The next few weeks were hard for me. A part of me wanted to call Natalie, but the other half wanted to just forget about her. I did what I was doing before, working and heading home. I did check my phone every day to see if she was thinking of me. However, there was not a missed call or text from her. Sighing deeply, I went to my contacts and deleted her number from my phone. Then, I went back to work.
While I driving home from work, my phone rang. Sighing, I quickly answered it without looking at the caller ID.
"Yeah?" I answered.
"What are you doing?" Mother asked me.
"Driving home."
"Okay, next question. Why is it that Natalie is here checking on your child?"
I didn't respond. Just hearing her name had my heartbeating faster.
"I know you're still there." Mother stated.
"Mom, N
