Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch.75

Justin

Thursday, 8:09 am

"Are you okay back there, babe?"

"Yeah. My throat is still itchy. Your orange juice didn't help."

"It wasn't supposed to make your throat better immediately."

"If that's the case, why didn't you just give me medicine?"

"I didn't think about that. I don't know what type of medicine to give you. I really don't know what your issue is."

"That's what mommy is for. That's why she's not allowed to sleep."

"Well, she was sleeping. And you really weren't even supposed to be in there with the baby."

"Does mommy even know that I'm sick?"

"No. She would throw a fit if she knew I let you in there with Bella."

"So I'm not supposed to tell her?"

"Not at all."

"Okay. I can do that."

"And I'm pretty sure you're not sick. It's just a little thing."

"Oh."

Five minutes later, we arrive at my job and I go to let Aviella out of the car. I lift her out of her car seat and hold her on my hip.

"I love your job, daddy. I like pictures."

"I know you do." I walk inside the building and say hi to the receptionist.

"Whose this little lady?"

"This is Aviella. She didn't have school today and mommy just had a baby."

"Oh. Well hello, Aviella."

"Hi." Aviella smiles.

"Welcome to Calvin Klein Inc. If you need anything your daddy has an assistant."

"Anna is gonna hate you for telling her that." I say, walking to the elevator.

"Who is Calvin Klein?" Aviella asks.

"That's the man who owns this company."

"You work for him? I thought you were the boss."

"No, I'm not. I have a boss. Even my boss has a boss."

"Oh. Well you're gonna be in charge of everything one day."

"Thank you, Avi. You're so sweet."

The elevator doors open and I walk out.

"Justin, Aviella. How are you both?" Oscar says.

"We are great."

"How's the baby?"

"She's great." Aviella says, a huge smile on her face.

"Well, I thank you a lot for coming in these last two days. I know Ariana needs a lot of help at home, and it means a lot to the company that you came in."

"Ariana said it was fine. Especially since it's just two days."

"Well, that's great. We're gonna get started right away to get you home faster."

"Thank you. I'm sure Ariana will appreciate it too."

I go to my office and place Aviella on the couch.

"What do you do first?"

"Well, I have to check my emails, which is absolutely the best thing ever."

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"How do you know what that means?"

"Mommy is all the time. And she told me what it means."

"Of course she is." I turn on my computer and start going through my emails.

There's a lot more since I haven't been to work in ten years, but it takes about an hour to go through all of them. Aviella was busy watching SpongeBob and eating animal crackers with orange juice, thanks to Anna.

"Okay, I'm finally done. Now we talk business."

"What's that mean?"

"We have to talk to Oscar about my next photoshoot and other businesses."

"Oh. Can I be in a photoshoot?"

"Maybe not for my business, because we don't have kids clothes, but I'm sure another company like Gap would love to have you."

"Yay! I love pictures."

I smile and we walk down the hall to Oscar's office.

"Welcome, welcome. Please, have a seat."

I sit down in front of Oscar's desk and we talk about other businesses and my next photoshoot which is tomorrow, then not anymore for a while because I'm taking two months off.

10:28 am

"Okay, Justin. We're done for today. Go take care of your family."

"Thanks, Oscar. We'll see you tomorrow."

We leave his office and walk back to mine, where I take out my phone and FaceTime Ariana.

"Hey, baby." She says.

"Hey. You look energized."

"I am. Bella let me sleep. I just fed her and now I'm eating because I'm starving."

"That's good. We're about to come home?"

"Already?"

"Yeah. Oscar took it easy on me today."

"Well, good for you."

"Hi mommy!" Aviella says.

"Hey, baby girl. Did you have fun?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Well, I'll see you when you get here."

"Okay. Bye mommy."