ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇs { ʟᴊ x ᴄᴄ }

Chapter 5

There was a hesitant knock before the door opened. Camila lifted her head slightly and saw that it was her mother. Without changing her expression, she brought her head back down as she remained seated on the floor, hugging her knees tightly to her body.

Sinu locked the door behind her before walking over to her daughter. Sliding down on the floor carefully, she sat down beside Camila and placed her arms around her.

“I know it hurts, mija,” Sinu said quietly. “And it’s especially bad when it’s your first one. You think you’ll die without her. You think that no one can ever replace her. And I know it’s hard to imagine but one day you’ll wake up and you’ll be fine. And you’ll find someone new to love. But the fact is, this won’t be the last time you’ll get your heart broken. That is ---”

“Mama, was this supposed to cheer me up?” Camila asked without lifting her head. “A lifetime of heart aches to look forward to.”

“A lifetime of love to look forward to. And one day, you’ll meet the one just like I met your papa. But even in the best of time, you’re going to fight, argue, and every time you’ll have to decide for yourself if your love is greater than all of that.”

Mother and daughter sat in silence for a few minute before Camila turned to look at her mother. “Are you disappointed in me?”

“Why would I be disappointed in you?”

“Because I fell in love with a girl and that I kept it from you.”

Sinu laughed at her daughter. “Camila, you’re not exactly the most subtle person in the world. I knew. I was hoping you’d tell me yourself but I understand. There were things that I kept from abuela myself. And why would I care if it was with a girl or a boy. If being with them makes you happy, then that makes me happy too.” Sinu got a tissue from her pocket and wiped Camila’s tear stricken face. Then she pushed an errant hair strand behind her daughter’s ears. “It’s going to be fine. Maybe not tonight, not tomorrow, but one day it will be.”

Sinu stood up and started picking up Camila’s stuff around the room. As she was clearing the table, she saw a piece of folded paper. She almost threw out when she saw Camila’s name on it. Opening it and quickly reading though it, she folded it carefully and placed it in her bag.

Lauren

Ty opened the door to the hotel suite and first thing he heard was the sound of someone sobbing. Following the sound, he tracked it outside’s Lauren’s room. Finding the door unlocked, he opened it and found Lauren sprawled on the bed crying.

“You finally told her?”

“Yyess,” Lauren managed to say.

“I gathered she didn’t take it well.”

“She asked me to leave… she didn’t even allow me to finish…” Lauren answered between hiccups. 

“It’s for the best,” Ty said not unkindly as he sat down next to Lauren and rubbed her back. “Maybe one day…”