Anne Wheeler x Phillip Carlyle

Chapter 17

This is basically a letter that Anne writes to her daughter, Elissa, so she can read it when she is older.

Dear my beautiful daughter, Elissa Rose,
I can't believe right now you are in my stomach. It's crazy, can you imagine, a tiny human being inside you? Well, your in me right now! And although pregnancy has been a dream, all I want is for you to come out.
Ok- partly because I feel handicapped pregnant, har-har-har, but because I want to see you gorgeous little face. I love you more than I love being a trapeze artist, more than I love my brother W.D...I love you the exact same as your daddy, and I love your daddy a lot more than most people love other people. Let me tell you a bit about your dad.
For starters, he's called Phillip Carlyle, and he loves you a lot. Every morning, he wakes up and talks to you! We can't wait until we can talk to you AND see your beautiful little face! Your dad is an amazing person, this is why I know you will be one too! Your dad will teach you about life and make you smile like he makes me smile everyday!
Where we live, Elissa, there are people which don't like me...and they don't like me being with your dad. Maybe it's because the colour of our skin isn't the same colour.
But guess what?
There are tons of people with my colour skin, and tons of people with dad's colour skin. But your colour skin? None!
That's why your special, Elissa. You should never EVER let anyone tell you that your ugly, or not beautiful. Because you are, and as your mother, all I want to teach you is that you are gorgeous and nothing else!
You will grow up to be an amazing young woman. You will be safe with us. You are lucky to be grown up in such a big family.
Just know that anyone in the circus and anyone that loves you will look after you forever and that you are safe in our arms. I love you forever, and although I haven't met you yet, I feel as if I have known you for my whole life! We welcome you with open arms into our family and cannot wait until you join us!
Your loving mother. xx

Anne POV.
I finished the letter off with a flourish and put it into an envelope with the words: "our daughter, Elissa," and put it in the corner of Elissa's cot. I was beyond excited to welcome our little baby girl! All I wanted to do was to kiss her and hug her forever.
Phillip comes up behind me and hugs me from behind.
"I love you." I say, because right now, when our family is about to become even bigger, those three words bind us together.
"I love you more." Phillip says, and then, turning me around and rubbing my belly,
"and I love you, my darling." He says. Phil rests his head on my stomach and we stay in that position, one big family of love.

Hope you enjoyed that slightly different post! I really wanted to do a letter like that, next post will be Anne giving birth whoop whoop!! 😂😂
- Alice