Wrong Injection

Chapter 57

Four months had passed, and my daily routine with Dream had become a symphony of laughter, tears, and joy. On this particular morning, I was startled by a loud cry coming from Dream's bedroom. I quickly rushed to her room, and my heart melted at the sight of her adorable face contorted in distress. "Oh, not a morning baby!" I exclaimed, scooping her up in my arms. As I cuddled her to my chest, she calmed down, and I asked, "Are you hungry now?" To my surprise, she touched my breast, indicating that she was indeed hungry. I fed her right away, and soon she looked radiantly full.

After feeding, I placed her in her crib in the living room, where I could keep an eye on her while I did my chores. I switched the channel to Nickelodeon, and Dream's eyes lit up as she watched The Casagrandes. She babbled excitedly, mumbling baby words and shouting with glee. Her infectious laughter filled the room, and I couldn't help but smile as I watched her enjoy her favorite show.

I hurried through my chores, eager to get ready for the day ahead. As I walked into the bathroom with Dream, I couldn't help but smile at the thought of our upcoming outing. I gently placed her in her baby jacuzzi, filled with just the right amount of water, and watched as she splashed and played. Her squeals of delight and laughter filled the air as she hit the water, causing it to splash onto her face. I laughed along with her, enjoying this special bonding moment.

Today marked a significant milestone, I was resuming work after a long maternity leave, and I was both excited and a bit apprehensive. Things wouldn't be the same at work anymore, but I was happy to introduce Dream to my workplace.
As I finished dressing myself and Dream, I asked her, "Are you ready, Mama?" She ignored me, too engrossed in playing with her fingers, but I smiled nonetheless. With both of us ready, I fixed Dream into her baby seat, shut the door, and hopped into the car, ready to take on the day.

We are finally at work and Dream is in her crib playing with her toys in the office, as I reply few of my mails, then within a short time my phone goes off.

"Hey Dante," I say as soon as I answer.

"Hey sweetheart how are you doing?" he asks.

"I'm good, I resumed work today!"

"Great.. I hope Dream is not giving you a hard time?"

"She is.. she plays all by herself then she cries the next minute," I chuckle and glance at her, she is busy playing with her toys as she babbles baby words.

"I can't wait to see her," he says and I nod.

"You've been away for too long, you even missed her birth and so many other things Dante, you have to come soon." I pout.

"Yes sweetheart, I will come as soon as I'm done with everything here." He says and I smile.

"Okay then, take care."

"Take care too," he says and I hang up.

Time fly so fast that I don't notice it is lunch time, I make the easiest food I could think of, fruit salad for myself and Dream. She look so bored now, poor little angel. When she catch my eyes, she immediately squeezes her face and begins to cry. I can tell she wants to be pick up so I excitedly pick her up and cuddle her. Instantly, she stops crying and I sit her on my laps, feeding her right away before putting her to afternoon nap.

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Dream is exactly six months today, my girl is fast growing. My life has completely changed after the birth of her, she is the reason I keep moving despite everything I've been through in life.

I've plan to travel to Ghana next week for a long vacation just to bond with my grandma and some other relatives. And also to heal mentally and physically from my savage past.

Mom and Bella walks through the front door but I notice Bella is kinda sad, I wonder what is up. "Where's Dreamy?" mom asks, sitting down.

"She's taking a nap," I reply as I fix my gaze on Bella, what could make a jolly person so sad?

"Alright I will prepare something for us to eat," mom says, leaving to the kitchen.

"Bella Ringo," I softly call and she looks up at me with tears in her eyes, my heart literally drops at her face.

"Lani I have bad news," she croak and I immediately sit upright, I seriously hate bad news.

"What is it Bella?" she takes a deep breath before huffing.

"Veronica is dead," my heart literally stop beating for a while as I become dumb for a second, it is hard to believe Veronica is no more.

"What?!" I finally find my voice and she bursts into tears, oh my God this is so sad. I really hated Veronica but I never wished death for her, this is crazy. I crawl to Bella and pull into a hug as she cries on my shoulder.

"She is dead Lani, how is little Liam going to survive without his mom?" she cries.

"Who is Liam?"

"Veronica and Sultan's baby," I nod.

"I'm sorry for your loss honey, I know Veronica was a bad friend but you still loved her regardless, I'm so sorry you lost your childhood friend." I say, rubbing her back.