After Divorce Billionaire Ex Found Me Pregnant (Leonica and Gabriel) novel Chapter 109

Before she had the chance to even process, talk less respond to the text she has received, a sudden hand on her shoulder startled her. 

“Sony I’m late.” The voice apologized. 

Her body suddenly became alert and she nearly snapped her head around to view the owner of the hand who stepped beside her. 

“Damn you Riley!” She hissed. 

The man chuckled at her reaction, removing his hand from her shoulder. 

“My, my, you really are mad, aren’t you?” He joked and pulled the chair opposite her and seated down. 

“You think? Anastasia asked sarcastically and shook her head, hastily burying her phone inside her purse. “What took you so long?” 

“I was stuck in traffic, had a meeting and all that jazz, Lloyd waved his hand dismissively. “Now, how about we order? 

Anastasia so wanted to take him up on his words, traffic and all, but today, no recently, she wasn’t really in the mood to play cat and mouse, mote so after seeing the text message she had just gotten. 

Remembering it for a moment was enough to have her fingers curlying around the table cloth. 

In down, it might just be a prank. She told herself while Lloyd raised his hand and beckoned the waitress over. 

“Two glasses of lemonade and uh,” He paused to glance at Anastasia, who was still looking somewhat distracted. “Anastasia, you hungry?” 

“Huh?” 

“Food, are you hungry? Lloyd questionedquestioned, watching as she blinkes a handful of times as if too think deeply about his simple question before shaking her head. 

“Oh, uh, no. 

Lloyd nodded his head and ordered two plates of pasta, handing the waitress the menu and sending her off. 

⠀⠀ “Are you okay?” He asked once they were alone. 

“Yes, of course.” Anastasia said. 

Lloyd didn’t believe her, but saw no reason to push on. He had simple asked out of courtesy, so, whether she really was okay or not, wasn’t really any of his business. 

“Okay then, shall we get started?” He asked, clapping his hands together and smiling. 

“Yeah, we should.” Anastasia replied. “So, you have a plan or not?” 

At her question, Lloyd brought out his phone and placed it on the table, sliding it to her. “Here, is operation memory recovery.” 

Anastasia took the phone and glanced at the screen. The moment she did, she couldn’t help but frown. 

“This is just a list of random activities.” 

*Exactly.” Lloyd smiled, clearly proud. “The best way to help one recover their memory is to do activities they’re familiar with. Says medical research.” 

“Medical research?” Anastasia repeated, her frown growing deeper. 

“Yup.” Lloyd said, popping the ‘P. “I looked it up.” 

Anastasia shook her head and handed the phone back to him. “Look, I don’t know what the hell you’re thinking, but, there is no way Gabriel’s memory can be treated with a bunch of random activities. You need a professional and a plan. A good one.” 

Lloyd grumbled underneath his breath, annoyed by the fact that Anastasia was shooting down his plan. 

“Alright then,” He said, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back against the chair. “How do you propose we handle this?” 

“How do I propose? This is your idea, you brought me out here because you had an idea to help my best friend and her son, my godson, but well, from the looks of it, you’ve got nothing” 

Lloyd didn’t seem too pleased with her answer and his frown deepened. 

“Well, if you’ve got a better plan, speak up.” 

At his words, Anastasia opened her mouth, ready to speak. Only, she paused and closed it. 

She had a plan, well, kind of, 

She wasn’t sure it her idea would work, or if it was a good idea, but, it was better than nothing 

“I do “She spoke 

“Really?” Lloyd asked, raising a brow. “Care to share it?” 

“Gladly.” Anastasia said, leaning forward and flashing a smirk. 

“Alright, let’s hear it.” 

“The key to regaining lost memories is to make the person relive their old days. So, if Gabriel is going to regain his memories, he needs to relive his old life.” 

Lloyd seemed to have been thinking over her words, nodding his head a few times. 

“Okay,” He said. “So what’s the plan?” 

Gabriel needs to live with Leonica,” She painfully admitted, cringing at the thought and the thought of her friend’s face if she were to suggest something like this to her. 

ay, I’m all for that.” 

Walt,” Anastasia raised her hand. “You are? 

Lloyd nodded his head. “Why wouldn’t I? If living with his ex wife would help him, why wouldn’t I be for it.” 

“Wow, didn’t think you’d actually agree ” 

“And why’s that?” Lloyd asked with a slight pout as he leaned forward on the table. 

