Chapter 46

During her pregnancy, Josephine and Ve took the utmost care of Taria, not letting her carry anything, giving her whatever she wanted, and hugging her tightly when she started crying. Taria felt delighted to have these two in her life, and she showed them how thankful she was whenever she could, on the other hand, she kept fighting her broken heart alone.

After nine months, Taria felt a very strong ache in her lower belly, and her screams woke Josephine, who started sleeping in the same room as Taria since she started her ninth month, up. Josephine ran towards Ve's room, she woke him up and the two of them went to the hospital with Taria.

"Oh my god, OH MY GOD", Josephine said nervously while she was waiting with Ve outside the delivery room

"It was a good choice to move near the city, otherwise she would have delivered on our way", Ve said

"IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THIS", Josephine shouted

"Why are you nervous? She is the one pushing a new brat out", Ve said

"How can you be this calm when you are about to become an uncle?" Josephine said, but before Ve could say a word, the nurse got out

"The mother and the son are in good condition", the nurse said, then both Ve and Josephine ran into the room

"TARIAAAAA I'M SO HAPPPPPYYYYYY", Josephine said

"Slowly, slowly, my back hurts like hell", Taria said, with sweat covering her and a fast beating rhythm

At that time, Ve was looking at the baby with a warm smile on his face

"I told you becoming an uncle would make you smile", Josephine said

"He looks exactly like his father", Taria said with a smile

"Yeah, our Ray is so small", Ve said

"Sniff, sniff, I can't believe I finally became an aunt. I swear I will make him love me more than you two", Josephine said

"I was the one who gave birth to him, of course he would love me more than you", Taria said

"Taria, I'm thinking of a way to keep your son out of the family mess, so don't worry about that", Ve said as his expressionless face got back

"I was planning on living with him at his father's apartment. Ray would have to go to school soon and I want to start working too, the family's house is so far", Taria said

"That sounds good, we can keep him safe this way, far from the family mansion and problems", Josephine said

Ve hid some facts from Taria, facts like why her son would get into the family net sooner or later, yet he himself was trying his best to destroy these facts, however, his hopes weren't high at all. Ve tried to keep Tian away from the family issues before, but he failed completely, which was why a bad feeling was covering his heart whenever he looked at that cute innocent baby.

Taria knew that Ve was deeply thinking about something, but she couldn't have any clue about it based on his expressionless face, so she asked him directly

"I tried to keep his father safe before, but I failed, so I will leave that mission to you. You can move to Tian's apartment whenever you want, and you won't have to enter the family mansion anymore in order to keep Ray away from all the troubles, however, Josephine and I will keep in contact with you directly", Ve said calmly

"... yeah, that would be great", Taria said, looking at her son that was a mini copy of his father, touching his soft white skin that was a little red, and running her fingers through his black hair that was longer than normal newborns

Days passed quickly, and the new family member was pasting his mother's soul pieces again after they were shattered. His soft crying voice waking her up at night, his sparkling eyes that have yet to see the world, and even his smell were all filling Taria's heart with happiness once more, however, the hall his father's death left in her soul was larger than being filled no matter what was trying to fill it. Every part of that apartment had memories, memories that were holding Taria back into her deep black sea every time she tried to escape, yet she was still fighting back, for that baby's sake.

First smile, first crawl, first word, and first step. Day in, day out, and Ray was already turning three. After Ray went to kindergarten, Taria decided to start working at an elementary school as a math teacher, and she was accepted easily as she graduated from a high ranking university with a really high marks in math, and just like that, a new chapter of her life began, and she pried, every day, that the new chapter would be filled with peace.