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Chapter 43. "The Past."

- Are you hurt? Let me see," he walked over to me.

- I don't need any help!

- Let me see, - he insisted and looked at my elbow, he said to put ice on it, let's go around the corner to Starbucks, I'll ask them for ice and buy you a hot morning coffee.

- You hit me first and then you're sorry? - I laughed.

- What's your name? - He asked.

- Stacy, what's yours?

- Henry, I haven't seen you around here, are you from around here? - He asked and we walked slowly towards the cafe.

- No, I was born here, I just decided to get on the right track and do sports, so to speak...

- Be careful, they may steal such a pretty girl. - He smiled and we went into the cafe.

Henry turned out to be a very nice young man, he put ice on my elbow, gave me a coffee and a sandwich, and told me a little about himself.

- And she disappeared? Just like that? - I asked him, he was telling me about the girl he loved, and on the last day of their meeting, when he thought it was just beginning, she said she was going somewhere for a month...

- Yes, I went to see her parents, but they didn't tell me anything, where she disappeared to...

- We have a similar story, only I had a quarrel and the man I loved for a long time, with whom I shared breakfast, lunch and dinner, just disappeared from my life, only not like yours, but he got married, because he is the father's heel, if you can put it that way, everything that the father says so and will.

- I'm sorry," he took my hand, but don't feel bad, everything will be all right. Would you like to go out tonight?

- I wouldn't mind... - I smiled. Henry walked me home afterwards and as soon as I walked in I was greeted by a sleepy Tony.

- Where have you been? - He asked gruffly.

- I've been working out, unlike some people.

- And that kid you had hanging around with you? Or would you say he was an accessory to the sport? Stacy! - He called me...

- It's an old friend of mine," I said, and went into the kitchen.

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On behalf of Isabella:

It had been a few days since Joanna got married... the house has emptied and I have become sad and lonely, I am alone, sometimes I go to her room and spend all day there, looking at her baby pictures and I am in a flood of tears as usual...

I feel like I did wrong, I blame myself, but I don't even know what to do now...

I get a text message on my phone from Joe:

Joe: "We're flying home. See you soon. Kisses."

There was an immediate smile on my face, but also a misunderstanding because they were coming back too early, maybe they had a fight or something?

I immediately went to the kitchen to see if there were any ingredients for Joanna's favorite blueberry pie.

- What are you doing? - Alfred came up to me and kissed me.

- Joanna is flying in. - I said with a smile.

- What? Why is that?

- I don't know, she just texted me, what's up? - I looked at my husband, aren't you excited about your daughter?

- I am, but it's weird... It hasn't even been a week.

- Ugh, you annoy me sometimes, Al.

- All right, all right, Isa, don't be nervous. - He sat down at the table and soon after, he added, "Maybe we should invite the Wright family, then. Well, how symbolic it would be to me, parents on both sides meeting their children...

- That's a good idea, call Oswald and talk to him...

On behalf of Oswald:

Today, I decided to skip work and make time for Sandra, she hasn't been herself lately...

- Babe, I've got a girl cuddled up to me, what's wrong? Why are you sad? - Kissing her neck, I asked.

- It's okay, I just stay at work...

- Why aren't you leaving? - I looked into her eyes, - how many times have I asked you to leave, you know that as I provide you no one will, not even your job. What more do you want?

- Oswald, I'm not quitting my job! I'm not a kept woman. We're seeing each other, I like you, but I can't do this...

- What do you mean?

- You're married and I'm in the background, I feel superfluous in your life.

- No, you don't! Stop it! - I got angry, - you know very well that you come first for me.

- You seem to have married your son, and I've accepted that, but you keep thinking of him and his family. Why not let it go and start living your life?

- I have one more thing to do, as soon as I get it done, I promise you that everything will go back to normal... - kissed her on the lips, I said and then I got a phone call.

- I'm sorry," I said and answered the phone. - Alfred my friend, what brings you here?

- Our kids are coming home and anyway, Isa decided to have a dinner party, so to speak, I thought why not meet them all together? Would you be free?

- Sure, that's a great idea. We will be.

- Well, I'll see you then. - As I dropped the call, I grinned involuntarily, I didn't even have to work, little Joanna was walking into my arms all by herself...

From the author:

Hello everyone, my goodies. What do you think of this chapter? What do you think of Henry and Stacey meeting? Will she find out about Joanna? And how will the evening go between the Wright family and Morris?

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