Love Over Everything — Chapter 29

This was one of the times Naomi wished she had some sort of superpower that would make She, Tyler and her car disappear to her apartment.

She increased her pace with Tyler in her arms, pretending not to hear that someone was calling her.

“Someone is calling you mama.” An innocent Tyler informed Naomi. She ignored what he said and adjusted him in her arms, making his head rest well on her shoulders, enough to hide his face.

Her goal was to settle Tyler in his car seat and drive straight out of her parents’ mansion but tears welled up in Naomi’s eyes as soon as she noticed her car key was missing in her purse.

“God, please do something, I’m not ready for this.” She sobbed internally but she was too late because Sarah caught up with her.

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Sarah smith stepped outside the mansion to receive an incoming call. Upon seeing Naomi, She terminated the call halfway through the conversation.

As soon as she called her name, She noticed Naomi increased her pace towards the car park.

Sarah increased her pace too, hoping to catch up with her eventually. She had no idea what she was going to say to Naomi but she wanted to look into her eyes and see how she was doing.

Sarah felt and still feels guilty for what happened, she feels guilty for trusting someone else over her son, she feels guilty about the fact that she created an atmosphere where her son could not come clean to her that for the first time in his life he had fallen in love with a girl and that girl was Naomi. She only got to know about his interest in Naomi after Vivian’s confession.

“Naomi.” Sarah greeted nervously.

“Oh, Hi Sarah, ” Naomi replied to Sarah’s greeting with a forced smile as she patted Tyler’s back. His face was turned to the other side so Sarah could not see much of the little boy.

“You sound nervous, You okay?” She asked, hoping her presence was not making her uncomfortable.

Naomi bit her lip and nodded.

Sarah noticed the boy Naomi was carrying. He should be the same age as her granddaughter, Zoe. She was tempted to ask if he was hers but she didn’t want to pry. He might just be a friend’s son that she was babysitting.

She saw how uncomfortable the boy was in her arms as if he wanted to come down or something.

Sarah chuckled, “I think he wants you to put him down. Is he yours?” She asked before she could stop herself and she mentally facepalmed. ‘She and Anna were friends so she would have known if Naomi has a child.’ She thought.

Naomi did not intend on denying Tyler was hers so she kind of avoided Sarah’s question. “His name is Tyl.....” She was saying but stopped when Tyler broke free.

“Mommy, I want to Pee.” He said to Naomi and then Sarah saw his face.

Sarah froze!!!, Her cell phone fell from her hand. Though it was nighttime but not too dark to recognize the face she was looking at; Christopher’s face, the little boy was a replica of Chris.

She opened her mouth to say something as her eyes went from Tyler’s own to Naomi who was looking everywhere else except Sarah but words failed her.

Sarah, who was still in shock swallowed painfully before she whispered.

“Why???”

“Why did you keep him away from us?” She was a hundred percent sure Chris was unaware of the little boy who was looking at her curiously.

“I.....I have to take him to the restroom.” Naomi replied almost immediately and vanished with Tyler.

Even though Sarah was outside in the open-air, she felt like someone was choking her. She leaned against Naomi’s car to catch her breath.

If she hadn’t seen the little boy with her own eyes, she would have found it hard to believe he existed.

Naomi met Linda at the entrance of the mansion. “I was coming to give you your car keys.”

“It doesn’t matter anymore because I think I’m ruined.” She said and started to walk towards the bathroom with Tyler.

“What do you mean?” Linda asked, confused, trying to catch up with her.

Instead of using any of the bathrooms downstairs, Naomi changed her mind. She took Tyler to the bathroom in her room. That way, she was sure of avoiding Sarah.

Tyler did his business and they were out of the bathroom in no time.

“Sarah saw him and recognized him. I have no doubt she’s going to tell her son. Maybe I should run away with Tyler for a while...”

“What????? You’re not going anywhere, Naomi. Running away from your problems will only make things worse."

“I know, I’m just afraid of how Christopher is going to react. I’m afraid he’s going to despise me.”

“You kept his son away from him for four years, of course, he’s going to freak out. I assure you he’s not going to be mad at you for too long because he loves you. I’m sure he will understand when you explain your side of the story.”

•••••••••••

What’s the matter, honey? You’ve been quiet.” Julius asked his wife, he took her right hand in his and then gave it a light squeeze. He knew something was bothering her.

They left Roland’s birthday party a few minutes ago and they are on their way to their hotel. The driver occupied the front seat while Mr and Mrs Smith got comfortable in the passenger seat.

Sarah looked into her husband’s eyes.“I saw Naomi....”

Julius cut her off with a smile. “Oh Naomi, I was looking for her but unfortunately, I didn’t get to see her. I wanted to congratulate her since I never got to do so when she gave birth to her son. Roland told me the day she gave birth to him. You know, he was happy he was finally a Grandfather. What about Naomi is making you concerned my dear?" He asked his wife.

“The day she gave birth? Roland informed you?, How come I never knew about it?”

“I told you, don’t you remember?”

“I do remember you saying something about Ronald and Anna becoming grandparents but I thought it was Luis whose girlfriend gave birth.”

“You probably didn’t pay attention to the details because you were pretty occupied fussing about Zoe.” he mocked.

Sarah sighed, “The child Naomi gave birth to is our grandson.”

Julius gave his wife a ‘Are you okay look.’ He started to think she drank too much at the party.

“A...are you Serious? If he was ours Roland would have told me even if Naomi refused to tell Chris.”

“He is our grandchild, Julius. I saw him earlier and I wish you did too. He’s a replica of our Christopher.”

“I thought the same thing too. Anna would have told me but after my conversation with her, She made me understand Naomi did not reveal who Tyler’s father was.” Julius nodded, encouraging his wife to continue.

“It all makes sense now. She did her best to avoid both of us at the party. I saw her at a distance but she disappeared before I got to where she was. Fortunately, I caught up with her when she was trying to escape. At first, I thought my presence was making her uncomfortable because she was very nervous.”

“Are you sure about this Sarah? What did Naomi say about it?”

“I’m sure my love, the resemblance told it all. Naomi could not even look into my eyes to answer my question.” She replied.

“I received a call from Roland about four years ago, he shared the good news with me but it did not seem like good news to me because I was hoping Christopher will get back with Naomi. Never did it cross my mind that the child she gave birth to was our grandchild because Christopher told me nothing happened between them that they were only getting to know each other before Vivian interrupted their relationship. I thought of telling Chris but I couldn’t bring myself to do so. I thought by not telling him, I would save him from further heartbreak because I concluded that Naomi does not feel the same way about him. Besides, Zoe was just a few weeks old then and Chris had a lot on his plate.”

He continued, “However, I think you’re right. Earlier tonight, Roland showed me a picture of his grandson, Tyler and all I could see was Christopher’s face. I thought I was hallucinating.”

Sarah reached for her phone in her purse. “I’m calling Chris.......”