Anastasia stared at him for a few seconds, seemingly caught in the look in his eyes but after a few seconds, she shook her head and waved her hand dismissively. 

“Never mind,” She said and glanced away, watching as the waitress approached. 

Lloyd on the other hand, watched her, something about the way she has been acting, now avoiding his gaze and all, pricked him. Perhaps it was because no woman, at least the ones he had scored, never did something like this. 

Maybe it was a sign that she was different. In a good way? 

Lloyd couldn’t help but scoff at the thought, shaking his head and chuckling, not knowing what else to do. 

“Maybe I’m just imagining things.‘ 

With a deep breath, Lloyd sighed. 

“Yeah, I probably am.” 

Two days later, Gabriel was discharged from the hospital, given a few drugs to help with the recovery of small scratches and the stab wound and some to help with his memory, Simply vitamins, nothing too much. 

Once that was taken care of, his papers of discharge were handed over and after a short conversation Bill left his office 

However, on their way out, Gabriel spotted two familiar faces standing outside the hospital, “Hey,” He called out. 

with Doctor Baile 

Bailey, he along with 

The two, whom had been conversing turned their heads and the younger one’s lips instantly curved into a smile when he saw his father. “Daddy!” Ashley called out and rushed towards him. 

Gabriel caught him with a grunt, wincing slightly when he felt a sharp pain on his right shoulder. 

“How are you champ?” He asked. 

“Fine.” Ashley answered while his mother’s presence looked behind him and soon she placed her hand on his head, ruttling his hair “Hey, you need to be careful. Your dad still needs to recover.” She scolded him gently 

Ashley nodded his head. “I will, mominy.‘ 

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“Good.” She said and glanced at Gabriel Hey.” Her greeting was so quiet that not only did Gabriel nearly miss it because of the volume, but also because he had not expected her to great first 

“T” He returned, the corner of his lips unconsciously stretching. “How are you.” 

“Fine.” Leonica answered abruptly. “Ready to leave?” She asked, changing the subject, her attention no longer on him, but rather her 

“Yeah, uh, Bill’s gonna drive me home.” He pointed back to the assistant who bowed once his presence was recognized. 

“Home?!” Ashley perked up at the word. “Can we follow daddy home?” He asked. 

“What? No!” Leonica shook her head. 

“Aww,” He whined, a pout on his face. 

“Ash, we talked about this. Your daddy has to take things slow.” 

“I’m okay with you guys coming around.” Gabriel announced. 

“You are?” Both Ashley and Leonica asked at the same time, the latter seemingly more surprised by his words. 

Ertel nodded. 

“Of course.” He said while nodding. “I’m sure Bill wouldn’t mind driving two more people.” 

“Not at all, Sir.” Bill said I with a shake of his head. 

“See.” Gabriel grinned. “So, are you guys coming or not?” 

“I…” Leonica paused, hesitant to be back in the house she and Gabriel had shared during the two years of their marriage. “Please mommy, please!” Ashley pleaded. 

“Okay, okay, we’ll come.” She finally gave in and watched as her son cheered loudly, jumping up and down 

“Yay!” He exclaimed. 

While his son cheered, Gabriel couldn’t help but chuckde, but that soon disappeared when he noticed Leonica’s expression. 

It was clear that she was hesitant to come along. He couldn’t understand why. Hadn’t it been her house as well? 

But then, she had sa 

their divorce was messy, so, maybe she felt uncomfortable being there, even though it was her home. Sighing, Gabriel took a step forward. 

“Come on, let’s go. He told her, watching as she looked at him in the eye and nodded her head. “Let’s.” 

And with that, they walked towards the car, Bill holding the doors open for them one after the other. 

When he was the only one left, he quickly walked around the car, got in and started the engine. 

As they drove off, Ashley’s cheerful voice filled the car as he told Gabriel everything that happened the last couple of days and the older man listened, smiling at his son’s excitement. 

Leonica on the other hand, remained silent, occasionally stealing glances at the man sitting next to her son. 

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other wondered suddenly wondered if he was going to be different if he ever recovered his memory 

Of course, what’s to expect, those words concluded her thoughts as they pulled into the familiar drive way of Gabriel’s house. 

The one they had lived in. The one she had called home. 

It was a place of good and bad memories, both which she couldn’t decide if she wanted to remember or forget. 

But, there was no turning back now. She had decided to help him, so, there was no way she was backing out now, 

After all, she was the one who had chosen to accept the fact that she would have to work closely with her ex husband, in order to help him regain his memories. 

