The same day.
Inside a room that looks like an office.
Two person, a middle age man and a young woman can be seen sitting inside. Their facial expressions screams the seriousness of whatever things they are discussing about.
" But attorney, can't we really do anything to prevent that man from seeing my daughter? Me and Carla have been living peacefully now, I don't want him to ruin it by showing up. " Pauline seriously said, looking at the middle age man in front of her.
The middle age man whom Pauline referred to as 'Attorney' shook his head and answered, " You have to understand it, Pauline. We can't do anything to stop Gerald from seeing your daughter because he's Carla's father. He has the right to see his daughter. Agreeing to give you time to slowly introduce him to Carla is already a good thing for you, wasn't it? Also, please call me uncle. "
Pauline can't help but feel disappointed and helpless after hearing that. She came here this morning, hoping that she will receive a good news but it seems like that wasn't the case.
" A good thing? How can that be considered as a good thing, Attorney? From the beginning, I always told Carla that her father was long dead! How can it be easy to introduce him now? Besides, after he left us before, he lost all the rights to be my daughter's father. " said Pauline stubbornly. She's willing to do everything to prevent that man from disturbing hers and Carla's life.
The middle aged man facepalmed himself with both hands, taking a deep breath. " Aren't you the one who told him to leave and stay away? Besides, Gerald told me and your aunt that he didn't know you're pregnant at that time when he left you, Pauline. He's also still unmarried even now and has a stable financial status. Can't you give him another chance? After all, Carla needs a father. And also, I told you to call me uncle. "
" Huh? Yes I did told him to leave but that's because I caught him having sex with his secretary, inside our house! How can I stomach that? So what if he's still unmarried? So what if he's rich? I don't give a damn! I can raise my daughter alone. I alone is more than enough for her. I know he's your nephew Attorney but can't you not side him that much? Uncle Fred is still a lot better than you. "
* Bam! *
" Pauline! Call me Attorney one more time and you can forget about seeing me again to asked for my help about this! Do you really think I'm siding with him simply because he's my nephew? Have you forgotten how I beat the shit out of that bastard after I learned what he did to you? "
"...."
" You should know how much I and your aunt Laura dotes on you, right? I'm not forcing you to get together with him again if you don't want to. I just think that it's good for Carla to have a father figure as she grows up. If you don't want my bastard nephew, then find a new father for her or better, stop denying your aunt Laura's help and accept the money. I know you are a strong woman, Pauline but I also know that it's hard for you to manage that canteen of yours. "
Complained the middle age man to Pauline.
* Giggles *
Pauline let out a very charming laugh after seeing the angry look on her uncle's face in front of her. The middle age man was actually not her real uncle but that 'bastard's' uncle. But this man, along with his wife dotes on Pauline more than their own nephew.
Pauline knew all of this, that's why she came here to asked for his help. But there's no way she will let that out.
In front of Carla, Pauline always acts like a perfect mother figure. Kind, gentle, mature and a very loving mother. But in front of this uncle of hers, Pauline was just like any other young woman around her age. She's stubborn and also, quite mischievous.
" Hmmp! If you don't want to help me the you can also forget about seeing my Carla, u. n. c. l. e.. " said Pauline teasingly.
" Hey! That's unfair Pauline. I can accept you not accepting our financial help but don't you dare take my very lovable Carla away from me. Or else, I will go all out with you! " shouted Pauline's uncle while having a serious expression on his face like as if he really meant what he said.
Pauline simply shrugged her shoulders as she stood up and turned around. " As if I'll believe you, uncle Nad. Thank you for your offer but I can still managed. Money isn't a problem for me yet, I can still provide for all of my daughter's needs. Also, all I need is Carla in my life, as for a man, I don't need any of them. I still have to picked my daughter up from school so I have to go now. Please tell aunt Laura that I will visit her soon if I have time. "
And with that, Pauline started walking towards the door.
The middle age man or should I say, Pauline's uncle just stared at her for awhile before saying, " You're so stubborn Pauline. Make sure to bring my granddaughter with you when you visit. "
Pauline nodded before finally closing the door and left to picked up Carla.
....
11:36 am.
At the front gate of the school Leon and Carla are attending.
The classes had just ended so plenty of students from different levels can be seen in front of the school gate. Some of them are buying things like toys and food from the small shops outside the school while others are waiting for the right jeepney they can ride on to go home.
At this time, a blue jeepney stopped at the side of the road and Pauline got off from it. She was about to go inside when she noticed a woman walking a few meters away from her making her stopped. Pauline recognized that woman as Leon's mother, Christina and the one she had a conversation with just a few days ago.
" Sister Christy! " Pauline called out as she wave her hand towards Christina.
..
As usual, Christina once again came to school to picked up Leon. When she's about a few meters from the gate, Christina heard someone called her.
Christina looked in front of her and saw Pauline standing a few meters away from her waving her hand towards her direction. Christina smiled as she made her way towards Pauline.
" Didn't expect to see you here, Pauline. Seems like your canteen isn't busy today? "
" No sister Christy, I have to do something this morning so I didn't open the canteen. That's why I have a time to come here and get Carla myself. "
" I see. Well, let's go inside then? I'm sure that our children are already waiting for us now. " said Christina and the two of them then went inside the school together.
