"I'm sorry" A sincere tone Dreb said. Andrea just looked away as she felt uncomfortable. She suddenly turned on the television, as she opened it their favorite TV show came up.
Andrea went to the kitchen, she prepared something for the young man. He was cold. After Andrea cooked something for him, he had a pleasant and peaceful dinner again in his life.
"Thank you," he said politely.
"Just leave after you eat" he looks disappointed at what he heard.
"I can't just leave like this, the rain is still pouring" he makes an alibi for him to stay in the house.
"Then, you can sleep on the sofa here in the living room. We don't have any vacant rooms for you"
"It's fine with me" (Cough)
Andrea glanced in his direction and slowly walked towards him. She placed her hands on his forehead to check his temperature. "You have a fever" worriedly said by Andrea.
"I'm fine" he was standing as he suddenly fell to the floor.
"Dreb!" she shouted as the man was on the floor. She called her nanny and helped her to carry Dreb to her room. Andrea thinks the sofa is too cold for a person who has a fever. She immediately got some towel and got it wet and placed it on the man's forehead. She also placed some blankets on his body when she noticed that his pants were wet.
"Really?" she asked herself and slowly undo the zip on his pants. She slowly took it off, after she got rid of the wet pants. She was about to stand but the man held her wrist and pulled her towards him.
"Don't leave me again please" the young man said which caused Andrea to be surprised. After a minute, Dreb finally fell asleep. Andrea slowly stood up and walked outside, she went to her daughter's room. She was smiling while watching her daughter sleep.
The next thing Dreb knew the sun was already stroking in the windows and reflected towards him. He rose and he realized he was just eating when suddenly he fell on the floor. He was holding his head, trying to remember what happened to him.
[Knock]
Andrea was carrying a tray with a soup for the man. She was emotionless when she entered the room. " Eat this and you can leave if you're feeling better" she said as she placed the tray and handed the medicine to the man.
"Thank you,"
"Don't thank me, just eat that and leave" the man cant stop himself and he pulls Andrea towards him and slowly leans his lips towards hers. Andrea was astonished and couldn't even make a move. She's like a statue, the soft lips of Mr. Mendoza. As she gets back to herself, she pulls Dreb. She looked at him "Why did you do that?"
"I'm sorry, I was carried away" Andrea immediately ran away and slammed the door as she left.
Dreb was about to follow Andrea as he noticed he was naked. He covers his body with a blanket and roams around the room as he finds his pants. It was already dry and smelled good. It was laundry and it was iron already. He slowly came out of Andrea's room.
"Good morning Sir, breakfast is ready,"the nanny said to him.
"I'm fine, I'm now leaving by the way" he was about to leave when he saw his daughter. The kid was just staring at him, that moment he realized his goal now is to become a good and better father.
"My baby" he said and he went towards the kid and hugged her. Carmela was just looking at him, a tear came out on his eyes.
"Who are you?" the kid asked him. As the moment he was about to speak, Andrea arrived.
"Mommy, who is he?"the kid asked her mother. Dreb looked at Andrea, she smiled before she spoke.
"He's your dad, he's the one I was talking about baby. He's finally back" Dreb was smiling at what he heard.
"Daddy"
"Baby"
Andrea couldn't stop smiling as she saw her daughter's happy seeing her dad. Her eyes went teary, she wiped it and walked. She was in the bathroom, she remembered everything. The sacrifices, the sufferings and what she had been through when Dreb was not around to support her.
She fixed herself and went back downstairs. She was smiling approaching her daughter. "Mommy?"
"Yes baby?|"
"I-is daddy gonna stay here at the house? Can we play everyday?" Andrea was unable to speak, she didn't know what to tell her daughter.
"Baby, daddy has work. A lot of work in the office but daddy promised that we can play again next time. Okay?" Carmela just nodded, the kid was happy. That happiness that Andrea couldn't give.
"I'll gotta go" he said to Andrea, she just looked down. "Our daughter" raised her head to face Dreb. "You raised her well, thank you"
"That was what mothers do"she looked away. "You should go"
She closed the gate and went inside the house, she turned her gaze to Dreb as he started his engines. Deep in her heart, she doesn't want him to leave but she's worried of being hurt again.
(Door closes)
"Mommy, I want daddy" the kid said to her mommy.
"Daddy has something work to do, he will be back later"
"I missed him already"
"What if Mommy goes to work, would you miss me?"
"No!" Andrea was disappointed in what she heard from her daughter.
"Why baby?"
"I hate you" Carmela ran away and went to her room. Andrea followed her but she locked it up.
"Baby, don't do this to mommy. Why did you hate mommy?"
"I just want daddy" Carmela shouted, the nanny went towards the room and convinced the kid to open the door.
A minute later, she opened the door and allowed the nanny to come in instead of her mom. Andrea didn't have any choice but to call Dreb to come over.
Her hands were trembling as she dialed his number.
Ring.......
"Helllo?"
"I need your help," she said in a trembling voice.
"What is it? Is something wrong?"
"It's Carmela, she just wants you. She didn't listen to me because she wants you."she hung up and took a deep breath as she put her phone in her pocket.
(Doorbell)
She hurriedly opened the gate, they went together inside the house.
"Baby? Daddy is here" she opened the door and hugged her dad. Andrea felt jealous, she was the one who had Carmela but they aren't close like what she saw right now. She immediately turned her back and went downstairs. She sighs as she is in the living room. She was thinking, what did she do wrong for her daughter to hate her?
"Baby? Why didn't you listen to your mommy?" Andrea heard as Dreb asked their daughter.
"Because I hate her" she just sighed and took a deep breath.
"Why do you hate her?"
"Because she had no time for me, I'm just 2 years old but I'm smart, I can speak straight. I'm not just like normal kids." she replied which made Andrea to be shocked.
"Baby. don;t say that okay. You are smart because your mom is really smart too. She doesn't have time for you? But she buys you a lot of toys and dress" Dreb explained to his daughter in a childish tone.
"Okay dad, I don't hate mommy" Andrea turned her back on her daughter and smiled as her daughter hugged her.
"Thank you" Dreb read it in Andrea's lips as she was hugging their daughter.
It was six, the nanny prepared the dinner. Andrea can't even speak to Dreb. Her hands were shaking in nervousness.
"You okay? You want to say something?" Before she answer she swallowed some salivas.
"Uhm... I just want to...thank you "she felt relieved after saying those words.
"It's fine, I will do anything to make our daughter happy" he replied in a happy tone which made Andrea to smile.
"I miss that smile" Dreb suddenly said that in that exact moment, the smile was gone and she started to walk towards the garden.
"Andrea, can you just not avoid me?" he shouted as he followed the woman.
"Can you please stop being like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like saying things that you missed my smile. Can you cut it off?"
I can't because it's the truth" he leans towards her and pulls Andrea towards him. Their lips met again, it collided again. Every move feels so good. Andrea was back to her own self, she pushed Dreb again.
"No, this can't be happening" she said as she walked around while holding her head.
"What are you talking about Andrea?"
"We can't be together again, just leave" Andrea went inside. Dreb left in confusion, he was too close to get his family back again. He sighed as he started to walk towards his car, he started the engine. He looks back at the house as he finally drives.
" Madam? You okay?" she just nodded and went upstairs. Her chest is pounding so fast, she remembers it all, the kiss, the soft lips of Dreb, how Dreb pulls her. She just shook her head to clear things i n her mind.
"Stop thinking about it Andrea"
To be continued....