CHAPTER ELEVEN
"What?! Amora Elisse Monteverde are you serious?!" my mother shouted, Calla was buried yesterday all mourned even the fans, management higher-ups, celebrity friends and a lot of people even me. Mom again comeback home and as she said in the resort a week ago, Sebastian is together with her.
"Mom, lower down your voice my son might wake up." i said while carrying Nathan while he's sleeping in my arms now. "Seriously Amora? That's what your gonna say after all this? I cannot believe this, that musn't be your child Amora. I-I mean how?"
My mother is very shocked about this and i can only tell her lies, i won't make it hard for Nathan. He is my son.
"I don't have to explain myself, it hurts because I hid it from you for a long time but that's the truth. I hid Nathan from you and Daddy, I didn't even introduce my son to Daddy and I'm sorry about that butnow it's timefor me to live with Nathan."
I said straight and immediately walked up the stairs then went to my room where Nathan's belongings were already here as well. Starting with his clothes that are already in my walk-in closet, his milks, diapers, toys that are already on the coffee table of my room and her large crib.
I put Nathan in his crib and just sat on my big bed, not far from Nathan's crib. "So I can really lie, Calla my acting isn't that bad right?"
I said to myself in pain and both my hands just covered my face when I started crying again because of Calla's death. I haven't heard anything from Maureen yet, I just saw in the news that she has returned to England as the Queen Airen Maureen Sandoval Costa-Levimonte.
"Why don't you stop!" I shouted to myself while sobbing in tears. I don't want to feel this anymore, I want to be happy, I want my life to return to normal. What else do I need to do so they don't just take the people who are important to me?
First is my Daddy, second is almost my sister Calla? Then the man im inlove with is inlove with my Mother. Doesn't the world want me to rest?
"It's only been about a month since everything happened, its like a bad dream. I just need to wake up so everything will be fine." I said to myself as both my hands gripped my chest.
It was as if my heart was beating with pain, as if I didn't want to breathe in a world full of pain.
I rubbed my cheek and tried to smile then raised my head I saw a huge portrait of me hanging in the wall. Im happy in that picture, holding my first best actress award.
"If i take you again? Will you make me happy?" I asked while staring at the portrait, not at my beautiful face but at the award I was holding. I need to go back to work to restore the vitality I have, because I am not the only one living because of me im now a Mommy I need to be responsible.
I got up and went to the side table of my bed then I picked up my phone and went back to sitting on the side of my bed. I went to the camera and took a selfie a few times before going to instagram i then posted the pic i just captured with a caption of...
'Coming back because im sad.'
Just a few seconds later I was chopped up by good comments and various reactions. Others are happy because I also haven't posted on my instagram for almost a month since Daddy died.
I immediately dialed the number of my manager Manager K, a few minutes before he answered the call and silence came over me that frowned at me.
"Hello Manager K? You weren't like this before, why are you so quiet now?" I asked and I heard the sigh on the other line.
"Amora I saw your post on instagram, are you going back to the industry? Is everything ok with you?" he asked which caused me to try to smile and I immediately turned to the crib where Nathan was sleeping. "Yes, it's just stress because of what happened but I want to forget everything I want to revise my world. I want to be happy again, and the only happiness I can think of is work. So? Do I really have a job?"
"You still asked, all your schedules since the past few weeks have been postponed and if you can you can start later or tomorrow." said Manager K who grinned at me.
"Because I can't now ... my son needs me." a few minutes of silence enveloped the other line after I mentioned those words. "Hello? Hello Manager Are you still there? If you don't speak I'll actually drop the call!"
"Are you serious?" Manager K's voice hoarsed as he asked me that. I laughed a little because of his reaction. "Do I look like I'm kidding?"
"Amora Elisse Monteverde are you joking?! It's not a good joke I'm going to take you there what is that if you're on a variety show now you stop that it's not funny Amora, what is that! B-But if it's true-- Impossible! You can't have a child! You can't."
"Why not? I'm a old so everyone shouldn't be surprised. Before there is also a rumor about me having a child, so it makes sense."
"But that's just a rumor, Amora! That's not true."
"What if I tell you the truth? Manager K, I have no intention of telling anyone of the things i'll tell you but it's as hard as me to hide. The child I'm telling is true, but the child is not my biological son Calla's son is my adopted child, before she died she left me all the rights to the child and I also want to accept it. I want everyone and in the eyes of people Nathan Von Monteverde is my biological son, I don't want anyone telling he's an adopted, I don't want him to be bullied because of this issue. So I kept it a secret, as well as from my own Mommy. I am guilty about lying, but I will also be guilty if I don't follow the last request of my friend."
I was frustrated to say that Manager K's gasp on the other line was the reason. "You mean Calla has a secret child?" he asked.
"Yes, but she just hid the child because he also doesn't want to issue it to the world. You know the world we live in, she just doesn't want her child to be affected." I said.
"But how do you deal with your fans? In the media? What if one day someone sees you have a child? What will you do?" he asked which caused me to sigh.
"I'll do what I have to do. I don't want to wait for the world to find out, so now I'm going to find a way." I said and dropped the call to Manager K. I got up and walked to the crib then looked at Nathan who was sleeping comfortably.
"You're my son, you're the son of one of the most famous actresses in the whole Philippines. They can't move you because you're the son of Amora Elisse Monteverde." I said softly and took a picture of Nathan, and while he was asleep I also carefully loaded him and took a selfie a few times while looking at him happily.
I even put my phone in the table and put a timer just to have a pose with Nathan. I lowered Nathan into his crib and looked at the pictures we took and I was just amazed because we looked so good.
In a picture, it looks like someone is taking a picture of us even though there is nothing, while I load him and look at him happily. In the second picture is the selfie where I carried Nathan and kissed his cheek and in another picture is the one I took while he was sleeping in the crib.
I posted all of those pictures on instagram with my caption.
'A little surprise, is enough to make my heart melt. My joy that this little man came into my life, everyone meet my two-year old son, Nathan Von Monteverde. Im sorry to keep it a secret. :)'