....
When they are only around 7 to 8 meters away from their children's classroom, Christina and Pauline stopped. It's because they saw both Carla and Leon sitting side by side on the wooden bench outside their classroom.
Carla is leaning her head on Leon's left chest while Leon's left hand wrapped on Carla's left shoulder, hugging her. Looking a bit closer, both Christina and Pauline noticed that Leon and Carla seems to be..... sleeping?
This made them confused, not sure what to do. They can't bring themselves to wake the two children up at this moment simply because of how cute they are, sleeping like that.
Pauline immediately opened her bag and she seems to be looking for something inside. Finally taking out a camera, Pauline went closer to Leon and Carla as she started taking pictures of them.
Pauline inspected the photo she just took and nodded. " Look, sister Christy, these photos are priceless. * giggles * I'll give you a copy of them tomorrow. "
" Mn. Thank you, Pauline. " replied Christina with a smile. " But what should we do now, Pauline? Should we wake them up and go home? "
" That... I also don't know sister Christy but.. I think we should wake them up. If they want to sleep, then it would be better if they'll do it at home, right? "
" Well, you're right. Let's wake them up then. "
" Okay. "
The two of them went beside Leon and Carla to wake them up.
...
* Yawn *
Carla slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the familiar face in front of her, she smiled.
" Mommy? "
" Yep. Mommy came to picked you up today. "
" Mommy! "
Carla immediately stood up and gave her mother a hug.
Leon also opened his eyes and saw his mother so he also got up and hugged her saying, " You came, mom. "
" Yes. But what happened, Leon? Why are you and Carla sleeping here outside? " asked Christina. Pauline was also curious why so she looked at Leon waiting for his answer.
" That.. it's.. because... "
" It's because Leon and I had an adventure mommy. * giggles * " replied Carla as she laughed interrupting Leon's words.
Christina and Pauline looked at each other confusedly before once again looking at Carla and asked, " Adventure? What do you mean Carla? "
" Can I tell you that later, mommy? I'm still sleepy. Let's go home first?" replied Carla weakly. She looks really tired at this moment.
Leon is also feeling the same. This body he has right now is simply too weak and easy to get exhausted.
Seeing the both of them like that, Pauline thought for a moment before looking at Christina. " How about you and Leon come to our house with us, sister Christy? They don't have anymore class this afternoon so let's just eat lunch together in our place? "
" At your house? Are you sure? " Christina didn't mind it but she didn't want to trouble Pauline.
" It's okay. We can also continue talking about the things we discussed before right, sister Christy? " said Pauline as she smiled meaningfully to Christina.
Christina seemed to understand what Pauline was talking about so she nodded her head. " That's a good idea. Let's go then. "
And with that, Pauline and Christina pulled their still sleepy children along with them and left.
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Inside the bathroom.
Leon is currently sitting on the floor cross-legged, wearing a helpless expression on his face.
Standing behind him was Carla, putting some shampoo on Leon's head as she helps him wash his hair. She seems to be enjoying what she's doing right now based on the genuine bright smile pasted on her adorable face.
" Carla, are you not done yet? I can do this on my own you know? " said Leon in helpless tone.
" Moah. You should call me mommy. Not Carla. And you are baby Leon right now so I will wash your hair. That's what a mommy should do. " Carla pouted her lips, clearly unsatisfied with Leon's action.
Hearing that, Leon wanted to literally cry but can't produce any tears from his eyes. This is just so embarrassing for him.
After they arrived here, Pauline told Carla to bring Leon with her and take a bath while she and Christina will prepare their lunch. Carla did what her mother told her to do and immediately pulled Leon towards the bathroom.
Everything was fine at first. Although both of them are completely naked, they don't care as they converse with each other while cleaning themselves.
Yet, all of a sudden, Carla's playful behavior strikes. She asked Leon to play with her and pretend to be a baby while she on the other hand would be his 'mommy' and she will help him wash his hair.
Leon of course wanted to disagree but failed miserably after Carla used her ultimate weapon, the puppy teary eyes.
Leon doubted the possibility of anyone out there capable of resisting such attack because even he himself whom a returner failed to do so. He can only helplessly agree to Carla's demand.
" But we still need to eat our lunch, Carla. Our parents might have been waiting for us already. "
" Aah! That's right. I'm also hungry now. Let's continue this next time, Leon. But I'm still the mommy, okay? * giggles * " Carla laughed as she stopped brushing Leon's hair with her small hands, finally letting him go.
Leon just smiled wryly after hearing that.
' As if I'll let this happen again. No way. '
The two of them then used the shower to rinsed off the soap and shampoo on their bodies before finally going out of the bathroom together after wearing their clothes.
Good thing that Christina always tend to bring some spare clothes for Leon because if not, then he can only wear his sweaty clothes once again or worse, borrow some clothes to Carla which he didn't even wanted to imagine because it's too scary for him.
Arriving at the dining room, Leon and Carla saw Christina there preparing the plates and other utensils they will use later.
