Love In Between

It was 6:30a. m and Ava was already up, saddled with the responsibility of a mother Earl mornings had become her forte to do other things asides from babysitting, changing diapers, feeding the baby, and pacifying the baby all day,

Being a single mother came with a bittersweet experience, the love that overwhelms her heart each time her little pearly eyes locked with Ava’s eyes, her baby’s eye was amber that reminded her of Bruce’s eyes.

But the downside was starting to take its toll on her, since her exit from Quinn’s her finances had depreciated drastically and she need to act fast, she might be at a point where she can’t do anything to help herself but she has someone who depends on her now,

She clicked on her email and hoped she had been shortlisted for an interview, recently, all the interviews she’s been going to have been futile no one seems to want a new staff.

“Lord,” she cussed under her breath in disappointment as she read the email, another failed attempt at getting a job, she looked over her baby in the cot sleeping peacefully with her pacifier in her mouth.

She needed to do something fast, she thought of going back to Quinn for a second but quickly waved it off, they had officially laid her off before she gave birth.

“I can’t give up now, I just can’t —” she was cut off, by the sobbing sound from her baby.

“Hey mama, mommy is right here,” she tried to pacify the baby whose sob became louder,

“Shhhh, don’t cry my angel mommy’s here,” Ava caressed her baby’s growing hair, the little bundle of joy reminds her so much I f Bruce— where is he? Does he still think about her the way thoughts about him sometimes flash through her,

She had tried to hate him, loathe him and get his thoughts out of her head, she hated days she saw his face in her dreams but within her, she knows she still care so much about him, he was the only man she ever loved,

After feeding her daughter and changing her diapers, she gently placed the baby on her cot before resuming her search, going out to look for a job in person wouldn’t be so easy, no company would tolerate a crying child during the interview session.

Her phone beeped, “Roxie,” she smiled as she got up to leave the room, waking the baby up one more didn’t seem like a smart move to make.

“Hello, Ava how’re you doing?” Roxie’s voice sounded when she picked up the call,

“I’m okay, except that someone’s getting all the sleep meant for two persons,” Ava joked, she imagined Roxie’s head propped back slightly as she does whenever she finds something amusing.

“How’s she doing by the way?” Roxie questioned.

“Well well, she’s fine thanks for asking about me,” she teased this made Roxie laugh even louder,

“I’m so sorry Ava, work is a whole lot but that’s not why I called,” Roxie replied, changing the topic it was weird talking about Quinn to her.

“Oh okay, let’s hear it,” Ava answered back running her hand through her hair,

“There’s a job offer,” Roxie said her voice giddy,

“You don’t sayyyyyy,” Ava raised her voice but remember she couldn’t risk waking her baby, this was the best news she had heard in a while.

“Ummm… There’s also bad news,” Roxie interjected

“Huh, okay let’s hear it,” Ava replied a little tensed,

“The only position available is that of an office clerk, look Ava I know it’s way below your level and qualification —”

“It’s fine, I’ll take the job,” Ava replied,

“Huh, what did you say?” Roxie asked, Ava was sure she heard her the first time,

“Roxie I said I’ll take the job, look right now I don’t care about the position I get in a company,” Ava said,

“I just want to be able to pay my bills, you need to see the number of bills I incur every week on formulas,” Ava added, burning with the excitement of getting a new job.

“Are you sure you’re going to be okay with it?” Roxie asked a bit skeptical,

“Roxie, you worry too much I said it’s fine you know what email me the address and everything I need to know about the company,” Ava said,

“It’s CT wines,” Roxie answered

“Oh, CT wines okay I’ll — I’ll check it out,” Ava said,

“It’s not that bad,” Ava tried to pacify herself,

“I’ll send you the email as soon as we drop this call, my love to the baby,” Roxie said and hung up,

“I guess we’d have to start somewhere tho,” Ava said, she checked the time and it was already past midday and she still hadn’t eaten breakfast, she quickly went to the kitchen and made a quick breakfast,

If she was going to go for the interview she needed to get a nanny to look after her child that day, she hoped the pay would be decent to an extent, nannies these days charge above the roof to take care of babies.

“Anyways this is a nice headstart,” she said consoling herself, she spent the rest of the day looking up for a part-time nanny, looking for a decent dress for the interview, and thinking about Bruce— he had fizzled out of her life just the way he had come in,

Thanks to him, she was laid off from the company, a single mother with a child and no paycheck and a heart that continually longs for that which would never get want it longs for— love.

Maybe getting a job would keep her and help her focus on other things, after all, she wasn’t sure of her place in his life, and even though it tears her heart into shreds was okay.

Roxie sent the email as promised, the interview was slated for tomorrow, she slept earlier than usual and luckily for her, the constellation was in her favor her baby slept as soon as she fed her and put her in her cot.

Ava went for the interview, and after waiting for about forty-five minutes she was called in, the interview was concise to her relief,

“We’ll get back to you, do well to check your email,” the only woman amongst the interviewers said,Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

After two days of checking her emails religiously, the email finally came,

“Yessss!!” Ava exclaimed triumphantly, she’s to start work on Monday, finally, a good way to forget about her old life, a new chapter for her she presume.