Mistaken Identity✔

Chapter 18

   After doing all the necessary chores, I decided that an evening by the poolside wouldn't be so bad after all especially since I was exhausted.

  After placing Henrique on a blanket with his toys I laid one out for myself as well. I laid down on the grass watching Henrique with sleepy eyes and trying to enjoy the cool breeze. It hard to keep my eyes fully opened but I tried. I loved watching Henrique play. He was an angel, a bundle of joy.

   Why did Alliyah abandon him? What was she thinking when she left him in that office? Was she evening thinking? I knew she wasn't a big fan of children when we were growing up, but she was never mean to them either so why was she like this to her own child? When we placed with our dolls, we'd always talk about getting married and having children. What changed her? Was it becoming a famous model that got to her head? She became conceited, someone I couldn't recognize. She slept with the man I was going to marry, and she hid it pretty well. Why am even surprised that she would leave her child behind? I had no idea what she is capable of anymore. It has been so long since I've seen, maybe she got worst over the three years. Was she even capable of love? Clearly not, because if she was then she wouldn't have left Henrique behind, she wouldn't have hurt me.

   I sighed and closed my eyes. I'm exhausted, today Henrique decided he wasn't going to take any naps and even know he had so much energy left, I doubt he planned on taking any soon.

   I tried to fight the sleep that was creeping up on me, but it was so hard. Maybe I could close my eyes for a second, only a second. Nothing can go wrong in a second, yet a lot of things could go wrong.

   My eyes flew opened when I heard a giggle coming from Henrique. Him giggling meant that he was about to do something rude. I looked but with sleepy eyes at him and smiled. He was still on his blanket with his toys in his hands, but he was looking at me and smiling at the same time. He looked okay, so I closed my eyes again.

  After a few seconds of closing my eyes, I felt something warm on my neck. I jumped up and screamed. I terrified, I swear I felt my heart jumping out of my chest. I lifted my head up to see the intruder so was holding his belly and trying hard not to laugh.

   I frowned. It wasn't funny. He scared the hell out of me. "Why would you do something like that?" my angry evidence from my tone but I didn't care. My heart rate was still beating fast. I hate when persons frighten me, especially when someone touches my neck. Nope, the neck is off limits.

   Alex looked at me now, all traces of laughter gone. He looked worried, "I'm so sorry." I gave him a glare and he continued. "I've never seen you this pissed off before."

"Maybe it's because you've never tried to scare me before."

   "I'm sorry, it was only meant to be a joke nothing else. I never meant to scare you." He paused and rubbed his forehead, "Well, yes, it was my intention to scare you, but I didn't mean to get you angry. You see, I've never seen you extremely angry until now, I've seen you looking sad, annoyed, happy but never like this. I must have really pushed your buttons. I'm sorry, I won't ever do it again. I was trying to be fun but I guess I failed." Looking in his brown eyes I could tell he was truly sorry and because of that, I couldn't keep malice. There is no way I could stay mad at him.

   He turned to leave but before he could take his first step I reached for a small stone and threw it at him. I touched his back causing him to turn away abruptly. By the time he was looking at me, I held a mischievous smile on my face.

  He had a shocked expression on his face, "Oh no you didn't."

I nod my head, "Yup. I did."

   He grinned and started walking towards me slowly. I had no idea what his plan was, but I wasn't going to let him execute it. So, I quickly stood and made a run for it. I didn't make it far because he saw my actions before I did them and he was a way better running than I was. When I became out-of-breath and slowed down, and he was able to catch me from behind and I tripped causing both of us to fall.