Chapter 48

Anna’s POV

Mom is ransacking my closet for a decent dress to wear before Aidan comes to pick me up to his mother’s home. I am laying quietly on the bed watching her. She is excited and I am happy that she is happy about the turn of events.

The only joy I am deriving from this is that my child will be born within the confines of her father and mother’s marital home and I don’t need to go long distances to search for her father whenever she requests to see him.

I know my mother wants this too. She doesn’t want my daughter or son to be like me. I am fatherless but I am not too bothered, probably because I had always thought my father was long dead. I know she is also excited about this because of how our lives will change for the better.

We deserve it, don’t we?

I have always dreamed of growing up, going to school for mom, and landing myself a good job with good pay so I can put an end to mom’s suffering. She is suffering for me but she doesn’t show it. I