Mrs.Robinson took Rosa to Robert's bedroom, as she was unable to reject the little one.
Meanwhile, Lisa composed herself after crying for sometime as she had reaped what she sowed. She just wants to bond with her daughter more now before everything. Lisa knows she hurts more than anyone and it'll take more time to get him fall in love with her... again .
Lisa thought staying inside the room and crying won't do anything good, so she stepped out of the room to take a look at her daughter.
Just as she opened the door, her mother-in-law and daughter stood there, both with different expressions. Mrs. Robinson was feeling awkward facing her because of her son's behaviour of leaving his bride alone on the first of their life together. And Rosa was feeling happy to know that her grandmother didn't lie to her and her mother was really here, in their home.
Lisa welcomed them by opening the door widely , inviting them inside the room. Mrs.Robinson studied her new daughter-in-law's face clearly and she could guess she had cried just by looking at her face. Little Rosa also felt that her mother must've cried.
The two uninvited peoples kept staring at Lisa without taking a seat. Lisa chose to broke the silence by saying, " Aunty, please take a seat."
She turned to her 4 year old daughter and said, " Come here, do you want to sit on my lap?" while taking a seat at the corner of the bed.
Rosa shyly moved to her mother. Lisa carried her and placed her on her lap. Rosa was smiling widely as she get to do something her friend's were experiencing.
Lisa felt the little girl's gaze and looked down at her. Her daughter touched her eyes with her little fingers. Lisa who felt her daughter's warm hands on her face wanted to cry again.
" Mommy, were you in pain? Grandma said you are sick, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Rosa repeated the questions her father and grandmother would ask her whenever she was sick.
Lisa's throat felt constricted with lots of emotions. She wants to really cry now after the little girl's enquiry about her health. Tears started to fill her eyes, ready to spill at any second.
Lisa placed her hand over the little girl's hand on her cheek while saying, " Mommy is good , darling. Mommy is not sick anymore. I won't leave you anymore, anywhere alone. I will take you with me wherever I go, Rosy" . Her tears started to fall like raindrops.
Rosa was happy to hear her mother, but she frowned and asked, " Then why were you crying, Mom? Did Daddy bully you?"
Lisa smiled with tears in her eyes, " No sweetie. Daddy didn't bully Mommy. Mommy was just so happy to see you. That's why I'm crying. These are happy tears darling".
Rosa had a look of understanding on her face, then she beamed at Lisa and asked, " Mommy, can you keep calling me sweetie? I like it when you call me Sweetie"
Lisa just nodded her head and hugged her priceless treasure close to her chest. Rosa didn't understand her mother's emotions, she just hugged back her , feeling her Mother's embrace is comforting.
Lisa pulled back from her hug after composing herself, then looked at the silent Mrs. Robinson.
Mrs. Robinson didn't want to intrude the bonding between the mother and daughter, so she stayed silent throughout the conversation.
"Now, I don't have to worry about Rosy and Robert anymore. I've a feeling Sarah will take care of them. And hopefully, she'll make Robert forget about Lisa", thought Mrs.Robinson.
She stood next to the bed and patted both girl's head ," I'll leave you two, then. See you guys at dinner" and she left to take rest.
Rosa took Lisa to home tour and talked about lot of things to her. Lisa listened everything her daughter was babbling about. Her smile never left her face.
When Robert returned home, it was late night. Everyone had gone to bed after having dinner without him. He had gone back to his office and stayed there till late night as he didn't know how to face Sarah or how to answer her questions if she ever had any. So he chose to hide inside his office.
Robert went straight to his daughter's room as usual.
There he saw, Sarah caressing Rosa's head while the little slept. Sarah looked like Rosa's real Mom. Her eyes shows her unconditional love towards the little girl. Robert was stunned to see her gaze. She was humming a song for the girl to sleep.
And once again, Sarah reminded him of Lisa, Rosa's real mother. He didn't know why he was getting this weird feeling. But he feels like his Lisa was somewhere near him. And he could see Sarah's unusual behaviour.
"It's been 5 years since I saw Sarah. Maybe she changed after getting married to her ex-husband", Robert thought. This is the most possible reason he could think of considering her change in behaviour.
He stood by the door, while watching them. He didn't feel like disturbing them. Just then , Lisa turned her head towards the door feeling someone's gaze on her. Her eyes met with her husband's.
They keep looking at each other silently. Lisa chose to broke the silence by asking, " Have you had dinner? Are you hungry?"
" I've eaten at office", was his reply.
"Oh..." , Lisa didn't know what else to ask as she was feeling awkward.
Robert asked, " Aren't you sleepy?"
" I am waiting for you ", she looked at the floor and replied in a small voice.
" I was in the office, Sarah." He replied.
Then continued after a short pause, "And, you don't have to wait for me".