bye baby"Elara waved at Andrew and he waved back with a smile
She turned to leave but bumped into another mother coming in with her kid
"I'm sorry" she apologized and made to leave
"Where do you think you're going" the woman held her back
"Huh?" Elara blinked
"You have to compensate me for ruining my clothes" the woman said,by this time there were many people watching
"I only bumped into you,I didn't ruin your clothes" Elara defended
"If you bumped into her then you should compensate her stop making a big deal out of it "one of the women in the crowd sneered
"I apologized already,I see no reason why I should compensate her"Elara retorted
"If she asked you to compensate her then you should, just tell us if you're broke" another woman fired and others began to mock her
"just say it if you're broke" another laughed and Elara tightened her fist
"Why don't you kneel and apologize instead" the woman from earlier suggested
"Yes you should" the others supported and Elara scoffed, the gentleness disappeared from her face and she had a cold expression as she faced the woman she bumped into
"I thought you were very sensible that's why I tried to reason with you but now that I get it,I discovered people like you don't even deserve my attention,if you have no other things to do, you can stay here all day, but I don't have such free time" she said coldly and walked away no one dared to stop cos of her intimidating gaze
"She's scary, you should stay away from her son" another said to her son
"Who did she think she is"
"Such arrogance"
Elara walked down the street to take the subway ignoring all their comments, she already had a hard time in the house and now they want to add theirs?,no way.
***
She got home, took her bath then changed into something else and headed out again
She took a cab and headed for the nearest mall,actually Damien usually gives her monthly allowance, not directly though, through the butler
She even have her own kitchen, and another room was prepared for her but she chose to stay in that same room she was given when she first came
She had promised Andrew to bake him a cake before he comes back from school and she's here to get some necessary ingredients
The cab halted in front of the mall and she alighted and entered, she picked a cart and started picking up the necessary items, soon she was done and she headed to the cashier to pay and left the mall
She took another cab home, surprisingly she met Damien at the sitting room, he usually comes back in the evening,so it came as a surprise that she met him home at that time
But she cared less, since they hardly talk to each other, she made her way upstairs to start baking for her son.
When she was done she went over to Andrew's school to pick him up at closing hours.
A month later>>
"Mama?" Andrew called and Elara eyes fluttered open,her lids were heavy and she felt weak all over
"Baby?" She called weakly and managed to sit up, she turned on the screen of her phone and she gasped
"We're late" she spranged up, just then she noticed he was already dressed
"You're dressed already" she asked and he nodded, she used her eyes to scan the room and Saw how messy it is
"You ate breakfast too" she asked as she could see some traces of milk and cereals on the floor
"Hmm" he nodded again
"Why didn't you wake me up then, you're almost late" she asked
"Mummy is sick, mummy has fever" he muttered and she sighed softly
"Let's go then " she held his hand and they both rushed out and boarded a taxi
In the taxi>>
"You didn't have breakfast, you should have woken me, aren't you hungry" she asked and he shook his head negatively
"Here we are" the cab man said and halted his car in front of the kindergarten
"Let's go she said and they both alighted
"Good morning ma'am" miss Ann, Andrew's teacher greeted as soon as they got to the gate
"Good morning" Elara replied and handed Andrew
"Bye bye " he waved at her and she waved back.
little explorers kindergarten ~ closing hours>>>
Andrew waited patiently waiting for his mum to come pick him, other kids left already
"What's taking your mom so long" Miss Anne asked being the teacher she can't leave the school till every student leave
"Come, let's go wait outside for your Mom " she said and took his hand and they both left the class
*****
"Oh my, I'll be right back,I forgot to pick my purse, wait right here ok" Miss Anne said and he nodded
He suddenly remembered that Elara wasn't feeling fine in the morning, she's probably very sick right now and is too weak to come pick him
An idea flashed through his mind, and he started walking toward the subway.
Miss Anne came out a few minutes later and didn't find him there, her heart skipped a bit
"Did his mum later come to pick him" she mused to herself and made to leave but just then a taxi stopped in front of her and Elara rushed out
"I'm sorry for coming late..."
"You haven't picked him up" miss Anne asked panicky Elara almost fainted when she heard that
"What are you talking about" she asked with a shaky voice.
Meanwhile at the subway
Andrew entered like everyone else, and everyone looked at him amazed at how a little boy like him could board the subway alone
He sat ignoring their peering gaze, a man entered too he was on a call and he looked kinda pissed
Murmur filled the entire bus when they saw him
"Isn't that the CEO of Ethan enterprises"
"Omg ,he's the one"
"Why is he in a subway though"
He ignored them and sat quietly beside Andrew
"Are you alone kiddo" he asked but Andrew didn't reply him, his mum warned him not to talk or take things from strangers
"I meant no harm kid" he smiled kindly and Andrew looked at him warily for a while
"I'm going home,mommy's not well and didn't come to pick me up" he said
"What about your dad then" he asked and the little boy sighed
"Daddy won't come " he muttered softly and the the train stopped almost immediately and he jumped up
"I'll drop here" he smiled and waved at Ethan
Ethan was unable to stop himself, So he came down too and followed him
"Are you going this way too" Andrew asked and he nodded