The CEO's Return (Tracy and Alex) novel Chapter 4

Tracy

The sun shone it's light on me making me squint, I rolled on to my back and stared at the ceiling, it took a while before I remembered what happened the day before. Regrets started rushing in again, like a river of cold water making me shiver.

I should have listened to my family, now I'm a single mother and my children are fatherless, all because I didn't listen.

How is Michelle and Micheal going to feel?, That thought alone made tears fall but I cleaned it off and I stood up.

It was Sunday and I had to start preparing the children and myself for church, I couldn't afford to get lost in thought.

We got to church right on time and the children went to the children department, I fought hard to focus on the sermon but I lost the fight, I kept thinking about the magazine and the way Alex and that woman's picture sat pretty on the front cover.

I sent a silent prayer to the lord that no one would see the magazine, because I know if people in church sees it, they would be talking about it for weeks.

I didn't realize how long I was lost in thought for until everybody rose up for the closing prayer, he passed some information and everyone started leaving the church, I was about to get my children from the children department when two of the women in church blocked me.

I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes, everyone in town know Mrs Bennet and Mrs Luke are the town's gossip and seeing as they came to me, they've probably seen the magazine.

"How are you doing?" Mrs Bennet asked smiling sheepishly

"I'm fine thank you, how are you?"

"I'm fine thank you, but then are you sure you are fine darling, I mean we all read about that boy you were with few years ago, we read he is getting married." She said and my jaw almost dropped, I never read what was on the magazine, all I saw was the picture.

"Tracy? Are you sure you are okay?" Mrs Luke asked and I smiled

"Of course I'm fine, if you'd excuse me, my children are waiting." I said and I left before they could say anything else

I was sweating on the inside, I could see people looking at me and pointing fingers, it was driving me crazy but I managed to smile and wave at few people, as soon as I picked Mitchell and Michael from the children department, I hurried them to the parking lot, hoping to avoid people but unfortunately Martin was beside us before we could get into the car

"Hey"

"Hey, just a minute, Michael, Michelle please wait in the car" I said and I waited till they were in the car before I turned back to face him

"Tracy, I heard the news."

"What news?" I asked like I didn't Know what he was talking about

"Tracy you can't fool me, that news is the talk of the town, I heard it from Mrs Bennet this morning, that guy is engaged to a rich businessman's daughter."

"So?"

"Tracy let me save you this humiliation, people are talking about how sure they are that your children were birthed out of wedlock." He said and I glared at him

"Tracy, I believe you if you say you were married to him before you gave birth to your children, but then he has moved on and forgotten about you now, let me take care of you and your children, let me give them my last name, Let me..."