This Life We Live- Complete

chapter 8- Getting Better

I had just grabbed a pair of flip flops out when my mom knocked on my door and came in. She stood there staring at me with so much love. I may have lived away from my parents for my entire school life and only got to see them on holidays and mom some of summer breaks, but we still had a really good healthy relationship. I was glad they were my parents.

" Rose honey you look so beautiful."

I smiled, I had been a little nervous after Lissa had left. I had been thinking about Dimitri a lot today. He was good looking, I wasn't ready to date again yet but we could start as friends and see where it led. But for all I knew that's all he wanted or maybe he just felt sorry for me. There were my nerves and insecurities working up again.

Mom told me Dimitri was downstairs with my dad and uncle. I followed her down and into the living room. The three men in the room stood up as soon as we entered. Dimitri was wearing jeans and a nice black shirt. His jaw dropped a little when he really looked at me. Maybe he did like me, but I knew I was pretty so it was a normal reaction. Ugh nerves again...

" Krasavista"

I don't know what he said but the look in his eye and the smiles on my parents faces told me it was good. I smiled and he stepped forward extending his arm for me to take. I wrapped my arm in his and felt that tingling sensation again. We said goodbye and walked out the door to go to his house. We walked at a nice slow pace and I asked him how his work was, he said it had been a slow but good day. He asked me how my day had been and I told him good, I hadn't really done anything at all.

I realized the house we had stopped at was the one I had seen the little boy playing at yesterday morning. I was getting nervous again now as we neared the front door. He opened the door and we walked into the living room, I could smell food cooking and it smelled amazing. My stomach growled and Dimitri shook his head chuckling, oh yeah I guess I had told him about my love of food.

A woman walked out of the kitchen probably mid forties like my parents. She was pretty, brown hair and eyes like her son, she was a little taller than me. She looked kind as she walked up to me. I saw another woman behind her with a baby on her hip. That must be Karolina she had a huge smile plastered on her face. There was a little boy peaking around her legs, he was even more adorable up close.

" I'm Olena, Dimitri's Mama"

I shook the hand she held out.

" Rose Hathaway Mazur."

I said back. She smiled again and like with her son I felt I could tell her anything. Olena turned to her daughter saying something in Russian and then back to her son.

" Help your sister. I think Rose and I can talk before dinner."

Dimitri nodded and walked into the kitchen taking the baby from his sister. And I could imagine him with our child. Wait what the hell, he was really getting to me.

Olena led me into a small office off of the living room. There was a small couch, a desk with files spread across it and a small chair behind it. She sat down on the couch and motioned for me to sit next to her. I sat down facing her.

" Would you like me to tell you about my experience with my ex husband?"

I nodded. Dimitri had told me some but I'm sure there was more, she had been with the man for fifteen years before her son made him leave.

" Well I met Randall at college. Your parents and us were like power couples, and always together. I became pregnant with karo shortly before graduation. I finished school and we were married before she was born. We then moved back here and bought this house. He was such a loving husband, we had never even had a fight. But one night he came home from the bar after working a long day, and Karo was having a bad night. Nothing I did seemed to soothe her. I was exhausted and also pregnant with Sonya. He yelled at me to shut her up, I was so stunned but finally got her to sleep."