Who Am I

Dalia Collapsed

In a not-so-crowded restaurant owned by Charlotte and Richard.

"Excuse me miss, is there anything I can help you"?, Charlotte asks her guest. "Um, can I have a bowl of chicken noodles?", the girl replied casually. "Do you like it hot"?,Charlotte asks the girl. "Yes, please", the latter said in response."Please give me a few minutes", Charlotte remarks. The lady just nodded her head in reply.

A few minutes later, the chicken noodles that the girl previously ordered is served.While waiting for her customer to finish the food, Charlotte went back to her counter, and did her pen and paper works.

It's almost an hour that passed, Charlotte walked out of the counter to check on her guest only to find out that the latter fainted and is now unconscious. Just in time, that Richard arrived. He hurriedly prepared the car to bring the girl to the nearest hospital.

In the hospital

The doctor called Charlotte, "Are you the mother of the patient?", he asked. "Why Doc, what's the matter with her? Why did she lose consciousness?", Charlotte inquired. "Actually, your patient has no illness." The doctor commented. "After conducting some tests on her, it's found out that she has a baby in her womb. She is pregnant." He added. "You can go home", The doctor remarked. "Thank you, Doc", she replied. So the couple went home with Dalia.

They,re now in the couple's residence at the second floor above their restaurant.

"Dalia?", Charlotte called her. "That's your name, right?", she asked. Dalia just nodded her head. "Where do you live? Do you like us to drive you home?", she asked. "No, I'm okey ma'am. Thank you for your help", she answered. But the night is deepening now, you can stay here if you want to", Charlotte offered. "I can manage, maam", she answered. "My apartment is just nearby", she continued. "O please don't call me ma'am. Better if you call me 'mom', I'd love it", Charlotte said as smiles curved in her lips. Dalia was pleased with what she heard and smiled. She thought of her parents especially her mother.

Dalia's parents lived in a place miles away from this crowded and smoky city where rise several multi-storey buildings.They sent her here to work and earn a living to support them with their needs. Without their knowledge, Dalia works and studies at the same time. She also has dreams to fulfill for her life. And she strives as hard as she could to do so. She works during the day in a hotel and assigned in housekeeping department. Her work schedule starts at six in the morning until two in the afternoon from Mondays to Fridays. She requested such work sched to give time for her schooling and fortunately her reasons were considered by the management. In Saturdays her working time starts at two o'clock in the afternoon and ends at ten o'clock in the evening. She's given an option whether to work on Sundays or to take a day off, however, Dalia opted to keep working through all the days of the week. For her she shouldn't waste even just a second of her time because she needs to earn much for her family and for her personal and school expenses. That is the very reason why everytime she's called to do extra work for extra income, she is always willing to say yes. Sometimes, she would be asked by her teacher to clean the latter's house during her free time and without hesitation she would do so, and she then get paid for the service rendered. There are also times that she gets invited to do part-time job in a golf course to serve as caddy for guests and tourists who play golf.

She is five feet and five inches in height having a beauty face and a sexy body, in short she has a very pleasing personality. She also has good communication skills that enables her to entertain the guests even while off the game. For that reason, she is highly requested by most golfers, most especially, William Berman.

"I am heartily grateful to both of you Sir Richard and Ma'am Charlotte for your kindness to me. I feel comforted. Thank you very much",Dalia earnestly said with her bowed heads. "I wished you were my parents", she continued as tears flow down her cheeks. Richard and Charlotte just listened to her. "And I wished you were our daughter",Charlotte replied with all sincerity.

It's been 8 years since they got married at age 22 and they always long for a child, unfortunately, they're yet not given even a single one. And now with Dalia's presence, they feel like they become a father and mother in an instance. They want to keep her, and help her.

"Do you plan of going home?", Richard curiously asked. "I am not sure. If they will know about me being pregnant, I can't imagine my mother bursting out loud in anger",Dalia commented.

"Let me tell you this, we're just here for you. You're always welcome here anytime. If ever you need anything, please don't hesitate to let us know, okay?", Charlotte assured Dalia.

Dalia stayed at the couple's place the whole night. She slept at the guest room. Before she slept, a lot of things were on her mind. She rehearsed herself of the things she would tell her parents on the day when she decides to confess to them with regards to her being pregnant. She has to be brave. She has to tell them and she hoped they'd support her in her current situation. But knowing her mother, she really feels the huge trouble she's getting into.

After quite some time of reflecting and deep thinking, she finally fell asleep. When she woke up, she quickly prepared herself to leave. As she opened the door of the room to go out, she's greeted a very good morning by Charlotte and was invited to go down to the ground floor for breakfast.Ready on the table is a plate of rolled eggs, cooked ham and some slices of bread. Beside the plate is a glass of milk.Charlotte doesn't allow her to leave without having taken her breakfast. With grateful heart, Dalia sat down and ate.

After eating, she thanked the host for her generosity and then finally left. She needed to get back to her apartment because she still has many school related things to do. Richard and Charlotte are very delighted with Dalia after she left.