CHAPTER 39

“I can’t wait to meet my grandchild,” he said.
“You should see the names your dad compiled for the baby, he has been busy,” her mother said as she joined them with a tray full of fruits.
“Did he really do that?” she asked filled with curiosity.
“I will show it to you when you are done eating, now eat. I have heard of your weird eating habits,” her mother said as she sat next to her.
Selena looked at Sean who simply smiled at her as he picked an apple slice and threw it in his mouth.
“I guess you have all become besties behind my back. How can you not even tell me that you planned all this?” she asked angrily at her mother.
“It was a secret love and aren’t you happy to see us now?” her mother asked, trapping her with her own words.
“You know I am happy; I am just shocked that you kept this from me when we even talked on the phone earlier this morning,” she said sulking once more.
“I will make it up to you. I will bake you your favorite vanilla cake tomorrow, how about that?” her mother suggested and she smiled at the thought of her devouring a cake by herself.
“I can deal with that,” she said and picked a strawberry and threw it in her mouth.
This was the best present her husband had given her and she was glad that he didn’t tell her in advance.
After having the fruits she left home while her husband and her parents remained behind. She was just going to take a walk and stretch herself especially after being seated for so many hours. She knew that her parents had a lot to talk about with Sean and she was just going to give them the privacy that they all deserved.
As she was walking she spotted a tuck-shop and she made her way there. She saw a very familiar face and she smiled at the girl. She was her senior during high school.
“Selena, is that you?” the other girl asked and she nodded her head in response.
“Yes, it’s me. How have you been Clara?” she asked her as she steps on the brick to look inside since she was a bit short.
“I am doing okay, just working here part time. What about you?” she asked her and she looked at herself before looking back at Clara.
“I came to visit my parents with my husband. Schools are closed so there is nothing much to do,” she answered and saw the look on Clara’s face.
She didn’t look happy at all but that wasn’t her business at all.
“Is that so? I thought there were rumors that you were married. I just never expected that one second you are gone to the big city and the second you are married and now you are pregnant. Isn’t that a bit too fast?” she heard the sarcasms in Clara’s voice but Selena just brushed it off, she was used to people like Clara and she wasn’t going to let her ruin this vacation for her.
“I guess we all see things differently. Can I have two vanilla ice creams?” she asked as she looked at Clara who was still waiting for a detailed answer which she wasn’t going to get.
“Sure, they are one dollar each,” she said as she gave her the two ice creams.
Selena took out the ten-dollar bill she had in her pocket and gave it to Clara. Clara was looking for change and Selena just wanted to get the hell out of her sight.
“You can keep the change. It was nice seeing you again,” Selena said as she left the tuck-shop.
She could see Clara’s face, she was probably angry with the way she just acted but she meant well. She had a lot of money, which change meant nothing to her and she just wanted to help someone she used to know and look up to.
In this world you will never do anything if you keep on concentrating on what people say about you or think about you, Selena thought to herself as she devoured her first ice-cream on her way back home.
Before she arrived home she met her husband on the way and she smiled as soon as she saw him.
“What are you doing here?” she asked as soon as she met him in the road.
“You were gone for long and you left your phone behind,” he answered and she touched her pockets and realized that she didn’t have it on her.
“I must have forgotten about it,” she said as she finished her ice-cream.
“Which is why I coming to pick you up; your mother is preparing dinner now. Do you want to take a walk with me?” Sean asked her and she nodded her head.
“I can do with a walk. Do you want ice cream?” she asked as she stretched her hand to give the remaining ice-cream to Sean.
“No, you can have it. I can see it in your eyes that this isn’t even enough,” he said bringing her hand back to her and she laughed.
“I can see that you are getting good at this. We can go to the supermarket and you can buy me some chocolates,” she said as she caressed her stomach and he smiled at her.
“Let’s go and do that,” he said as he took her hand in his.
Smiling she let him hold her hand as they both took another walk towards the supermarket. They passed the tuck-shop where Clara almost stretched her neck trying to see who she was walking with.
“Do you know that girl?” Sean asked her.
“Yes, we went to the same school but she was ahead of me. I just bought this from her and gave her the change and I think I may have pissed her off,” she confessed and Sean laughed after hearing that.