak out okay Olivia.” I look at him with my eyes widened with fear – what was about to happen?