True Thoughts

"Mommy, are you alright?" asked Joy as she looked at her mother who was just sitting on her bed while she watched her.

"Oh… Ummm" said Natasha as she snapped out of her many thoughts and she turned to look at Joy.

"Mommy are you okay?" asked Joy as she walked to hug her mother.

"Oh my baby, I am just alright" said Natasha as she forced a smile and she assure Joy that she was alright.

"Okay Mommy" said Joy as she hugged her mother tightly.

"But Mommy you look sad" said Joy as Natasha carried Joy and she set her on her lap.

"Why do you say that my baby?" asked Natasha as she looked at Joy.

"Well mommy, you are not smiling at all, and your eyes look watery" said Joy as she played with a strand of her mother's long hair.

"Oh my baby, I am not sad" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Far from it my baby" said Natasha.

"You give me Joy, every single time I see you my baby" said Natasha as she smiled at Joy and Joy smiled back at her.

"Adults just have a certain time when they just decide to think… they think very deeply" said Natasha as she smiled and she sighed and poked Joy's nose.

"Mommy what do they think about?" asked Joy as she seemed to be thinking.

"Well my baby, they think of many things, like all their life choices and decisions" said Natasha as she smiled and she caressed Joy's face.

"They think of what might have been if they did not take a certain decision" said Natasha as her words held deeper meanings, but Joy was just too young to understand.

"And mommy is that what you are thinking about?" asked Joy.

"Well yes my baby, something like that" said Natasha.

"I am thinking of what I am going to get you for your Birthday" said Natasha as she laughed and she poked Joy's cute little nose.

"Oooh yayyy Mommy, what are you going to get me for my birthday?" asked Joy, even though her birthday was more than four months away.

"Well I cannot tell you that my baby, it would not be a surprise then" said Natasha as she laughed and Joy giggled.

"Aww but mommy, I want to know" said Joy as she laughed.

"Oh my baby, you see just trust me hmm??" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Your present will be the best" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Okay Mommy" said Joy as she smiled.

"Mommy, can I go and play now?" asked Joy as she looked at her mother.

"Well let's see, have you put your school uniform in the laundry basket for washing?" asked Natasha.

"Mhmm, yes Mommy I have" said Joy as she smiled and she nodded her head.

"Well alright then my baby, you can go and play then" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Yayyy, thank you Mommy" said Joy as she smiled and she gave her mother a kiss on the cheek as she climbed down her mother's lap.

"You are welcome my baby" said Natasha as she smiled at Joy and she waved at her as Joy rushed out of her room.

"*Sigh*" said Natasha to herself as she sighed, she was tired, just tired of everything.

"I am not going to cry, no I am not going to waste tears on that stupid man" said Natasha to herself as she sighed and she shook her head, she was not going to waste any more tears on a man that did not trust her at all.

She had wasted many tears, more than many tears, in this life and her last crying over Dom, and she was not going to do that again, even in her last moments, she had cried thinking about him, oh how naïve she was, she was so stupid, she fell for a man that did not even love her.

And he had already shown his true thoughts on her, he never trusted her, she never did what he had accused her of, they were both victims, Natasha was sure of it, and she was going to make sure that she found who framed her, she was going to vindicate herself this time.

"Pick up yourself Natasha, and be strong" said Natasha to herself as she sniffed and she held her forehead, she was just tired of it all, life was so unfair, but she was given another chance at it, and she was not going to waste it just because of some man.

"Alright, that's enough" said Natasha as she stood up and she walked out of Joy's room, she was done sulking, no one, absolutely no one, was going to get her down, not now, and not ever.

…

"Mommy are you coming to eat dinner with us?" asked Joy as she walked into her mothers room.

"Ahh well my baby…" said Natasha as she closed her laptop and Joy climbed on her bed and Natasha put away her laptop and she carried Joy.

"Well you see the thing is I am not hungry at all" said Natasha as she smiled.

"I just ae my lunch not too long ago" said Natasha as she smiled..

"Oh okay Mommy" said Joy as she nodded her head.

"Mommy what were you doing on your laptop?" asked Joy as she was curious.

"Oh aren't you very curious now" said Natasha as she laughed and Joy giggled.

"Well my baby, I was working on something very important, it's about work" said Natasha as she explained.

"Oh okay mommy" said Joy.

"Yes my baby, so you need to go and eat now, and I will kiss you goodnight later" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Okay mommy" said Joy as she smiled.

"Can I have a kiss now?" asked Joy.

