𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫 - 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)

1970𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭

It's the next morning and I wake up on the sofa. I rib my eyes and sits then up. I sigh deep because of yesterday. I know that Sonny still sleeps now and that's why I don't want disturbing him. I hear steps and that's Chasity who comes down. She looks at me.

"Mommy...why do you lie here?"

I look at her and I know I must explain her that now. I stretch my arms to her

"Honey...come here...I must explain to you something."

She walks to me and I turn my arms around her stomach so that I can stroke her

"Listen...mommy and daddy are separated now...today we live together, just you and me, since now in an other place...you feel better and I feel better too..."

Chasity look at me and I know that still don't understand what it means. She is still to little

"But why?"

I shrug my shoulders

"Sometimes happens that mommy and daddy don't love anymore. We are just friend then..."

She nods. I'm glad that she maybe understands that.

"Come...you can play..."

Chasity walks then away to play with her toys. I stand up and makes me finish for breakfast. I sit on the chair and drink a coffee. I can't eat something because of the separation and soon the divorce. The feeling of failure is to deep in my stomach to eat something. But I hear steps and I know these are from Sonny. Sonny walks in and say really nice:

"Good morning..."

I'm surprised that he did that and I murmur the same. He makes tea and sits on the same table and he look at me. He knows still that I want talk with him about the divorce and about our Show. I stand the coffee cup on the table and I start to talk

"Well..first I like it that you still remember that we still want talk.."

I say that carefully and Sonny says nothing about that.

"Well..."

I say

"Before we can divorce we must see about the custody for Chasity.  Unless you don't want her."

He shakes his head

"She is my daughter...of course I want care of her too...I can't leave her alone..."

I nod. Sonny is a really good father but not a good husband. I'm glad that he care so well about her.
I say then:

"About the Sonny and Cher show..."

Sonny interrupts my sentence

"Do that alone..."

He sighs

"We'll say to our spectators goodbye and good is...unless you want make the show alone..."

I was really surprised as he said that and shocked too. It was his idea to do this show. But I think this is his decision and it makes me fun.

"I think about that..."

I sigh. We'll talk a bit about the divorce and directly after that I'll pack my and Chasitys important things to drive to my other house.
Chasity stands with the suitcases already in front of the door, I stand next to her and Sonny in front of us. Surprisingly I hug him and I have little tears in my eyes.

"If you want we can just friends now..."

I feel that Sonny lies his hands on my back and makes a big sigh. I think he has the same pain like me now. He answers:

"Yes...we can..."

Then he let me go, but not rough. He did it softly and he turns away to me. But I see how he strokes with his fingers in his eyes to makes his tears away. I did it the same. But then I take the suitcase with Chasity and walk to the my car to drive to our new home...