Mummy I got you a new husband

SOPHIE’S POV.

I watched my phone ring repeatedly unanswered before I picked up the call. When I did hear the phone ring, I did not want to answer it at first, I was angry and in no mood to talk to him. ” Maybe he wanted to talk about where the drive was.” Mumbling to myself I picked up the call hesitantly. I needed to hear what he had to say.

Following the altercation earlier, I was not sure I should be talking to him, but I wanted to know whether he was phoning because of the drive. I tuned in to hear what he had to say. “Yes for our kids.” I remarked as I dropped the phone; to my surprise, Karl had phoned to apologise. “Was I just dreaming?” Karl genuinely phoned to apologise; I did not expect him to apologise or be sorry for anything; perhaps Karl was a wonderful person after all.

I intensified my search for the drive, but all efforts yielded no results. I puzzled if my guess about Karl lying about the drive were true. Frustrated by the futility of my search, I decided I was going to ask Karl about it when he came back, hoping he would not suspect anything.

I was done searching the whole house, I decided it was best to have a plan B incase Karl found out. I just had to come up with a perfect excuse for leaving and everything would be just fine.

My mind raced with various excuses I could use. Maybe I could say there was an emergency at my former residence or that a friend needed my immediate help, anything to give me a valid reason to leave. As I thought about what excuse to give, my mind drifted to the kids and I jilted off from my reverie.

“Oh shit,” I murmured as I realised it was time to pick up the kids from school. I raced over as I got the keys to the car, and rushed to get them. When I arrived, they were already waiting at the entrance.

“I am sorry mummy’s late,” I remarked as I got down, I kissed Selene and wanted to help Davis but he refused outrightly. “I am not your baby. Dnt do that.” He said pushing my hands away and “For the record, you are not my mum and the fact you do look like her does not make you her, the least you could do was come pick us up early.”

Davis sighed and got into the car and after all he had said, I was not sure I could keep calm any longer. He had spoken to me in such a harsh tone and I felt hurt, I was just trying to help this kid and he was so rude to me. Selene wanted to be defensive, but I motioned for her to be silent. I guess it was time to teach this kid a lesson.

As I got into the driver seat, I turned to face Davis at the back, “If he were my kid, his ass would not have been sitting so comfortable on that seat.” I mumbled to myself before saying anything to him.

” I was not trying to be your mum kid, She left you not me and I just wanted to be the help you needed like you said.” I responded and I could noticed the tears welled up his eyes. I turned to start the car.

” She did not leave me.” He said amidst tears trying to defend his mother. ” She did kid and I guess she had reasons too. Your naughty ass need some hitting.” I responded as I drove off, I was already furious with his attitude and he needed to be taught some lesson.

When we got home, Karl had not returned and Davis rushed inside still crying. ” Mummy that was harsh and did his mum really leave him?” Selene questioned as we got down. ” I know baby, and I am sorry, I will apologise to him later on alright. Dnt worry too much about what I said. ” Alright mum, I love you.” she responded and we got in to have lunch, Davis refused to come down or eat anything.

I took the food up to his room. I knocked and open the door, ” Get out of my room.” He said as he used his sheets to cover his face, I sighed deeply before speaking to him.

” I am sorry about everything I said, I just wanted to help and it’s frustrating how you treat me. I know I can’t replace your mama, but I just want you to be ok. Have some food and whenever you are ready we can talk.” I said and walked out the room, I know he did not like me but I could not watch the poor child starve.

I had just finished clearing the dishes when Karl came in. I did not hear him drive in, so the sound of the front door opening startled me, and I quickly composed myself. Karl walked in with a smile on his face, he seemed to have had a good day and he was completely unaware of the storm brewing inside me. “Hello, how was your day?” he enquired casually. I plastered a fake smile on my face and replied, “Oh, just the usual.” But deep down, my heart was pounding.

I decided to play it cool for now, not wanting to give away my suspicions just yet. “My day was fine,” I replied nonchalantly. Karl motioned to give me a kiss but I turned my face away. ” What was that for?” I asked him and he gave me a quick kiss on the cheek instead before heading towards the kitchen ” What was wrong with Karl? And why was he so excited? And why was he flirting with me?” I wondered.

As he opened the fridge, I walked to where he was. ” Are you ok?” He asked me as he took a gulp of the cold water from the fridge. ” Where are the kids?” He asked.” They are in their rooms, Karl. I responded as I took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to ask him about the drive.

“Karl, I called out for him and he turned to face me. ” I was meaning to ask you, emhh did you happen to get the drive to the police? I have just been wondering how their investigations went.” I said glaring at him for a response.

” It has been good, the culprit would soon be caught.” He responded and my heart skipped a beat, ” did they know already that there was no robbery? Was the truth already found out? I questioned myself disturbed that all of my plans would have been found out.

But before I could say anything, Karl turned around with a mischievous grin on his face ” Dnt worry too much about it, the police are close to finding the culprit.” I faked a grin to show Karl I was happy with the news. ” That’s good that means you have the drive to the police?” I questioned to be sure that’s was what he meant.

” Yes, I did, I handed it already to the police.” He responded and my heart sank. ” What if I got caught, would my excuse hold when the police come asking questions.” I puzzled in my mind still faking a grin so Karl wouldn’t notice. He soon headed upstairs to have a shower.