‘It’s okay,‘ She told herself, watching as Gabriel stepped out of the car, followed by her son and soon, he was by her side, holding the door open with a hand offered out to her. 

‘Nothing could possibly go wrong‘ She told herself, dragging in one long, silent breath before gingerly putting her hand in his and stepping out. 

But that thought however, would soon be proven wrong 

My Ex Wife Is A Klutz. 

Stepping into the four walls of the Bryce mansion for the first time in five years, felt foreign to Leonica. Her eyes wandered the familiar interior while she looked around like a child who had been lost in a wave of busy Monday adults. 

Everything was the same even after five years, she noted, walking further into the house as Ashley pulled her by the hand. 

“Mr. Bryce, welcome home.” The butler, who she quickly recognized as Will, the very same butler whom Lila had transferred from underneath her to look atter she and Gabriel during their first year of marriage, greeted with a polite bow. His eyes was quick to widen the moment they landed on her. “Madam,” he uttered with a breathy tone of disbelief. 

Leonica could only force a smile under his disbelieving gaze, however, it soon turned genuine as memories, find ones at that, flashed 

In the back of her mind. 

“Glad to see you’re doing well, WILL” She said, tipping her head in a small bow to acknowledge his presence. 

too, Madam.” The butler responded, missing the way Leonica shifted as he had addressed her by her old title, as he turned to 

amall of the trio. “Oh, and you must be young master Ashley,” his words came off as a sentence rather than the question it was meant to be. “pleasure to meet you.” 

Ashley giggled cutely as the butler bowed curtly at him, but none the less, his greeting was returned. “Hello Mr. Butler.” 

Smiling at the child’s way of speaking, Will turned to face his employer, about to question how he was feeling after waking up from a three weeks long sleep coma, when he noticed something felt different 

Was it his gaze? He thought, briefly trying to wrap his head around what seemed so different in his employer. Or perhaps was it his 

aura? 

Definitely! That definitely was it, because the once threatening and serious aura that had surrounded Gabriel had visibly reduced, making him seen the most approachable Will has ever seen since he had started working in the Bryce mansion. 

Gabriel who noticed his staring, didn’t hesitate to question. “Is everything alright?” 

“Yes, everything is fine, but…” He hesitated. Leonica seemed to have noticed when he was coming from or rather, the cause of his strange behavior. 

Silently, she beckoned him a few steps from where her ex husband and son stood. 

“Is Mr. Bryce alright? He seems, different “Will asked, not wanting to do right off the bat and think that Gabriel has suddenly decided to change his ways after a near death experience. 

People just couldn’t change that fast, at least to his knowledge, 

Leonica glanced at Gabriel and Ashley, Gabriel to be precise, before she opened her mouth to speak 

“He’s fine, but, he sustained a couple of severe injuries during the fire and that least to amnesia.” She explained. 

Will’s expression quickly portrayed how shocked he was to hear the news, at least the latter part of the news. Taking a moment, he cursed Angelina, because from what he has heard, information from Lloyd and Christian who have been frequenting the estate for the past week, the young master, Ashley, had been kidnapped by Angelina and in a bid to rescue him, Gabriel had gotten hurt. 

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Now, no matter how cruel Gabriel may have grown to be, Will had been at the Bryce main mansion, with Lila, Gabriel’s grandmother, for as long as he could remember, so it was safe to say he had helped raise Gabriel. He knew the sweet and kind boy Gabriel has been despite his parents harsh treatment and conditions to be met for successor. He had also witnessed his joy and sorrows, regrettably latter more then the former. 

So, to hear that someone who he saw as a son had been put in danger, by the person he loved, the very same woman he had tried warning him about, was something that angered Will. 

After a second of ranting in his head, and best believe it, making a mental note to chase Angelina with a stick broom if he ever saw her, the older male spoke. 

“That’s bad, sad even. Did the doctors say when his memories will come back?” Leonica shook her head at his question “So, what exactly does he remember?” 

“Not much,” Leonica said and stole a glance in the direction where Gabriel and her son was, only to find them missing Soon, however, she located them on the couch, Ashley happily seated in his father’s lap. “The doctor says he lost ten years of memories.” She further explained after peeling her gaze away. 

“Ten years,” Will pondered over the information, something clicking in the back of his mind. “Does he know…” 

As if sending the Butler’s fear, Leonica nodded. “Yes, he’s aware of Grandma’s death. I explained it to him. 

