Three weeks

I just can’t stop thinking about Benson, I was so sure we wouldget married but eventually we never did. She cried while restingh

She still couldn’t believe that today marks a year of her supposed

marriage which her ex-fiancée or should she say her husband to

be who got married to her best friend instead of being married to

her. She watched as flakes of snow fell from her window to the

white ground filled with snow and made a sign of painful

memories which almost led to cry but she had to stop it with a

bite of her lower lips.

Hey beauty! Annabel’s mother said with a sad smile knowing

exactly what her daughter was thinking about but could do

nothing to stop her from thinking about it.

Hello mother. She said cleaning the tears off her face quickly so

that her mother would not see her crying and get upset

What are you doing here all alone dear? She asked

Nothing mother just getting some fresh air. She replied

Oh darling am sorry I was such a bad mother. She said

No mother, you are the best mother in the world. She replied

I wish I can say that too. Her mother replied as she held back the

tears forming in her throat.

Well I am assuring you mother that you are the best mother in

the world.

Really my beauty? She asked with a smile

Yes, mother you and father are the best parent a child could ask

for. She replied with tears gushing down her face.

And I hope you know we do love you right? Teresa asked

Mrs. Stone-will may I come in please? Jessica asked after

knocking on the door and then realizing the mother and daughter

were having a heart to heart talk Come in Jessica. Mrs. Stone-will say with a sign of relief as she

was not ready to have any emotional talk with her daughter

Good day ma’am. Jessica who is always happy to see Annabel

said with a smile but was disappointed when she neither replies

nor smile at her like she was used to.

Ma’am hope all is well? Jess asked once she was left alone with her

Oh Jess it’s nothing much am just a little disturbed. She

answered

Darling you know you can always tell your old Aunt anything as

long as it makes you feel alright. Old Jess said

Aunt Jess please I am only concerned about my life. She said

hugging her confidant tight as tears rush down her face.

Annabel than just a housemaid,

she raised her from when she was just a little baby till she was

old enough to know the different between good and bad, Aunt

Jess was the only mother she knew till the day she was able to

talk, she was the one present on the day of her graduation, she

was the only mother who ever remembered her birthday, she is

the only person in Annabel’s house who knows her favorite food,

her favorite snacks and her favorite color, whenever she get

bullied Aunt Jess was the one who always bully the bully back

since Annabel was such a small girl while growing up, Aunt Jess

was the woman behind her smile and she was the only one who

taught her about life, she was the one who advised her not to get involved with Benson, she was the only one who was able to lend

her a shoulder to cry on, she was the only one who feel what she

felt and just as she felt it.

I just can’t stop thinking about Benson, I was so sure we would

get married but eventually we never did. She cried while resting

her head on Jess’s shoulder

My darling, don’t you cry over him or do you want old Jess to cry

too? She asked the lady she once knew to be just a little toddler

While growing up, Annabel was such a troublesome baby but her

parent never got to experience what it was like since they were

always busy doing one thing or the other trying to make life

better for their only daughter but forgot to give her attention

knowing Jessie was there to take good care of her, although she

was paid high amount but still she wished her boss could see

how wonderful their little princess was, it was never like that for

the little girl as she never experienced any motherly love from her

mother neither does she know how good or bad it felt to have a

father, her mother was never there when she had a crush on a

boy in her class but was too scared to tell him and she had to cry

home anytime she sees him with another girl, her mother was not

there when she wanted to go to a prom but was so shy and

needed some encouragement, her mother was not there when she

had to repeat the same class and Annabel almost cried herself to

death saying she would be embarrassed to face her mate and

most especially Jade who envy her a lot, her mother was not

there when she changed her school for the sake of not wanting to