A Bakers Dozen dreams

Becky's POV.... As you have gathered my name is Becky Adams and I currently work in the local Café in a small town outside of London. I live with my daughter Bella who is 3 years old. She is the apple of my eye and I would do just about anything for her and to keep her safe, and I have, you will see later on. My boss Mr Jones is the kindest man I could ever have met, he lets Bella stay at the café so that I do not have to pay for child care. His Wife is also one of the loveliest women I know apart from my late mother. You are  probably wondering where Bella's father is, well that is a story for another day. Anyway I am late for my shift talk to you guys later. "Bella come on baby we are going to be late! we need to leave please come and get dressed" I calmly shouted. "Coming Mummy" My darling girl came bouncing in. Suddenly my phone began to ring. I answered it cautiously as it was an unknown number. "Hello" I said quietly. All I could hear on the other side of the line was heavy ragged breathing. I quickly hung up the phone feeling slightly out of breath myself. It couldn't be him could it. He couldn't have found me could he. I was broken from my thoughts by Bella stroking my arm gently.  "Hello my gorgeous girl how are you this morning would you like to help mummy choose your clothes for today?" She jumped into my arms which was easily an answer to my question. "So what colour dress do you want to wear today baby, Pink or Blue?" I asked her whilst holding up the two options.  "Pink Pink Pink!" Bella screamed. She always made me chuckle. Right now that Bella is dressed and watching cartoons I can grab a shower and get myself dressed too.  Once I had finished my shower and got dressed it was time for us to go to the Café. I do not own a car as the Café is only 5 minutes away from our apartment. Once we arrived I got my apron on and went straight in to see Mr and Mrs Jones. Bella hopped down and ran straight into Mrs Jones's arms making my heart melt. They were like parents to me and Bella's grandparents. They treated us just like we were their family. They had no children themselves and so welcomed Bella and I with open arms. I cannot thank them enough for what they have done over the years for both Bella and I. They were with me when Bella was born as I moved her when I was 9 months Pregnant. They offered me a place to stay for a year and helped me find my own place to watch Bella grow. They saw me at my darkest time and helped pull me out of that never ending tunnel.  "Morning Becky darling" Mr Jones chirps. "Morning David, while Bella is with Amanda could I have a quick chat with you?" I asked. "Of course honey should I be worried?" David (Mr Jones) asked cautiously. "Maybe" I quietly replied. We left Bella and Amanda (Mrs Jones) to have their morning snuggles and Bella would then have her breakfast.  "Becky tell me what is wrong you are worrying me!" David asked with a worried look on his face. " Promise me you will not tell Amanda I do not want to worry her as this might be nothing" I asked. "Fine I promise" He replied. "I had a phone call this morning from an unknown number, all I could hear on the other end was heavy ragged breathing. I think he has found us. I am scared David what if he finds me, what if he finds out about Bella what am I going to do?" I was nearly in tears when i explained to David what was going on. "Oh baby shh don't cry it is going to be okay I will protect you. He is not going to get to you whilst I am here okay." David tried his best to reassure me that everything was going to be okay. "I am sorry I should start working". I said apologetically. "Hey baby girl take a few minutes go and wipe those tears we do not want Bella to get upset do we?" He said calmingly. "Yes you are right, I will be out in a minute". I replied. After several minutes of trying to make myself look slightly more presentable and not as though I had been crying. When I returned I heard Bella giggling which was music to my ears. David was tickling her and she was trying to wriggle away, he was telling her that he was the Mr tickle, one of the Mr Men characters. She was shouting that he was not because he was not orange nor did he have long squiggly arms. I couldn't help but laugh at them both.  "Mummy help me". Bella was laughing whilst trying to reach my arms. I quickly scooped her up and saved her from Mr tickle. "Hello Baby". I said whilst I tucked a small piece of her hair that had escaped from her ponytail behind her ear. "Mummy Grandad (David-Mr Jones) was tickling me so much I was laughing so much that it made my belly ache" She complained. "Well we will have to tell Grandad off won't we" I said. Amanda walked in holding a bowl of porridge in a pink bowl for Bella. "Bella breakfast time lets eat this and let mummy begin work then we can go to the park if you want so you are not bored while mummy is working" she said to Bella. Bella screamed excitedly, she loves going to the park. Amanda placed the bowl down so Bella could eat her breakfast. Whilst they were busy I put on my apron and began to whip up a batch of cookies and croissants.  After Bella had eaten she began doing some colouring with Amanda and I opened the Café. The first hour went by slowly only a couple customers but it soon began to pick up later on. Amanda took this time to take Bella out to the park and said they will have lunch there as she had packed a picnic. I kissed my baby goodbye and told her that I would see her in a couple of hours and told her to be a good girl for Grandma.  I was now on my 6th Batch of cookies and brownies as they had been selling like they were the last thing on earth. Once they were done I popped into the office to see if David wanted a coffee, he politely declined. I decided to clear some tables whilst the counter was clear. I had placed everything onto a tray so that I could carry it all to the kitchen but when I began to move someone bumped into me causing me to drop everything onto the floor. This caused a loud crash sound and mw to slip on the coffee on the floor landing funny on my right ankle.  "Ouch!" I said to myself. I looked up and saw someone kneeling down next to me. "Oh my god I am so sorry I did not see you there, here let me help you up."  He reached his hand out for me to grab, which I did as soon as my right foot hit the floor I yelped out in pain. The man had a concerned look on his face and quickly picked up a stool from the bar for me to sit on to take the weight off of my foot.  "Thank you" I said to him. He smiled briefly but then his expression turned back to being of nothing but concern. I was lost in his eyes they were grey and suited him just nicely. A comfortable silence was then broken by David interrupting us.  "Becky are you okay my dear?" He asked looking just as concerned as the mysterious man. "Yes David I am completely fine." I lied. I then tried to get up again and the same thing happened except this time I began to fall. I braced myself for the impact of the floor again but I never felt it. I opened my eyes to see that I was caught in safe muscular arms.  "Sir she is not okay she has hurt her ankle when she slipped on coffee". The man said pointing at the spillage on the floor. "I was not her fault though I bumped into her causing her to drop that tray full of mugs and plates I am terribly sorry." He apologised.  David looked at my ankle and told me that it looked really swollen. So did the other man. I was lost in thought when I was brought back with a tap on the shoulder. "Um excuse me Becky is it ?" The man asked. "Yes I am Becky". I replied with almost a whisper. "I really think you should go to the hospital to get that checked out it looks really bruised." He said still looking concerned.  "Oh no I can't I have to work and be here when Bella gets back." I say looking at both the man and David. "Honey you are more important than work I can hold the fort and I will ask Amanda to take Bella back to yours so she can get settled and have dinner. I will be there when I have shut up shop as well. I can even pick you up if you need me to." David said.  The man then interrupted David " I can take you to the hospital it is the least I can do considering I did cause this. I will even stay and drop you home afterwards." I was surprised by his offering. "Are you sure?" I asked. "Yes is not an issue, I do not have anywhere that I need to be." "Okay I replied feeling slightly guilty about making him go out of his way. "I will bring the car round the front I will be just a couple of minutes." With that he left.  David soon approached me after he was done clearing up the mess I had made. "Honey be careful okay and ring me as soon as you are done. I will tell Amanda when she gets back to take Bella home to yours and explain what has happened. She can give Bella dinner and hopefully you will be back in time for Bedtime."  "Okay thank you David" I say and he kisses my cheek. " See you later sweetie" He waves.  The man then comes back in and takes me into his arms saying that I shouldn't walk on it.  He opened the door of his car and helped me settle in. I was a beautiful car it was a blue BMW M2. One I was belted in he shut the door carefully and ran to his side. He then got in but made sure I was comfortable first. We then started moving on the way to the hospital.