Searching for Love, Found Wealth

I thought I’d find Gladys cuddling herself, somewhere crying and be mentally devastated like I had been.

But again she proved she was more of a survivor than I was her age.

She was patting John to sleep with a smiling face. She smiled at me when she noticed me but it faded when she realized what I might have come there to tell her.

“She told me her partner doesn’t want kids. What does she want from me now?” she remarked.

I agreed, “She wants to talk to you. She might keep on coming till she does. My case with dad seemed different from yours and your mom, do try talking. It’d give you ample time to heal”.

She seemed to be understanding me but she scrunched her face, “I get it. But I don’t wanna heal just yet. I want her to keep hurting even if it meant me hurting”.

I sighed. Gladys was that difficult. I knew she was just angry.

Her way of handling rejection was by being angry which is in reality a way of protecting herself from the hurt.

Well, I spent eight years being angry and hurting at the same time.

The feeling of being abandoned is never going to completely leave till you vent out the anger.

And since her mother didn’t spend up to eight years to meet her, she can vent her anger out now.

“Gladys, she’s going to keep on coming till you vent our angrily. It’s better you say all you meet to say. You can still keep a good relationship too” I advised.

I noticed baby John was awake staring at my soul.

“Baby John needs to say goodbye too” was the last thing I said before coming downstairs. I gave mom a knowing smile while I nodded to Gladys mom.

“Thank you so much. My name is Lillian. I will always be grateful to you for accepting my kids” she clasped her hands.

She better, I won’t be the one to give the speech that her partner is bad and selfish for telling her to send her kids away.

Though someone need to tell her but she did seem like she was too young to be a mother. Gladys came down later with baby John, mom stood up and took me away, giving them time to talk. Or more or less, give Gladys more time to vent.

“Hey, Guess what?” Sheena curled her hand around me the next day as I came to school.

I froze and began hiding from some students who would run to me, “Hey, Sheena. You look happy. What?”.

Tina pointed to me and she and her little friends ran up. And more questions barged on me.

“Okay, wait, do you guys want me to jeep in remembering the awful kidnap. No? Then please atop asking me these questions” I said sternly.

That kidnap was long enough to be a traumatic event, I’m proud of my mind for not trying to turn it to one. Everyone can help my making me forget it.

“We are sorry” their smallest member, Bailey apologized. I patted her head. When other students wanted to barge in on me, they began protecting me.

“Keep off. Please don’t let her remember her trauma!” Tina ordered while pushing them aside.

“By the way, try to guess what happened yesterday between Reuben, Jennifer and J-twins?” Sheena reminded me as we walked to class together.

“They’re group dating?” I wondered why my mind was centered on dating. Sheena’s face asked me the same question.

“They won the math contest. And earned scholarships to France” I bet she announced that in a less enthusiastic way than she planned.

Either due to me first off assuming that it was a group dating it cos she’s sad the scholarship would take her away from her twin.

“Whoa! France! A whole deal” I sped off to meet the lucky stars. I met them at the teacher’s staff room with students surrounding them.

Now I knew why all those juniors didn’t swarm me earlier today.

The champions had skeptical yet proud expressions. Leaving for France would be a big decision.

*Jennifer doesn’t know French. At least J-twins and Reuben do” Chloe added from behind us.

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“Immediately they’re done with high school, they’d be flying there. Not up to three months to play ‘high school leaver’. It’s terrible” Chris added from behind Chloe.

I smiled at him, “What’s to do be done as ‘high school leaver’?”.

He shrugged, “Jennifer could learn some fashion sense. She’d need that if she want to be queen at university too. Jasper might need some break off studying too much. Reuben as well. Jacob, well, he leaved a troublesome life already so he got less to lose”.

Chris had a point. Even though I didn’t understand him at Jennifer’s part. But this was a big opportunity, I knew they wouldn’t be missing.

“Sheena, you can school in France as well. It’s not that expensive” Chloe nudged Sheena.

“I’d have preferred Jennifer studying at India so shed have a little knowledge if our culture for once” Sheena sighed.

Another point, but France was still a big deal, with a scholarship.

“Where’s Nancy though?” Chloe looked around.

I smiled to myself, “Nancy is out flexing. I hope her new lifestyle won’t affect her studies” I gave Chloe a nod. She sighed.

Mom had met up with her half sister after long years and it had been a reunion.

With the inheritance, mom gave her some money as Tessa killing their moth was the first reason Nancy’s mother left home.

They’d move to Miami so I bet we would be seeing them in the next few month.

Jennifer hopped over to us with her paper, Sheena read from it and soon began jumping too.

“Oh, so you an change countries and you changed to India?” Chris had a somewhat disappointed tone.

“Yes India! India is great with medicine and I’m going to that field!” Jennifer half yelled, half snapped at Chris. He still had the disappointed look, “Well, I’d have stayed at France. But you have your reasons, I respect that”.

J-twins and Reuben didn’t bother change there’s.

Chris said it could be because they’ve been meaning to leave their parent’s eye for a while.

I was happy for my friends and I even had some thoughts if schooling at Spain for a while to know more about my culture.

The school year would be more competitive now that everyone has their dreams and target at check.

And now, with what I’ve gone through in the hands of wicked and unjust people, I think I’d settle with reading LAW.