FALLING FOR THE SURROGATE

THIRTY-TWO

Falling For The Surrogate
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Hugh Sterling

Normani was gone

We came to this conclusion by noon two days ago when I'd seen that brown box in her room packed with most of her clothes mostly the maternity dresses Alexandra got her.

Alexandra had come home with bravery ready to spill the beans but was left feeling deflated when we told her Normani had left

To where?

We didn't know

Normani didn't want to be found

Everyone seemed to have come to this conclusion
Except me. It's been a week since she'd disappeared into thin air we'd checked her old apartment to find it empty the kind landlady and her husband said they hadn't seen her for a few months now

Meaning they hadn't seen her since the beginning when she came to live with us.

I had called her up to a million times by now and all her line said was unreachable that was how I felt about her right now she was out of reach

Claire didn't know where she went either

I'd asked Claire wait let me rephrase that Alexandra had been the one to call Claire and ask if she'd seen her but she also had no idea where she went

Normani Janine

It's been a month now since I last had any contact with the Sterlings that was what I was sticking to calling them now.

A month since I left that house.

A month since I last saw mrs Candace Or drank her protein shake, a month since I last saw Alexandra or maybe more than that, I mean she was always off and on in that house.

A month since I last saw him

And a month since I last saw Tommy, held him, sang to him,spoke to him or even breast fed him

I was still milking and every time I stained my bra Or tshirt I would cry my heart breaking thinking of him. My breast felt heavier as the days grew

My heart even worse

I wished I could see him hold him kiss him maybe then would I feel better because right now I was feeling sick.

I sometimes threw up

And then I would sit and cry to myself feeling sorry for myself more than ever

I missed him and these time I was talking of Hugh I missed hearing his deep masculine voice or the way his warm hands brushed against mine when he pried Tommy out of my arms.

I was dreaming more of that night lately the night when I'd given myself to him and I wasn't just talking of my body I realized that now

Hugh would always have a part of me

Tommy seemed to hold the rest in his tiny but strong  grip I missed that boy so much that it hurts

I wish I could call or maybe visit to check up on him but I knew I couldn't cause it was against the contract.

Speaking of contract I hadn't yet gotten the other half of my pay so I decided to call Claire so she could help me out here since I couldn't call them maybe then I'd be able to find out if they were all doing okay.

Claire Mills

Normani had disappeared

Like gone into thin air

Which was a very unlikely incident that no one saw coming and it's been close to five months now

Hugh and Alexandra had gotten a divorce which seemed to have shook up the city one of the most idolized copy separated that was also unseen but very likely to happen what with everything that happened but people didn't know the true story though they were kept out of the loop.

Now back to Normani

Everyone missed her

Especially Tommy

That was very expected seeing as she was his mother and a mother doesn't just abandon her child well in this case she didn't know he was hers another unlikely situation I mean the little boy adored her

Now he is a very grumpy baby

Another very unlikely situation arose as my phone rang drawing me out from my thoughts

I glanced down at it to find an unknown number written on it so I ignored focusing more on my task at hand the phone rang again and again after that

Great I had an unknown number buzzing up my phone just wonderful.

To that I let out a sigh

As my phone buzzed this time with a text notification I decided to check it out fed up with all the disturbances I picked the device up unlocking it to read the message just as another came in from the same unknown number

Hey it's me

Hmm who are you

I thought to myself as I read through

Pick up

Another missed call

Why aren't you answering

Another missed call

Hello are you there

Yeah am still here why are you blaring up my phone

I wanted to reply just as another call came in

This time fed up with this unknown caller antics I picked up only to see it wasn't the unknown caller the caller ID read Hugh

Okay

"Hello.... I answered

"Claire we've found her" he spoke his voice sounding happy "we've found Normani he said" and this time my phone buzzed in my hand with another text I didn't waste another minute

As I lowered the phone from my ear to put in on loud speaker I tried to reply my unknown caller

But instead saw something shocking

'Why aren't you answering your phone it's me Normani'

Well this was the most unlikely situation of the day

My unknown caller turned out to be Normani

Normani who Hugh just said he'd found

That same Normani

"Hugh let me call you back"
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