Heaving a quiet sigh, Will nodded while Leonica explained the much needed information in the next couple of minutes. When she was done, he nodded. “I understand.” 

Lap when he felt her 

And with that, they returned to the father and son duo. Gabriel looked up from the tablet Ashley was holding on his lap w presence. 

Well, it wasn’t just her presence he felt. He smelt the familiar smell of roses the closer she came. 

“Mr. Bryce, welcome home once again. W 

greeted in a more polite manner. 

Gabriel moved his gaze over to Leonica, almost missing the look she gave him while engrossed in scanning her facial features. 

The look she had given him said; I explained it all! 

Nothing more, nothing less.. 

standing, he directed his gaze back to Will and smiled, “Thank you, Will. I look forward to your care in the coming days.” 

The sale on the older male’s lips increased. “Certainly!” He exclaimed. 

“Oh, Will,” Leonica called out to him when it seemed like he was about to leave. 

“Yes, Madam?” 

Once again cringing at the title, she asked. “Would you happen to know where the photo alburns were kept?” 

“Of course.” He said and turned around, pointing up the stairs. “Mr. Bryce stored all the photos in the last room by your left down the hall. He informed. 

Nodding her head, Leonica smiled. “Thank you.” 

“My pleasure. Would you be needing anything else?” The question was directed towards all three of them. 

While Gabriel and Leonica shook their heads, Ashley piped up. “Ice Cream, can I get that?” 

“Most certainly” 

y.” Will answered with a nod 

Seeing an opportunity, Leonica suggested. “Uh, Ash, why don’t you go along with Will so that he can give you as much ice cream as you want.” 

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“Okay!” The child said and hopped off his father’s lap. Before he embarked on his journey towards the land of ice cream, he turned towards his parents one last time and asked. “Should 1 save any for you?” 

Neither Gabriel Nor Leonica knew how best to interpret that question. Should he save any for them, as in he was planning to eat the entire House’s ice cream stock? 

“No, I think your mother and I are good, you can go ahead and enjoy yourself.” Gabriel answered and with that, Ashley linked his hand with Will and disappeared soon after into the kitchen. 

Once they were alone, he turned to face Leonica who was trying to process a new question in her brain. 

Why did Gabriel even have ice cream in his house? Booze and wine, sure she could understand, but ice cream? 

“What are you thinking about?” The sound of his voice snapped her out of her thoughts. 

“Nothing” She denied. 

“Nothing? Or were you surprised by the fact that I have Ice cream in my house?” He questioned, rising a brow at her as she became speechless. “Well, you’ve got to enjoy life no matter how old you are.” He added. 

“Not you. You didn’t do stuffs like that.” Leonica muttered as she stood up, but Gabriel heard and his brows knitted, once again wondering how different he had grown to become from the version of himself be lonew 

“That’s aside,” He said, pushing the subject aside before his thoughts could spiral further than he liked. “Picture Album? What for?” “I promised to help you regain those memories of yours, didn’t i? And the easiest way to approach the situation..” 

“Is by looking back at old memories.” Gabriel completed her words, earning a nod of agreement from her as she walked towards and soon, up the stairs. It didn’t take long before he was up on his feet and following her 

Following the direction Will had given her and her ostrich like memory, Leonica found the door to the room and pulled it open. The Inside was dark, windows clothed by curtains of deep dark colors and lights switched off. She fiddled around for the switch and turned on the light as soon as she found it. 

The bulb flickered to lite, eliminating the darkness and stunning Leonica with what she saw 

The room where Will had said pictures wasn’t just filled with pictures, but much to her surprise, also her belongings. 

From boxes of familiar looking shoe brands, to her travelling bags, outing bags and clothes that she spotted from the gap if the opened 

wardrobe. 

“This,” She took the first step inside, per voice sounding breathless with disbelief as she scanned her surroundings, seeing more and more of the things she had left behind dive years ago. 

From behind her, she heard the sound of Gabriel’s footsteps stopping by the threshold of the open door and spun around to face him.. 

“You… didn’t get rid of them? Why?” 

Gabriel’s eyes glided over the belonging at her question before settling on who he suspected was the owner and despite this, asked. “Do they bring to you?” 

rds were like a pin poking a fully inflated balloon as Leonica quickly remembered that the person she was asking couldn’t 

bet question 

Peeling her gaze away and concealing the look of surprise that had overtalen her face, she spoke. “Yes, they do. But that’s not Important now. Where did Will say the pictures were again?” She questioned hersell underneath her breath, tearing through a few brown carton boxes before she spotted the dusty looking photo album. 

