CANVAS GIRL

You came back

That morning, Husuella woke up to the feel of small hands touching her chin. She mumbled a few incoherent words before opening her eyes to find Gogiana staring at her in a curious manner. “You came back to us?” she questioned making her node in her still sleepy form. “Promise you wont leave me and daddy alone so that my friends don’t say I don’t have a mommy and make daddy sad?” she said while caressing her chicks slowly with her soft little hands. Immediately Husuella heard the word mommy she was fully awake. “You don’t have to, I know you wont go,” she said and hugged her before slipping out of the bed and disappearing.

“No am noy your… mother,” she whispered and held out her hand as if trying to reach her and tell her the truth but she was already gone making her pout. She decided to let it slide and explain it to her later as she didn’t want to bother her, besides she must already be preparing for school.

That day, she kept flashing back to what happened that morning and a lot of questions crossed her mind. Why did she call her mommy, did Gogianas mother look exactly like her but most importantly, did she have a twin out there she didn’t know about? She decided to let it slide and find her answers later when she was called in for a meeting.

Hypothetically speaking, how could he start a war that big. Hitler wasn’t a bad person, deep down he was just a grown frustrated man who lacked true love in his life. Maybe deep down he just wanted to find someone who truly cared, she thought sadly with a sigh. Seems like all the girls never loved him for who he was but for what he was. With all the amount of time he had being that he had people at his call, he must have become truly idle and with no one to care about and for, what was a better hobby than making everyone feel just what he felt, send men to war and destroy families. Maybe true love could have saved the world.

Napoleon was a great man, she remembered her history teacher speak so passionately about him. If she had been born during his time would she have married him? “ of course I would marry him,” she thought as a small smile grazed her lips. Everyone in the boardroom turned to stare at her while she had that beautiful far off fantasy look in her face. Kayden couldn’t believe his ears, he had only kissed her once and now she was contemplating marriage, he knew he was charming but not that much. He was just about to scold her for thinking of marriage this soon but he noticed everyone in the room staring at her and decided to let her be but wondered what happens if she called his name, he was not ready for this and he didn’t have the guts to ignore the fact that he wasn’t willing to embarrass her again and deny what they had in public.

“lets see, first ill have to cut his mustache, make him wear a little less tight trousers, trim his hair a little shorter, make him stop the bad habit of tucking his trousers into some silly boots and add an expensive watch to his style, otherwise I would totally marry him, he must have been a great, Romantic guy. Oooh Napoleon,” she finished and sighed in contentment before laughter erupted and she looked around to notice she was in the middle of a meeting. What she did not understand is why they were laughing.

Someone must have probably said something funny. She decided to watch as everyone died of laughter till they turned into hiccups before they were quite. “So pray tell us, when will this wedding be taking place, I can assure you marrying a woman who want to change from your moustache, hair to your watch is a total mess, poor Napoleon,” Kayden said making a dramatic face towards the end as if pitying the legend “ waiting on the other end of the aisle must be the worst nightmare you’ve endured in your lifetime,” he said sending the room into another fist of laughter making Husuella blush when it clicked she must have said all that out loud.

Kayden excused himself and pulled her out of the room, at first she thought he was going to scold her but once he pulled her into the human resource managers office which was opposite the conference room on the eighth floor, he couldn’t hold back his laughter and burst out laughing embarrassing her further.

When he finally calmed down, he looked at her amazed before clearing his throat and giving her a warm smile. “ for a moment there I thought I was the lucky guy, I sure feel jealous of Napoleon,” he said with a hint of teasing in his voice, “anyway I know you are not concentrating in there so how about you pick Gogiana up from her school, just go upfront and a car is waiting for you. I am letting her teacher know and I’ll see you guys at home,” he said before scrolling through his phone and talking to someone on the phone.

“ okay its all settled, my driver is waiting upfront and I’m calling the school, see you later,” he said before walking out of the room with his phone held to his ears leaving Husuella as she took a turn and headed for the elevator.

