Capítulo 9: Fresh start and a new life: Part 2

"Concentrate on your driving and stop interfering with our talks," Kara said while pouting her mouth.

"Gurgle... Bla.. bla.. Boo…" Dina said.

They took a short break every two hours in between so that the journey would not cause any stress on the baby. They also booked a hotel in the middle of their journey to get some rest. When they reached the border of the new city, it had already turned late in the evening.

Just a few hours before they reached the main city, Emma stopped the car in the rest area and asked,

"Should we go to my parent's house or a hotel?"

"Hotel. Even though we already informed them that we are adopting a baby, they still don't know about Dina yet. So, let's take our time and inform them slowly. I don't want anyone to find out that we did not adopt her legally yet." Kara said.

"Ok, To the hotel then…" Emma said and turned her car around.

Once they reached the motel, they pulled their tired body towards the bed. But before they could even reach the mattress, Dina started to cry.

Kara put Dina into Emma's hands and fell on the bed. Without complaining, Emma took Dina inside and changed the diaper. She then heated the formula milk and fed her. After rocking the baby to sleep, she went inside to take a bath.

When she tried to burp Dina after feeding, the baby had vomited a little bit of the food on her shoulder. Kara's eyes wandered wherever Emma went. She felt lucky to have fallen in love with such a good woman.

She jumped up and rushed inside the bathroom to join Emma in the shower.

"Booo... ba... goo... I am coming in," Kara pretended to be a baby and entered the bathroom.

"What are you doing?" Emma asked and pulled her under the shower.

Both their bodies soaked in warm water and Emma started to remove Kara's clothes one by one.

"Do you know how sexy you look now?" Emma asked and bit her nape.

The bite sent shivers down Kara's spine. She leaned behind and closed her eyes. Emma's hands slowly moved up and down on her body. Because of the caressing, Kara had goosebumps all over her body.

She turned around and caught Emma's upper lip in between her teeth. She sucked one lip after another slowly. Their bodies danced in the water and the tiredness they were feeling a few minutes ago, disappeared completely.

"I love you…" Kara whispered while leaning against Emma's naked body.

"I love you too…" Emma breathed near her ears and inserted her fingers into her body.

In a few seconds, soft moans escaped from their mouths. Both of them did not come out for a long time and enjoyed their lonely time while baby Dina was still asleep on the bed. The shadows lurking around her did not leave until they left the hotel.

...

Meanwhile, on another side of the world, the private Jet landed in a new country. Grace got down with Tina on one hand. The luxury cars were parked in a row and she entered inside one of them without waiting for anyone else.

"The sun here is too hot! That's why I never wanted to come here. But now I have decided to settle down here just for you, darling," She lifted Tina and kissed her chubby cheeks.

"No one ever asked you to come here. It was you, who decided to come to this country." Millie remarked.

She couldn't stop herself from commenting when she heard her daughter's complaint. She looked at Grace sarcastically.

"Mom, do you really have to nitpick at everything that I do? Sometimes, you give me a feeling that after dad passed away, you turned into a completely different person altogether. Where is my mom, who used to support me with everything I did? You always used to stand beside me and commend me when I achieved something. But now, all I see is your anger. This is the time to be joyful. I am a mother now and you are a grandmother. Why are you not happy about that?" Grace asked.

"No mom will support their daughter when they know that she was taking the wrong path in her life. Also, what is there to be happy about after what you did to your daughter?" Millie mumbled.

"What did I do now? I just wanted to move to a new place where my daughter can also get her grandparent's love and affection. Is that wrong of me to even expect that?" Grace tried to prove that there was nothing wrong with her decision.

"Are you sure that is the real reason why you did all this?" Millie questioned her.

"Ladies, that's enough. Looks like the heat around us is making our head boil. Let us drink some cocktails and relax. It was really a long journey that we had just now. Please," Mason said.

He tried to soothe things between mother and daughter as the atmosphere was getting heated up inside the car compared to outside.

Millie took one glass from his hand while Grace waved her hands indicating that she did not want any. At that moment, Tina started to weep. So, Millie put the glass on the tray and tried to take her from Grace.

But Grace did not allow that and started to check the reason why her daughter was crying. First, she checked her diaper but did not see it wet. Then she mixed some formula and tried to feed Tina. But Tina refused to drink that as well. She kicked her legs and hands in the air and pushed the bottle down.

Looking at Grace's struggle, Millie said,

"It must be because of this prolonged journey. She is a newborn and not an adult who could express herself easily with a few words. Do you really need to behave like a spoiled brat to bring her to another country without even thinking about the baby's health?"

Millie could not take it anymore of her daughter's attitude. She was irritated by this adamant woman who couldn't even understand such a basic thing.

"My daughter is absolutely fine and healthy. Nothing would happen to her, so you don't have to worry. Mom, please, just enjoy your cocktails while I take care of Tina. You are just trying to make me feel guilty. But let me tell you it won't work on me. I am not a fool. All the babies cry, it's common at this age. I am a famous gynecologist, please do not forget that." Grace uttered.

Millie shook her head in disappointment and looked outside the window. She could not understand her daughter anymore. Until her father was alive, Millie only saw the good in her and missed to see her daughter's other characters. Or to be precise, she might have thought that whatever happens, her husband would take care of it.

Now, Millie was utterly disheartened because of this foolish daughter. She looked at Mason and let out a sigh. Mason smiled at her and mouthed,

"It's OK, Mom! Let her be."

All she could now hope is that in the future, her daughter, Grace would learn a lesson from her very own daughter. At the same time, she did not want it to be a hard lesson that would break her daughter's heart.

Both babies grew up in different circumstances with different mothers. One grew up to be an arrogant soul while the other became a more open-minded person.