“Ah ha! Found you!” She exclaimed, turning around to show the object to Gabriel, however suddenly bumping into him. 

The impact coupled with the fact that she had tried to instantly get away from him, caused her to titter backwards, certainly about to fall, when Gabriel wrapped his arms around her waist and steadied her. 

“Out of all the things, I definitely didn’t expect my ex wife to be a klutz.” He joked, the sent of his peppermint breath hitting her lips hard as he chuckded. 

It was definitely the close proximity and not his handsome face, Leonica thought as she felt a wave a shivers rip through her body and prayed that the sound of the rusty old fan on the roof blanketed the sound of her heart sudden turning up its gear. 

“I’m not a klutz,” She mustered, making sure her footing was steady enough before she fought her way out of Gabriel’s arm. “You suddenly appeared behind me, what was I meant to do in a state of startle.” She stated what she believes was the obvious while and walked away while Gabriel remained where he was rubbing the past of his fingers together. 

It was hard not to do something like that when thinking about how perfectly Leonica’s tiny frame had fit with his. And her face up close, sure, he knew blondes were his thing, but fuck was Leonica gorgeous. 

“You coming?” Leonica asked from the door after noticing that he had remained still. 

The sound of her voice was enough to snap him out of his thoughts. Pushing the words of his shouting mind at him to try and take Leonica in his arms once more, to the back of his head, he nodded and walked after her. 

“Yeah, let’s go.” 

In seconds, they were back in the living room, seated in the same couch to better see the photos. 

Leonica pulled out the first album, a series of pictures from a year before they were married. The engagement, or rather, courting phase, as Leonica would like to call it. 

Lots of photos had been taken during that time as Gabriel was still oddly nice to her. He agreed to go places with her, Lila sometimes tagging along and even has romantic meals with her. During those times, they made sure to have photos taken to show Lila. 

But a slowly, the sweet times came to an end. 

Pushing her thoughts away, Leonica opened the album and they began to look through it in silence. Thirty minutes passed with nothing Positive. 

Calm yourself, Leonica thought, knowing very well that the process wasn’t a one time thing 

An hour passed and she was still with the same result. Her phone dinged, stopping her from grumbling about the less effectiveness of this method 

She reached for it and drowned when seeing that it was a message from Kennedy informing her that the CAC for the new company branch was ready and needed her approval immediately. 

“What is it?” Gabriel questioned after catching her expression. 

“It seems like Thave to go, company duty.” She said and despite the voice in Gabriel’s head telling him for object, he nodded. “Ash, 

Ashley we’ve gotta leave!” she called out to her son, closing the photo album and standing up. 

As she did so, a photo slipped from between the page and landed on the floor. Gabriel spotted it before Leonica did and reached for it. Picking it up, his brows narrowed at the female with dark hair in the picture. For some reason, it seemed like he had seen her before. 

He narrowed his eyes, staring harder at the photo, however he was soon met with a wave of painful headache that caused him to drop the photo and grab his head 

“Argh!” 

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It had taken Gabriel’s cry of pain only a few seconds to reach Leonica’s ears. She snapped her head around, a little too fast than she would like, and instantly rushed to his side when she found him clutching the side of his head. 

“Gabriel, bry, are you okay?” She questioned, placing her hand on his shoulder to steady his body that looked like it was ready to turn rigid at any given moment from the wave of pain he was experiencing 

“Hey, talk to me.” She nearly backed at his silence, not liking it for one second longer when he remained silent, groaning in the obvious pain that he was experiencing 

What the hell was going on? Lecnica thought, frantically searching his body, his face to be exact, for some sort of answer to her question 

The answer of question soon surfaced itself. But instead of coming in the form of words, a signal of him being okay or something 

e, it showcased itself in the form of a folded, line marked Polaroid camera photo of Angelina, laying peacefully on the floor 

inly havoc it had just caused. 

Abile rose up in Leonica’s throat as she started at the photo and no matter how hard she tried swallowing, the lump of thick dread retained it’s position in the back of her throat, creating an uncomfortable feeling to go hand in hand with the rising feeling of dread in her stomach. 

Even from behind bars, Angelina still found ways to create trouble in their lives. The thought was ironic and truthfully speaking. Leonica would have laughed ballistic at it, if only it had been someone else in this situation and not her. 

