????DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH???? - Episode 44

Lena couldn’t help but smile. The lovebird completely forgot about him. She quickly replied,’ He left as soon as Ann left.’

She put her phone down after few minutes of no response, then she faced Jimmy. They continued with the wedding preparations. They looked very excited like they were the ones that are gonna get married.

“Aunt Lena with the way dad and aunt Sharon are behaving, I’m very afraid they might never get married. Should we do something to make the wedding preparations faster?,” he asked.

Lena thought of it and smiled before nodding then she glanced at Jimmy suspiciously. “Are you sure you are seven? Where do you get all the ideas and nonsense from?,” she asked him with a suspicious look.

Jimmy smiled nervously and said,“Aunt, what do you think? Don’t have weird thoughts okay? And I’m not seven… I’m seven plus.”

Lena chuckled,“What is the difference? The number is still the same. Seven… Seven plus… The numbers are the same.”

Jimmy shook his head sideways and said,“No…. No aunt. They are not the same. The plus is the difference. So it is seven plus not seven. Don’t forget to add the plus next time.”

He smiled sweetly. Lena also smiled and pulled him closer. She hugged him and he hugged tightly. “Jimmy, your smile isn’t sincere. Is it about your mother? Are you missing her that much?”

“Hmm…. Yes, I miss her everyday. Mom always had a sweet smile on her face no matter how sad or angry she felt unlike aunt Sharon who is always growling at me like an angry mother bear,” he spoke out.

Lena burst into laughter. Angry mother bear huh… She will make sure to mention that to Sharon. She wanted to say something to make sure Jimmy doesn’t have any prejudice against Sharon.

But she suddenly heard him speak again. This time so quiet. Very quiet that she almost didn’t hear.

“But I love the two of them the same way. I love Mom cause she didn’t leave because she hated me and Tia. I thought that was why she left us and dad,” he told her.

Lena smiled sadly. ‘Jimmy, you just won’t understand. What happened to Amber was bound to happen. It happened to mom and dad too. Jasper was just so lucky to escape the accident. But he wasn’t so lucky cause he lost his legs. I don’t understand who would hate us that much,’ she thought.

“Then why do you love Sharon?,” she asked him and he hurriedly shushed her.

“Aunt, don’t say that out loud. Aunt Sharon will surely tease me when she hears that,” Jimmy told her and she giggled.

“Jimmy, why don’t you practice calling her mom now so it won’t feel weird after the wedding?,” she asked him softly.

“No, I don’t want to. I feel uncomfortable calling her mother,” he confessed. Lena pat his hair and asked,“Then why do you love her? Why do you love Sharon?”

He was quiet for a while that Lena was beginning to worry that he had actually fallen asleep. “I don’t know,” he answered. Lena was stunned before insisting,“There must be a reason why. There must a reason why you love her. Are you shy to tell me?”

She said the last statement with a teasing tone. “No, I’m Jimmy Madon. I’m never shy,” he retorted.

“Then tell me why. I need to know,” she replied.

“I love her because she loves Tia. I love her because she treats Tia like her own baby. I love her because… because even if she acts mean or grouchy to me, she looks at me like mom always looked at us,” Jimmy said and Lena looked completely confused.

“How? How does she look like your mommy always look at you?,” Lena asked puzzled. This Jimmy is surely not a seven years old boy. The way he talks… The words he say confuses her that is even adult.

Jimmy sighed and said,“She looks at me with so much love in her eyes. I can feel the affection in her. At least she doesn’t look or act the way that weird doctor Ann acts.”

Actually he didn’t say the last statement out loud. He said it in his mind. Yes! Ann looks at him like she can see the key, the prize that will connect her to Jasper. She is aware of how much Jasper loves his children.

So if Jimmy could at least grow a bit of affection for her, then perhaps Jasper might start noticing her in a romantic way.

“Aunt, do you think that is why dad also love Aunt Sharon?,” Jimmy suddenly looked up at her.

Lena shook her head sideways and answered,“I can’t say. He is the only one that can answer that.”

Just before any of them could say a word, they suddenly heard that familiar scream followed by loud cries. The two of them sighed. Apparently, that is Tia’s way of saying I’M-AWAKE-WHERE-IS-EVERYONE?

Lena quickly rushed to her room followed by Jimmy. As soon as they got there, they discovered that Tia actually woke up cause of her dirty diaper.

Jimmy’s face contorted into a disgusted look as he watched her change Tia’s diaper on the baby changing station.

“Eww!! How can this small baby Tia pump out smelly stuff like this poo from her bum,” he said as he covered his nose. He even made a type of gasping sound.

Lena rolled her eyes at how dramatic he is acting. “Shut up. This is how we also changed your own smelly diapers. Your butt wasn’t even as fresh as Tia’s,” she told him.

Jimmy immediately screamed and held his small bum. He glared at Lena and said,“Aunt! I can’t believe you just said that in front of Tia. What if she tells my future girlfriend or girlfriends?”

Lena rolled her eyes as she carried Tia up. The baby now smell sweet. She giggled as Lena cooed at her.

“Shut up Jimmy. Tia doesn’t even understand what we said. Make sure you dispose her dirty diaper,” Lena teased him. His reaction was clearly worth it.

He gasped, looked at his beautiful hands before looking at the smelly diaper. He immediately turned around and ran out. “Aunt, you are so mean! I’m not gonna talk to you anymore!,” he shouted as he ran out.

Lena laughed as she picked up the diaper herself and disposed it. She then walked to the kitchen, washed her hands and prepared Tia’s milk. Not frozen breastmilk o. So as soon as she tried to give her the milk, Tia just spat it out and cried.

Lena sighed. This small baby is very cunning. This is clearly her way of saying, I- DON’T -WANT -THIS -FAKE -MILK…. I -WANT -MAMA’S -NATURAL -MILK.

Lena just carried her and walked to Jasper’s room. She mentally apologised if she might interrupt somethings… Hmm… Anything. And she was absolutely correct.

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“Do you want to sleep?,” Jasper asked as he pats Sharon’s hair lightly. “Yes, of course but how can I sleep when you are hugging me so tightly,” she answered.

“There is nothing wrong in hugging my fiancee,” Jasper replied shamelessly. Sharon rolled her eyes.

“Hey, Mr Man… Sorry, I mean Mr nation husband, you didn’t propose to me. I don’t have any ring so don’t call me your fiancee,” she retorted.

Jasper wanted to hit himself. “Goodness! I can’t believe I forgot to get you a ring. Let’s pick rings together,” he sat up and pulled her up without even asking for her opinion.

Jasper immediately fetched his iPad which was just on the bedside drawer and he opened the shopping app on it. He quickly skimmed through the rings categories.

Finally he settled on a beautiful but not eye-catching diamond ring. He showed her and she instantly fell in love with it. That was until she saw the price.

She gasped and asked,“Are you crazy? I can’t go around wearing a ring as expensive as that. No, I don’t want it. Let’s choose another one.”

“I’m the one paying for it. Not you so why are you complaining? What is so bad in letting my wife have the best of things?,” he mumbled. Cause he was looking at the iPad, he failed to see the blush and the way Sharon looked at him so softly.

An hidden emotion in her eyes. What’s that? Is she staring at him the same way she looks at Jimmy? Hahahaha, very funny.

“But the ring is too expensive. I can’t let you buy something as expensive as that for me. The guilt won’t let me enjoy wearing it,” she told him.