CHAPTER 41

While her parents were seated in the front, Selena and her husband were in the backseat. Because of her parents she wasn’t able to do much except to look out and enjoy the view as the car moves in the road.
They arrived at the park; she and her mother helped each other to spread the blankets on the grass. Her dad and Sean set the camping chairs while she and her mother made themselves comfortable on the blankets.
Her mother served the food and the drinks, and the four of them enjoyed their picnic. They ate, drank, laughed and took photos as the day pass along. It was a memorable day for her and she was glad that she had spent this past week with her family as one. She was going to remember this time for a very, very long time; she just hoped that she will see them again soon before she gave birth to her first child.
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Sean smiled at his in laws as he bid them farewell, they had stayed for long and it was time for him and his wife to return back home.
“We will visit soon,” he told them as they bided farewell.
“We might come that side to see you, we wouldn’t want to inconvenience you when you are a busy man,” his father in law said.
“Okay, when you want to visit please tell me and I will prepare everything,” he told them and they nodded.
“We will do so. You better go now,” his mother in law said.
Sean got into the car and joined his wife who was already seated in the car. She woke up crying and just stopped recently so he wasn’t going to say a lot. He didn’t want to travel back with her with a puffy face.
“Aren’t you going to say goodbye?” he asked her and she looked at her parents and waved at them.
“Let’s go”’ she said and he complied.
On their way to the airstrip his wife was silent and wasn’t saying a word. He understood her, it was tough for her. After being married to him for months, she just saw her parents after five months and for just a week.
Considering the fact that she was pregnant too, she was very emotional and he could sense that this was going to take a while before her emotions succumbed.
The jet was already waiting for them when they arrived. It didn’t take long for the jet to depart for the capital. On their flight back, Selena was sleeping and he let her be. Even in her sleep, she was still crying and that disturbed him a lot. He had to do something to make her feel better when they land.
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The jet finally landed and Selena wasn’t feeling too great. She was missing her parents so much, she felt so heavy she didn’t want to take a single step. Her husband however saw that and he carried her off the jet to the car.
Sean looked at her and he held her face with his hands.
“Do you want to go shopping?” he asked her and she looked at him with her eyes wide.
She shook her head in response; she wasn’t in the mood to buy anything.
“What do you want to do? I will do anything just to see you smile,” he said and she felt touched.
She shouldn’t punish him; he was the one who made her dream come true. She got to see her parents because of him, so she shouldn’t do this to him. For the sake of her baby and stress levels she was going to cheer up.
“I want to go to the amusement park,” she told her husband and he looked at her.
“Have you ever gone there before?” he asked her as the car moves.
She shook her head in response.
“I have never once gone there, couldn’t afford it. Can we go, please?” she begged and he brushed her cheek with his thumb.
“If that is where you want to go then let’s go there,” he agreed with her and she felt glad.
“Richard, let’s go to the amusement park,” Sean told their driver and the middle aged man nodded in response and changed the drive course.
She was excited, since she didn’t go there before she just felt that she had to go. She was scared of those long rides but with him by her side then she felt she will less scared.
When they arrived, Sean paid for the tickets and the tow of them walked into the park. The place was packed with people. She could see couples, families and friends. It was a great place to forget about so many things.
She was unlucky however, because of her pregnancy she couldn’t get on those rollercoaster and scary rides at all. All he had to do in the park was look at others enjoying themselves and eat some hot dogs and corndogs which were better than doing nothing. She compensated herself by taking more photos and making her husband to buy her anything that caught her attention.
After the trip to the amusement the two finally went home. The staff welcomed them warmly and they began to prepare for dinner immediately. She was tired and she felt so sticky, so the first thing she did was to run the tub so that she will take a bath.
She undressed herself and climbed into the tub and she sat down. She could feel the warm water filled with herbs and bath salts penetrating and healing her body. She needed a rest and maybe a massage after all that walking.
She vowed to herself that as soon as she gives birth and after recovering she will go to the amusement park and have some fun for herself.