"Oh my baby, alright" said Natasha as she laughed and she gave Joy a kiss on her forehead.

"Yayyy" said Joy as she laughed.

"Run along now my baby" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Okay Mommy, bye mommy" said Joy as she smiled and she climbed down Natasha's bed.

"Bye my baby" said Natasha as she smiled and she waved at Joy as Joy giggled, and she closed Natasha's door behind her.

Her baby was just too cute to handle, and Natasha loved that, she could not wait to drop her baby off at school on Monday.

Which reminded her that she needed a car seat, Joy was not old enough to sit in the can normally In the car.

Natasha was thinking, she knew just the right person to call for this, of course she knew everything since she was an older mom.

Natasha picked up her phone from the bedside table on her right and she dialed a number, and in

a matter of seconds her call was picked up.

"Hello Natasha!!" said Chloe as she picked up the call and she sounded her excited.

"Hello Chloe" said Natasha as she laughed, Chloe was always so happy.

"Oh Natasha, our sales are through the roof, literally" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Haha I am happy to hear that" said Natasha as she smiled.

"The thing is that we are already well known, we have so many usual customers that buy fresh produce from us, which is an advantage" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Oh you can say that again, I am so glad that everything went well, the harvest was very great" said Chloe as she smiled, she could not believe it, everything was just so successful.

"Haha" said Natasha as she laughed, she was happy that Chloe was happy, it was because of all their sales that she was able to buy a car and she returned Dom's money.

"You know what Natasha, I was thinking" said Chloe.

"Mandy told me that in the past, the farm's main source of income was from wheat, they used to plat wheat a lot, and they used harvest a lot of it, wheat was in very high demand" said Chloe.

"And I checked through the records, and it is proved to be a very lucrative crop" said Chloe.

"So I think that it would be good if the next crops we planted were wheat" said Chloe.

"That is a very good idea Chloe" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Yes, I know right?" asked Chloe.

"And I checked through the logs, and it turns out that the company has an unused piece of land that is around the outskirts of the city, and it looks like that would be the best place to plant the wheat" said Chloe as she smiled.

"Oh I love it when you talk like a business woman Chloe" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh of course, I learn from the best, which of course is you" said Chloe as she laughed.

"I am flattered" said Natasha as she laughed.

"So I will come to the office on Monday so we can review this new plan face to face" said Natasha.

"Oh Alright then" said Chloe.

"Do you want me to pick you up, so we can go to the office together?" asked Chloe as she smiled.

"Oh, no, no need for that, which brings me to the reason I called you" said Natasha as she smiled.

"I bought a car today" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh, that is wonderful news, congratulations Natasha!!" said Chloe as she laughed, she was so happy for Natasha.

"Oh thank you Chloe" said Natasha as she laughed.

"The true reason I called you was that I was wondering if you would happen to know where I can but a car seat, I want to drop Joy off at School on Monday, and she needs a car seat" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Oh, no worries at all" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Ethan has his old car seat which I can give you" said Chloe.

"And when I say old I don't mean old, because it was basically brand new and Ethan rarely used it because, he suddenly just grew, and then he didn't need it anymore" said Chloe as she laughed.

"I would gladly give it to you" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Oh well Thank you Chloe, I really appreciate it" said Natasha as she smiled.

"Anytime Natasha, Anytime" said Chloe as she smiled.

"Alright, so I am not home now, I am still at the office, but I will ask Betty to bring it to your house" said Chloe as she smiled.

"Alright then" said Natasha as she smiled.

"So how is Ethan?" asked Natasha.

"Oh Natasha, please don't ask" said Chloe as she sighed.

"Why not?" asked Natasha as she smiled.

"Ugh, Natasha is it wrong for a mother to find her child annoying?" asked Chloe as she sighed and she laughed to herself.

"Well no, we are only human after all" said Natasha as she laughed.

"It's just that he never gives me a break, I can never work in peace at home, it's always 'mom this,' or 'mom that' like he's a big baby toddler" said Chloe.

"To me it sounds like he misses you" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Oh misses me is far from it, I am sure he just wants to annoy me to death, why can't he annoy his father like that??" asked Chloe as she face-palmed herself.

"Oh Chloe" said Natasha as she laughed, Chloe was so honesty it was funny.

"I seriously don't know why I had a boy, I would have preferred a nice gently girl, like Joy" said Chloe as she laughed.

"Oh but you love your son either way don't you" said Natasha as she laughed.

"Of course I do" said Chloe as she laughed.