Husuella felt excited, maybe it was because of her experience at the meeting which she was glad to walk away from or the fact that she felt her boss had trusted her enough to ask her to pick the little girl from school. As she reached the gate and the security guard ushered the car into the compound, she felt a little nervous, maybe she could talk to her about this morning when they head home. When she got down from the car, she looked among the little kids who were already jumping and running towards their parents in a rush to get out of the school but did not see any sign of Gogiana. Maybe she had stayed behind or was on her way over. She reached out and caught a little girl who stumbled and almost fell on the ground and almost went down with her if it wasn’t for the driver who quickly reached out and held her back by her left arm.

After ten minutes another bunch of kids ran out and she saw her among a bunch of other kids making her smile. She seemed to be arguing with the others and they seemed to be laughing at her making her spirits drop when she saw her almost in tears. She seemed to have not noticed her and when she called her name she froze. The others still seemed to be talking when she slowly turned around and whispered mommy before running and jumping into her arms which caught her by surprise and she almost fell back if it wasn’t for the car behind her.

“You came to get me,” she whispered and then realized she was crying making her start to rock her back and whisper soothing words to her in an attempt to calm her down. Gogiana finally stopped crying making Husuella put her down. She turned around and smiled at the other kids who were now staring at the whole display. “I told you I have a mommy, she came back to me, now you see.” She said using her hands to gesture.

“She is not your real mum, you are just making this up.” One of them said and the others laughed making her look back at Husuella. “How do you know she is your real mum if you have never seen her at all?” one questioned making her start to stammer in anger, “b-but s-she is my real mum, even if my daddy didn’t tell me, I know in my heart that she is,” she said making them look at her as if wanting her to justify the little girls claim.

Slowly Husuella looked at the kids and smiled making them start to giggle. “well maybe I am not her real mum but that doesn’t give you the right to laugh at her, you see having a mum is not something you can control kids, you should feel lucky and appreciate the fact that you’ve had yours all your life because some unlucky kids don’t get that chance,” she said while observing their reaction. “If it were up to Gogiana, I’m sure she would have chose to have her mum but she couldn’t, and don’t give me that chicky look boy because I am her real mum so if you are satisfied you can all go home.” She said and picked her up before buckling her up in the backseat and entering the car after her while all the other kids went their different ways with their heads held low.

She pulled Gogiana head into her lap and started cradling her. She knew that wanting to tell her the truth was out of the question as the driver drove them towards the mansion. “Promise you won’t leave us ever again mommy,” she whispered making Husuella smile, “I promise,” she said making a small smile grace the little girls lips. “ Thanks mommy,” she said before falling asleep on her lap while she kept looking at her and smiling at how peaceful and happy she looked in her sleep, maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

Husuella slowly lifted up the little girl with he help of Kaydens driver and took her to her bedroom. She carefully placed her on her bed and adjusted the pillow under her head before kissing her forehead and starting to walk away but she reached out and grabbed her shirt and tried to pull her back. This went on for the seventh time before she gave up and slipped into the blanket beside her, she pulled her into her arms and cradled her as she slept.

Kayden walked into the house and when he was not greeted by the presence of the little girl, he walked into the kitchen and asked her nanny if she was home already and had done her homework. Smiling, she had told him she came in sleeping and is in her room.

Kayden walked into Gogianas room to find the little girl curled up and sleeping peacefully in Husuellas arms. Both of them had a small smile on their faces and they looked so contented as if everything had finally fit into their rightful places. Smiling, he headed into his bedroom, changed into a comfortable sweatshirt and sweatpants before heading down to the kitchen. He gave Siprosa an early leave and got into the kitchen to prepare dinner himself. He did not know whether he was doing this to impress someone or if he was just in the mood and was happy but either way, he found himself singing and whistling as he ramaged through the fridge and drawers and pulled out several ingredients and all through his cooking session. He did not even notice that Siprosa hadn’t left and was standing by the door staring at him all the while.