Chapter 5 Runaway

• Dulce furrowed her brow, confused. "Congratulations? Happy?" She repeated. "Me? About what?"
• "Yes". The doctor said nodding her head. "You're three weeks pregnant"
• Dulce could swear she could feel her jaw drop open. Just as the news had dropped, Fiona had walked In and upon hearing the news, her phone crashed to the ground.
• What. The. Actual. Fuck. Dulce thought. She asked the doctor to rephrase incase she was just hearing things but she was pregnant!
• When discharged, she was grateful for the silence Fiona had graced her with since they left the hospital. She hadn't even walked far away from her ward when she started to feel nauseous as she made her way to the nearest female restroom to throw up.
• The signs were obvious now. She was pregnant and for a fucking stranger at that!. She wiped her cheeks as her tears rolled down freely. Her life was now a mess.
• When she was done washing her face and mouth with water, she stepped out from the restroom when she saw Fiona waiting by by the door.
• Dulce turned to face her. "Don't tell boss about my pregnancy, okay?"
• Fiona nodded her head as they made their way back to the office. Immediately they'd arrived other coworkers checked on Dulce while in three minutes time, both she and Fiona were called to their boss's office.
• Dulce tapped on the door twice as she waited for her boss response before she walked f in with Fiona by her side.
• "You called for us, sir?". Dulce questioned.
• Her boss spinned around on his chair. "I heard you passed out on your way to deliver the files I'd asked you for"
• "It was just from exhaustion, nothing serious"
• "You're sure? I think pregnancy is quite serious". Dulce stilled. How did her boss find out that she was pregnant?.
• She tightened her fist as she said through gritted teeth."I don't understand what you mean, sir"
• "Don't you dare lie to me!". Her boss barked as he banged his hands on the desk, making her jump.
• Dulce turned to face Fiona. "You promised not to tell the boss about it"
• "She didn't tell me". Her boss chimed clearing up the misunderstanding."We were on the phone together when I heard the news through her end". Her boss handed her an envelope. "Fill this and take a maternity leave"
• "No!"Dulce said without hesitation. "I refuse to"
• "This is an order from your boss, Dulce. Either you fill this or you are fired!"
• "I won't fill it".
• "Then, you are fired. Pack up your things and leave" . It was never her dream job anyways, so Dulce gladly left.
• Getting home, Dulce thought of the best excuse she could give her father so that she could stay away from a while and she'd come up with the perfect one.
• "Father...". Dulce started looking down at her hands."The company selected some employees to go on a business trip and I'm one of them".
• Theodore gasped. "That's fantastic news. I've always known you would be noticed in your work space. So tell me, how many weeks would you be gone?".
• Dulce stared up to look Theodore in the eye. "Five years".
• Theodore stilled. Five years?. He would have to live without seeing his precious daughter for five years.
• "Father!". Dulce screamed as she caught Theodore just as he was about to fall. "Are you alright?". She questioned helping her Father stand to his feet.
• "Yes, I'm alright". Theodore replied as Dulce moved him to an arm rest chair.
• "Here, sit down". Theodore plunged down to the chair as he rubbed his frontal in worry.
• "Five years is a pretty long time". Theodore started. "Must you go on this trip?"
• Dolce nodded her head as Theodore sighed."What about your fashion designing dreams?. Are you willing to give that up?"
• Actually Father, I plan to start it. Dulce thought but rather she nodded her head without hesitation. "Yes, father"
• "As your father, I'll stand by whatever decision you make"
• Grateful, Dulce tightly grips Theodore's hands. "Thank you father "
• "Just make sure to face time often, okay?"
• "I will"
• "And that reminds me, when are you leaving?"
• "In a week, father"
• "I see". Theodore said nodding his head. "Then let's spend as much time as we can. You, I, Karina and Gezelle ".
• Dulce smiled. "I like the sound of that father". And so that was what they'd done. They went on picnics, they went to the cinema and took pictures together. It was a moment Dulce was sure to remember for the rest of her life.
• A week flew by so fast and then finally, it was time to leave. Her father, step mother and bestfriend saw her off at the airport.
• She was leaving now clouded in shame and without a job but she promised herself that she would come back here better than the way she was leaving.
• And exactly five years later with her shades ontop of her head, she kept her promise.
• "This place hasn't changed one bit" she said partly disappointed.
• "So this was where we were born, mummy?".Andrea, her first son, the son of the mysterious man she'd slept with questioned.
• Yes! She finally remembered what happened Five years ago. The best exhilarating night of her life and the betrayal of her step mother amd bestfriend.
• This time, she'll be damned if she ever lets them walk over her again.
• "Yes, sweetie" she replied stroking his blonde hair.
• "It's beautiful. I can't wait to see grandpa!". Came the voice of Winston, her second son who she'd adopted so that Andrea won't feel lonely all the time.
• "Oh, it's Dulce Florencia!". A voice cried as reporters swarm her taking pictures of the world most famous fashion designer.
• She'd left here 5 years ago without a job to her name but here she was 5 times better!
• On a normal day the news didn't intrigue Aspen but then that faithful day just when he'd decided to watch the news, he saw her. His mysterious lover who he'd been searching the end of the earth violently for.
• What was so was the little kid beside her, who looked just like him.