In her hands, Gabriel looked like he was slowly recovering, but still groaned on pain every now and then and massaged his temple in a bid to ease the pain that had racked over his brain along with the flashes of white lights 

Slowly but surely, Leonica tore her gaze away from the picture and focused on the person who truly needed her attention. 

“Hey, talk to me. How are you feeling?” She demanded, watching closely as Gabriel finally pulled his eyes open and met hers. “You okay?” She asked again and felt a weird sense of relief flood her when he gently nodded his head. 

“God,” She breathed out, taking her hands off his shoulder and slumping into the open spot beside him. 

Talk about jump scare, she thoughts while running a hand through her hair, pushing several lose strand out of her face and sighing out loudly. 

Gabriel watched her for a few seconds. Between her relieved expression, the images that had flashes in a blurry haze in his mind and the dull ache and occasional pangs by the side of his head, he was at a loss of words. 

After a few seconds however, he opened his mouth, deciding to go with the most suitable thing that crossed his mind. 

“I’m sorry for worrying you.” 

Leonidas turned to face him at the sound of his voice, she opened her mouth to respond, but paused, 

Worrying her? Did she look like she was worried about him? 

“It’s alright.” Came her response as she pushed the rest of her thoughts to the back of her mind. “What happened?” She asked even though deep down, somewhere in the back of her mind, she already knew the answer to her question. 

Gabriel was silent for a few seconds, thinking hard about the answer before his eyes spotted the very same photo he had been looking at before the wave of pain racked over his body. 

“This,” He bent down and picked the photo up, showing it to Leonica. Her expression twisted as her thoughts were confirmed. If he noticed the turn in her expression then he did a good job of ignoring it as be continued on. “I was staring at this and then sudden felt a wave of pain and it felt like something was trying to force it’s way back into my mind.” He explained. 

Memories, Leonica thought. Bad memories, the voice in the back of her head added and she gently grimace at the obvious truth. 

The memories that were trying to force their way back into his mind wasn’t ones of him and her together, neither was it of Lila, but Angelina 

Her picture alone was enough to trigger memories, unlike the hundreds of their they had looked at on the past hour. Makes sense, seeing as she was the love of his life, the voice once again added and Leonica felt a tiny pinch in her chest “Who’s she?” Gabriel’s voice stopped the conversation between she and her brain before it could carry on any longer. 

She glanced at the photo, lace contorting into a scowl the moment her eyes landed on Angelina’s face and the innocent smile she held up for the camera while standing, In the riverbanks of a beach. 

She was beautiful, that much was undeniable, but her beauty was fake. She had a heart far too black to be forgiven and that was all that 

mattered to Leonira 

“A bad memory.” She sneered, the answer making it’s way out of her mouth before she could even stop to process it 

Gabriel shot ber a look, wanting her elaborate more on her answer, more on the reason why said photo had caused his so much pain and each time he looked back at it, those brown eyes of hers looked so familiar. 

Unfortunately for him, Leonica had thought and spoken too much of their love story. Any more and it would truly make her tongue feel. like it was being rubbed against sandpaper. 

Standing up, she changed the topic. “Do you need me to call Doctor Bailey?” She cringed at her question, cursing how caring it made 

her sound. 

Gabriel was quick to take the hint that she no longer wanted to talk on the matter. Unsatisfactorily, he hugged the photo away, placing If some between the page of their own beach pictures and aquarium photos… 

thun). I’m fine now, but thank you for offering. 

Ernica nodded at his answer and stuffed her hand into her pocket, trying to get the tingling feeling that has been stuck at the tip of her finger, somehow biting painfully at the tips, ever since learning that Angelica’s phot was the cause of his sudden memory flash 

Ah, she should have felt happy, relieved that something seemed to work in the process of helping him regain his memory and shortening the time she spent with him, but for some reason, she didn’t. 

And it was because of Angelina. 

Now, there was a word for the feeling Leonica was having, but she’d be damned if she ever acknowledged it, talk less admitted it out Joud. 

“Alright.” Nodding her head, she turned around and away from him, resuming the task she had been doing before his cries of pain.” Ashley, sweetie where are you!” She called out in the direction of the kitchen. “Sweetle we have to leave, you have school tomorrow and you need to get ready.” She called out a second time when he remained silent, but this time around, much to her relief, the small child appeared, Will following closely behind. 

“Young master, please slow down.” Will tried to call out to him, but Ashley has reached his mother in seconds and wrapped his hand around her lower leg 

“Do we really have to go, mommy?” He whined.