Chapter 32

                                    

                                          


                          
"Girls...I'm home." James shouted as he slammed the door shut. I heard him throwing the keys on the telephone table and then appeared at the door of the living room where I was watching TV with Sarah.
                          
"Hey babe." I said as he kissed me and then he kissed Sarah and ruffled her hair. He loved to do that.
                          
"James, can I ask you something?" She said not wasting any time. I remained silent looking at the TV and James pulled a chair to sit in front of her. Sarah stayed silent looking at him for a while making me stray my eyes off the TV and look at her to see what she was doing, but she was just staring at him.
                          
"Hey..." James snapped his fingers in front of her eyes and laughed. "What is it that you want to ask me?"
                          
"There's going to be a lot of shooting stars in the sky tonight and mom can't take me so I was wondering that maybe you could take me somewhere so I can see it." She said and her voice almost disappearing as she asked what she really wanted.
                          
"Do you have any place in mind?" James asked her. I smiled at him and Sarah shook her head.
                          
"Well, I think I know where I can take you then." He said getting up. "Alright kid, you and me...we're going." He told her making her jump off the couch and hold onto his waist. James put his hands on her head pampering her hair. "So did you have fun today?" He asked her while she was still clutched onto him. While making her the question he looked at me with and inquisitive look, like asking me what the matter with her was, but I didn't know.
                          
"It was good." She said looking up at him. "But I missed you." She smiled and James melted instantly, shooting his cute and equal smile at her.
                          
"I missed you too princess." He told her making her giggle. Then he picked her up by under her arms and kissed her cheek, putting her down again. "Do I still have time to take a shower before dinner? It was so f..."
                          
"James!" I almost yelled so he wouldn't say the F word in front of her.
                          
"F...freaking hot in the studio I sweat all over." He corrected looking at me while I nodded at him. I almost laughed.
                          
"Go ahead." I said. He left upstairs and Sarah sat on my lap. She still loved to cuddle plus she was extremely spoiled and since James joined our lives even more.
                          
"See, it wasn't so hard to ask him was it?" I said kissing her.
                          
"No. He is nice to me" She said.
                          
"He likes you a lot." I told her.
                          
"I know." She said vaguely and getting out of my lap.
                          
"Well I am going to check on dinner." I told her. She ignored my words and sat on the floor with her legs crossed looking at the TV again. I arranged a couple of things in the kitchen, set the table and went upstairs to see James. He was putting on a pair of black jeans and his hair was wet and messed up but looked gorgeous.
                          
"How was the rest of your day?" He asked sitting by my side on the bed.
                          
"My boss called." I said laying back. He leaned a hand on the bed and caressed my hair.
                          
"He wants you to go back." He said.
                          
"Yeah...it's just that I don't feel it's time to come back yet. She's not alright, she's not fully recovered, I want to be around her." It was good to have him there to share all the details.
                          
"Then tell him that Andrea. I mean, I'm sure he'll understand Sarah is not fine."
                          
"I did babe." I said. "He suggested then that I work from home, which is already a great thing for him to do, I have to appreciate his gesture, but he is kind of forcing me to go back to work when our daughter is not fine." I complained.