Chapter Fifteen

Buffalo, New York, USA

2001

I got to Buffalo in New York at about 8pm. I calculated it. I remembered that I bottle fed Chloe three times and I had a refill twice both in my belly and in my car. I quickly rented a bungalow and arranged Chloe and put her to sleep. I fixed up a meal for myself. I made tuna noodle casserole for myself. Not as if I felt like eating, it's just that I had to keep myself busy. When I dished my meal and sat at the little dining table to eat, I realized that I had no appetite so I pushed the food aside and got a bottle of grappa for myself. It still seemed like a video played before me and I wouldn't still believe it. Just then Steve called and I realized that I forgot to block his number. I got my SIM card, destroyed to and flushed it in the toilet. No need for my contacts. I got a phone diary and Steve cannot track a broken, destroyed and flushed SIM card. I took another glass of grappa and sighed deeply. The only way I have to live properly is if I live with Chloe alone. I called Mum to send a driver to deliver my car I left in Cleveland to Buffalo. Mum agreed. We chatted for five minutes and Mum asked me why I left Chicago. I told her that I felt like and had this optimism that New York would be a great place to start my own family. Mum queried me that I haven't started college and I'm thinking of having a family but I had to make my mum understand that I'm making a choice that would have a positive benefit on me and she shouldn't worry about me. Mum understood and I was glad she did. I hung up [because I had myself a new SIM card on my way to Buffalo cos I know something like this would come up] and went to my little room where I placed Chloe's cradle. Chloe wasn't sleeping so I rocked her cradle till she slept off. Then I folded my self on my twin bed and cried quietly.

When Chloe was four months old, I travelled back to Cleveland. I had to tell my mother the truth but during those extra three months, I've been working in a restaurant where they pay their waitresses and waiters well. Then I'm mostly tipped by men which makes my money enough to cater for I and Chloe.

My mom has to know the truth. I don't care if every other people did but I can't lie to my mother. It sounded really bad. I left my bungalow and carried only my handbag, Chloe in her pram, and very importantly, Chloe's pacifier. Chloe can't stay without her pacifier and I could travel the world a million times just to make Chloe happy and satisfied. I didn't carry any of my cars and I just boarded a taxi and moved straight to the airport.

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