Christina also noticed their arrival as she looked at them and smiled.
" So you two are done taking your bath? Come here and take a seat. The food will be ready soon. Oh, here it is. "
Christina saw Pauline coming out of the kitchen. She's carrying a pot on her hands as she carefully made her way towards the table.
Carefully putting the pot on the table, Pauline turned to Carla and Leon. She can tell that they already took their bath. " Done already? Good timing. I'll go and get the other food so we can start eating. "
" Let me help you. " Christina followed Pauline to the kitchen to get the other food they cooked earlier.
....
" Wow. This is so delicious. Is this cat fish? " Leon was amazed by the taste of the fish dish on the table.
Pauline whom was still putting some rice on Carla's plates smiled and answered. " That was indeed a catfish, Leon. I'm glad it suits your taste. Me and your mother prepared that dish together. "
* giggles *
" Don't listen to your auntie Pauline, Leon. I only helped her cut some ingredients while she did all the cooking. She's really good at it, and these dishes can prove that . " said Christina as she also put some catfish on her plate.
" What is catfish mommy? I don't want to eat cats. They are pitiful and cute. " Carla joined their conversation.
* giggles *
The three of them laughed, hearing what she said which made Carla even more confused. Seeing her confusion, Leon answered, " It's not really a cat, Carla. They just called it like that because this kind of fish has a whisker-like thing on their heads. "
" That's right, Carla. You don't have to worry about that and continue eating your food. " added Pauline.
Carla was still confused and wanted to asked more questions but Pauline stopped her and told her to eat first. The four of them then continued eating their lunch together happily just like that. The food Pauline made are all delicious which made the four of them ate quite a lot.
Leon wondered why he didn't saw Carla's grandma here but he didn't ask anything. He simply thought that perhaps she went somewhere or isn't living here.
...
After they are done eating, Pauline gathered all of the utensils they used and went to the kitchen to wash them. Christina also helped her and the two of them once again busied themselves in the kitchen.
Carla on the other hand, pulled Leon's hand and brought him to her room.
Looking around, Leon saw pink walls around him along with some Hello Kitty stickers. On the bed was a few stuffed toys of different sizes and colors.
" This is your room, Carla? " asked Leon after entering inside the room. " It's beautiful... "
" Really? But I rarely sleep here because I like sleeping with my mommy more. Come here, Leon, I will introduce you to my friends. " Carla continued pulling Leon towards her bed.
" This is Mr. Bunny, he's big right, Leon? But Mr. Bunny is so soft. Grandpa Nad gave Mr. Bunny to me last year. This one here is Mama Bear, but she's smaller than Mr. Bunny. This one... " Carla began introducing the names of the stuffed toys on her bed to Leon. " You gave me a lot already of things, Leon so I also wanted to give you one of my toys. What do you want? "
Leon was a bit surprised hearing that. Looking at Carla's expression at this moment, Leon can tell that she really liked these toys of hers and was reluctant to part with any of them. But despite that, she's still willing to give one of them to him.
Leon wanted to say that she didn't have to give him anything in return but he knwe that Carla won't agree to that.
' This girl is really lovable. ' he thought.
Leon wasn't interested in stuffed toys like this at all but since it's given to him by Carla, then he's more than willing to accept it.
Leon looked at the stuffed toys for awhile before finally choosing the small white dog stuffed toy. He picked it up and with a wave of his hand, it disappeared which made Carla amazed once again and began asking him where it went. Of course, Leon didn't tell her making her pout her lips and ignorered Leon for awhile.
After that, the two of them then began playing with the other stuffed toys on the bed for awhile until...
* Yawn *
They both fell asleep together. Leon and Carla did plenty of things this morning so it's only normal for them to be tired. If it wasn't for the loveable Carla bugging him, Leon should have been long sleep now.
...
In the kitchen.
Christina and Pauline had just finished washing the dishes and were now happily chatting with each other while making their way towards the dinning room.
" Thank you for inviting us here, Pauline. But I think we have to go now because Leon still need to sleep. That child really love sleeping in the afternoon. " said Christina as she looked around the dinning room but didn't find Leon there. Even Carla wasn't there too.
Hearing her words, Pauline showed a reluctant expression in her face and said. " It's already hot outside, sister Christy. Why don't you just let Leon sleep here and return home later? I also still wanted to asked you something. "
" That... I guess you're right but where's Leon? And, Carla too? "
Pauline also looked around them but didn't find Leon and her daughter there. " Perhaps Carla showed Leon around the house, sister Christy. Let's go an look for them? "
Christina nodded and the two of them then began looking for Leon and Carla around the house.
Pauline first brought Christina to her room because Carla tend to stay there all the time, but Carla and Leon wasn't there. The two of them then went to the sala but still didn't find the two kids there either. They looked around the house for awhile before finally arriving in front of Carla's room.
Pauline opened the door and the two of them went inside. There they saw the two kids sleeping on the bed peacefully in the middle of the stuffed toys lying around them.
A geniune smile appeared on both Pauline and Christina's faces They looked at each other for awhile before nodding their heads and silently went out of the room.
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