Chapter 8: Chapter 8

"Steve, come here." I shouted at him and was busy playing with his toys, and he was carrying the tiger-stuffed toys when he came to me.

Then I picked him up and hugged him, "Open wide." I said to him and he did that too. I don't know, right now I just don't want to leave him.

"I love you, mama." he said to me, and that made me soft and guilty at the same time.

"I love you, baby." That's all I said to him and then I lifted him up, making him hug me. Then I started to sway him while we were looking out the window.

I was waiting for Jenny to get here because I had work. I've been out for like five days now just to look after Steve. I didn't know what to do when Christian told me he was admitted to the hospital that day because he was feverish, so I didn't hesitate to leave where I was and head to them.

When I got there, people looked at me. Yes, who would have thought that I would go there looking so daring in my dress? But I didn't have any care at all about that since it was more important for me to see and know Steve's condition than their opinion.

"What happened?" I asked Christian while crying and looking at my baby's hand as soon as I entered the room. Christian was just looking at me.

"The doctor said his body couldn't handle the diarDafne, so he had a fever," he said to me.

And then I put my head on his little hand and started thinking of the foolishness I've done. I can't believe I didn't even look at him before I left.

"I know you've been out there, but hopefully check Steve first before you prioritize what's what." Christian said, and I just sobbed.

"Christian," Jenny said gently.

"If Jenny isn't there or she's been focusing on her phone all along, do you think Steve will be brought here? You should know your priorities before anything else. " Christian said as he shut the door.

I was just crying, and Jenny was crying too. Christian was right. I shouldn't prioritize the unnecessary ones.

"Why are you crying, mama?" Steve asked while rubbing his tiny eyes.

And that was the end of it; while I was there filling my selfish act while my son was feeling this way, I promised myself that I would focus solely on my son as I looked at his pure and innocent face.

Then I never returned his calls, not even messages, and I didn't use the money he gave me, instead leaving it in my sling bag.

"You're here already?" I said to Jenny as she put her things down on the sofa.

"Yes, and I'm so tired." She says.

Obviously, she just finished school, but I was deeply sorry because I haven't been able to get a personal nanny for Steve yet.

"Are you sure you can take care of Steve, Jenny? I can take absent somehow, "I said to her while lowering Steve while he was saying, "Auntie Kristne."

"Of course it's okay, it's okay with me. Steve is cute and he's not that naughty, so I won't have a hard time." She said,

"Just give me some allowance tomorrow because I've run out of it today." She laughed as I did at the same time.

She looked after Steve, and I did the same. I didn't hesitate to take a bath because I was an hour late, but it was okay. It was for my son anyway, so when there was no problem before I left. I told Jenny to watch Steve well, and before I left the door, I hugged my son and kissed him a lot, making sure that he was okay before I left.

I got there and everyone was so busy, so I hurried to the locker to get my apron and tray.

"Thank God you're here, Lily."

"Glad you are on time. This is for VIP room no 2." Dafne said to me

"Welcome back from your vacation. If you were this lucky, I would have just talked to Sir Christian in a flirty way."

"Next in line, people need to be served a lot of food! " Dafne shouted.

I didn't pay attention to what she said because they didn't know everything and I wasn't talking to Christian in a flirty kind of way, but I don't know, I don't have time to think about everything they'll say. I just need good service now for me to finish early.

I entered the VIP room and knocked before entering.

"Hello, sorry your order took a while. I hope you enjoy it." I said while unloading their chips and beers, I also don't know why there are so many orders. I also didn't notice how many of them were inside, but that doesn't matter. I made my vision blurry as much as possible and then went outside.

I don't know, but there are too many people today, and I realized that it's pay day today, so there are too many people.

"For table 26." said Dafne, who was chewing her gum.

Luckily, somehow, all the people I delivered to the VIP rooms were okay, and it was a smooth day. My shift was almost done, and it was already 12 am, but Dafne was still calling,

"Don't worry about this last table, so please bare with me, in the VIP room no 2 again." She said to me, but I didn't answer her and picked up the order as she was holding money in her hand and she was taking inventory.

I knocked again and it was a bit sleepy, which I also didn't know, but I almost fell down, but I also apologized right away. As always, I didn't look at who was inside or how many people there were, and I was just doing my job.

Ugh. I wanted to go home.

"It's quite annoying that you just don't have everything I did. You're also getting on my nerves, Lily Tilford."

That's when I heard a familiar voice, and I tilted my head up to see who it was. That's when I realized that he was with 2 girls doing dirty shit around him.

"I thought you were the one who was smitten between the two of us because we were going so fast, but why does it seem the other way around?"

"Fuck," he said, laughing out loud, and the two women just looked at me.

"What are you doing to me, Lily?"