The Light We Lost

Chapter 5

-its.. been ...a long-time... By... byron..., she stuttered with a sad and low voice, she smiled and I could tell it was fake. That fake smile was like her usual smile. That was one of the main reasons we divorced. She never told me when something was wrong and she always had on a mask... I had to always find out for myself and it was really hard.

- yeah, it's been a long time Maggie..., I said awkwardly

- do you know each other? Julie asked with her usually happy high-pitched voice

- don't tell me you guys are like ex-lovers? She said sarcastically.

-wait, wait a minute... Are you?

I did not want to tell a lie, but at the same time, I did not feel like telling the truth. Even though I don't know why... I just waited for Maggie to say something.

The awkwardness was too strong. I thought that Maggie would not say anything or maybe she was waiting for me to say something. We just stood there silently waiting for the other to talk. I wanted to get out of there out of all this mess. I regretted coming to stay here. Maggie was going to be my neighbor, what could be worse than this?

I would have to see her almost every day and I hated the thought of having to meet her over and over again!

-Mom, who are they? Asked a cute little girl who came right out of the door. She had long brown hair like her mother. She had blue/grey eyes and her cheeks were red. She had a thick eyebrow and sleepy eyes.

Mom? I thought to myself. Does she have a daughter? Is she married? Does she have a husband? All these thoughts came into my head and tho I wanted to ask her, but I couldn't

-Why did you wake up? Maggie asked her daughter and carried her.

-I had a nightmare, the girl said and started crying. Maggie put her down and started to wipe her tears.

-is it your daughter, I questioned. I did not know why I asked, but I was hoping she would have said no...

- Yes, she has a daughter and her name is Esme, Julie answered

It became awkward until Maggie said she had to go to sleep and that her daughter was going to school tomorrow.

After today I knew things were never going to be the same again. We were going to meet each other more often and at some point, we were gonna talk even if we liked it or not.