Married in spite of me
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Part 2 chapter 8
Nabila
One year later
My little Mayer has just blown out his first candle, we didn't really have a party, we just went to play in a children's park with his aunt and in the evening we opened the presents after cutting the cake
He's already running everywhere, and changing the place of everything in the house, he's already a little devil, my little devil to me, day by day he looks a little more like his daddy and it's very, very disturbing, we Khalil would say in miniature, I sometimes feel like it's a punishment for me to have taken him away from his father
Professional level I would say that everything is going wonderfully, a few months ago I became a partner of the company, I now hold 30 percent of the shares of the company and the company has seen a change of name and is today "CHIC DECO" we are doing very well in business and the market is influxing everywhere since the work we do speaks for itself
We had a nursery set up in one of the offices that we don't use for Mayer because Mariam didn't want us to leave him alone with a stranger at home, too protective our aunt I would say that it suits me a lot since I don't have to leave my baby home all day
I was in the showroom to check on the installation of the new goods when a customer came in, I let one of the hostesses take care of him and heard that I was done, but when I saw the customer approach me that I feel that the world I managed to create for myself will soon crumble like a house of cards
Abdel: hello Nabila
Me: hello!
Abdel: where have you been all this time no one has heard from you
Me: it's because it was the best for everyone, what brings you here?
Abdel: my wife wants to redecorate the house, do you work here?
Me: yes yes for a while
Abdel: I learned that you don't just sell, you take care of the decoration too
Me: yes it does
Adel: there, if you could come and see what there is to do and give me an estimate, that would be cool
Me: I'll send someone to do it if you don't mind
I try to be as brief as possible so that he leaves here before Mayer erupts in the showroom
Abdel: no I don't mind, I just notice that you don't want to have anything to do with me
Me: I prefer not to have any more contact with Khalil's relatives, I hope you will understand that
Abdel: of course I understand, my brother was not fair to you so I don't blame you
Me: ok, you send me off, I promise to make the plans myself when I receive all the necessary information
Abdel: thank you, have a good day
Me: same for you
I turn at the same time to go join my baby at the nursery but barely I have had time to take two steps when he arrives crying mom, I feel my heart drop and fall in my belly at the same time, I want the earth to open up for me to sink inside
Abdel: do you have a child?
Mayer pulling my pants: mum, mum, candy…
Abdel: don't tell me he's from Khalil
Me : …
He bends down to greet him but Mayer hides behind, he has trouble creating contact with strangers
Abdel getting up: does he know?
Me (the way trembling): no he doesn't know, and I ask you for the good of all that it stays like this
Abdel: do you realize what you are asking me? to hide from my best friend that he has a child? it's not possible, how dare you hide such a thing from him, I thought you were more thoughtful and mature than his
Me: it's easy to judge when you haven't experienced the same situations as the person judging
Abdel: okay I have to go
Me (taking him by the arms): promise me not to tell him anything, I beg you
Abdel: I can't promise you such a thing, it's beyond my strength
Me: at least give me time to prepare
Abdel: all I can do is give you a week to tell him yourself, I'll be forced to tell him everything.
Me: ok, thanks anyway
Abdel: okay.
He turns on his heels and leaves, I take my son in my hands and I head furiously towards the nursery
Me: all I asked of you was to watch the little one, is that too complicated for you?
Noura: no ma'am, you don't mind him coming to your house, that's why I left him, I took the opportunity to put away the toys he scattered
Mariam taking Mayer: what's wrong?
Me (bursting into tears): it's all over
Mariam: Noura leave us alone please
Noura: ok ma'am
Mariam: Calm down, what's going on?
Me: Abdel arrived here this morning and he saw Mayer, he immediately understood everything
Mariam: Abdel, he's Khalil's best friend, right?
Me: yes and he wants to tell him everything, he gives me a week to do it myself or he does it for me
Mariam: I think you should take the lead and tell him everything, I think it's time you told your husband the truth
Me: I want to disappear with my son
Mariam: until when will you continue to flee? is this the life you want for him? aren't you the one talking about stability for him?
Me: but I'm sure if he finds out he could take custody of my son away from me just to hurt me
Mariam: calm down, no judge will take custody of a one-year-old child from his mother, what I can tell you is to go through your mother-in-law to try to make him swallow the pill
Me: do you know who Khalil BEN ATAL is?
Mariam: he can be as powerful as possible it's not the devil, make sure the info comes from you and not from his friend
I have ideas that scroll one after the other in my head, I can't do anything anymore I'm so confused
yemi
I was at home this morning when Abdel called me, it's a bit unusual but I picked up anyway, I'm sure my son was acting up again, I picked up the call but instead of talking to me he wants to meet me instead and out of the house, judging by his voice I can deduce that he is very stressed and it must be serious, I accept immediately and go to meet him without waiting
I meet him in a cafe in town
Abdel getting up when he sees me: hello madam, I'm really sorry I couldn't come and meet you at your place, but it's a rather delicate problem and I didn't want anyone to find out about it before the time came.
Me (taking a seat): I understood that it was quite serious, so you don't have to worry, I'm listening
Abdel: I met Nabila this morning
Me: sorry? where ?
Abdel: do you know the company 'CHIC DECO"? she works there
Me: I thought she had left town since during all this time I have not seen her and she does not want to have any contact with us, I have tried several times to get in touch with her in vain
Abdel: something happened this morning and I will ask you to keep as calm as possible
Me: don't raise my blood pressure my son, tell me what happened
Abdel: I saw him with a child?
Me: Did she have a child? so she got back together with someone else?
Abdel: no I don't think so, what I'm trying to tell you is that she had a baby from Khalil
Me: she told you that the child was from Khalil?
Abdel: she did not need to do it since the child is her spitting image
Me: soubahanallayi, Nabilla couldn't do such a thing, hide from all of us that she got pregnant with my son until she gave birth without any of us knowing.
Abdel: I was also quite surprised, I told her that she had a week to tell Khalil if not to tell her myself but to tell the truth I would be unable to tell her something of such importance, i'm sure he would explode with rage and i don't want him to do anything he may regret that's why i called you
Me: you don't have to worry, I'll handle the situation myself, thank you very much for all you do for my son, God bless you my son
Abdel: please ma'am, I'm going to have to ask for directions
Me: ok have a nice day
I admit that the news shocks me a little and I can't help but be disappointed with her behavior, I've reached out to her so many times, even if she was afraid of my son's reaction I wonder why she didn't turn to me, didn't I show her enough that I was on her side and that she could count on me in any situation?
Going so far as to deprive us of a member of our family just because of their stupidity? I do not understand
