The motherhood episode 12
👩The Motherhood 👩
⚡A Taste of Affliction ⚡
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Chapter 12
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By 🌹Authoress promise 🌹
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Grace arrived in California. She hauled a cab and ask the driver to drop in any close by hotel that is not too cost. She as already exchanging the Philippines pesos currency to that of California’s in the counter, before stepping outside the airport with her luggage. Grace knew more about California coz she as being many years ago for work purpose.
The cabman dropped her in a hotel as she wanted. She paid the cabman and went into the hotel and booked a room the hotel wasn’t that costly, Grace could afford the payment.
“Your room is number 23” the receptionist stated. The steward took her luggage and she followed him to her room.
He took her to the room. After the steward left. She settled down in the medium side bed, take out her things from her luggage place and them in the wardrobe.
She pick the box and smile at it. This box mean a lot to her they were her treasure coz it contains photos of her children. She place them outside and unpack her diary and place them aside.
(Story written by promise)
Fast forward 👉👉👉👉👉👉
Luckily for Grace, Lacey as inform her that a niece of hers’ lives in California and that she as arrange with her niece to come and pick Grace. But she was unable to pick her coz she was out of town. She told Lacey that Grace should just book an hotel and she we get her tomorrow from that hotel.
Grace phone rang and she pick it up, it was Lacey’s niece, she was calling to know the hotel she as book for the night.
Grace told her the name of the hotel and she promise to pick her up tomorrow.
Grace sat on the bed staring at her children’s photos, she yearn for them. She wonder how long it will take her to find them. She as yearn for twenty years and four months, she prayed it will not take more years to find them.
“It won’t be so difficult to find you my jewels. I want the both of you. Am alone, having the both of you in my arms will fill the empty void that lurk in my heart ” She lamented to herself, and that brought a tear.
She wiped the tear from her eyes and sniff. She took one of the both of them, they were sitting on the beach with Mandy and Dace. They were fourteen years back then.
She clutched the photo to her heart and had a glimpsed once more. It as been six years since she stop receiving any photo from Mandy.
“I hope I’ll recognize them after not seeing their photos for so long” she murmur to herself.
She hit her head for her silliness.
” of course I’ll recognize them , they will only look matured than before,but even if she can’t recognize am sure the mother instinct in me will help me to recognize them ” Grace mutter hopefully to herself.
She place the photos back to the box and took her diary. She wrote about today’s activities.
She felt hungry and went to the cafe in the hostel. She order for some simple meal she can afford and ate them.
Afterwards, Grace headed to her room and after taking a shower, she retired to bed.
#The_Next_day ⏭
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Lacey’s niece came to pick her up as she promised. She help Grace to put her luggage into the car boot.
“What’s your name ” Grace ask her as soon as she was in,side the car.
“Am Luna ” She replied.
The name made Grace’s face melt. Her mind race back to when she as accidentally killed Luna, which was just a self defence. She hate that name so much coz it made her stays between walls for the last twenty years. she look at Luna who have a confuse face.
“Did I remind you of someone perhaps ” Luna ask
“No, I was lost in thought” she lied, because she thought if she reveal why she was sad, by telling her why she hate that name, it might upset her. It’s just a name.
“Probably thinking about your children ” Luna guess
Grace arched a brow, she study her looks and smile.
“Lacey told me everything” she said
“yeah for sure “Grace replied
“How old her you”she ask Luna.
“Am twenty one “she replied.
Grace stare at her and the desire to see her children rekindled in her heart once more.
“Let me take you to my apartment and we are gonna talk more on that”Luna said.
She smiled at Luna.
Luna switch on the ignition and drove off. Grace stare at the gigantic buildings, they were so tall and the buildings were much better than the the ones in the Philippines. She wasn’t that amuse at the buildings coz she as being here before. But no matter what she loved her country.
Luna arrived at her house. She pack the car and they alighted.
She took Grace into the house. After showing her, her room. They settled down in the parlour to talk.
Grace ask if she lived alone and she broke the saddest news that was related to Grace’s own.
“My parents are no more, they died when I was twelve and am the only child . But I live with my grandpa. But a year ago, he turn into a nonagenarian and decided that he want to live in a nursing home. So I was left alone in the house. Well it was good, he have people there to take care of him coz if he was here I won’t have being able to take care of him” Luna narrated with a tears.
” Don’t cry, Luna “Grace solace. She sat close to her and ruff her hair.
“I understand your pain coz I also lost my parents at the age of five and lost my grandma when I was your age, but twenty then” Grace said.
“And you also being separated from your children too, what a woeful life and for the fact you have being in jail for so long, that is a mystery. How were you able to survive this Affliction life gave you ” Luna said.
“I don’t know, but while in jail, the reason why I struggled to survive is that I know that I have my children to live for “she shrug.
“You are indeed f-cking strong “Luna remarked and Grace blushed.
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Grace walk down the street of San Jose alone and was admiring the street. She went for a walk.
Grace bumped into someone.
“Sorry ” she told the person, but when she raised a delicate I brow what she saw astonished her.
“Mandy “she called.
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Find out what happen next. Hmm was that really Mandy.
TBC 👉