74 Chapter 74: Donst leave (1/2)

The instant Laurice saw Little Louie darting towards her direction, her heart melted away. Crunching down, she picked up the little child on reflex, panic-striken herself. She got misty-eyed when Little Louie started clinging around her neck with great force. Not because it hurt her. There was clearly no physical pain. And there was absolutely no way a child this fragile can hurt her, she believed.

Little Louie was that tense for some reason. Laurice felt her defenses crumbling down around him. This was already the case since the day she met Little Louie for the very first time.

Laurice, who was now lovingly hugging back the little figure,would have never imagined that she can be a softie towards a child that she almost doubted herself.

”What's wrong, sweetie?” She worriedly asked, feeling pained as well. What's the matter this time? Did he had a nightmare? Was it that scary? Thoughts keep popping up her head as she pondered deeply.

Laurice felt the child's grip tightened as he trembled slightly in her embrace. She felt a warm hand caressing her as the child kept calling out to her, even addressing her 'mommy'.

Little Louie's lips quivered but replied obediently.

”I thought mommy left already.” He said almost as if mumbling the words making it seem like he was going through a tough ordeal. He misses her. That was it. And he missed her the instant he woke up moments ago.

Laurice was stunned she could not utter a word. Ofcourse she haven't left, yet. Feeling guilty, she decided to kept still.

”Will mommy ever leave me?”

The child spoke again warily after not hearing from her that he begun to worry.

Well, Laurice will be leaving later that's a given. However, that doesn't mean she wasn't coming back anymore. Laurice was about to tell him exactly that when Little Louie started sobbing silently alongside her neck rendering her completely speechless.

Amidst the sudden outburst, nobody else understood why the child was behaving as if he was full of grievances. But Laurice, somehow along the line, knew probably why. The feelings, that being so familiar to her, she did not want to speak of it.

As Laurice patted the child's back gently, she begun humming a lullaby. But only until Laurice realized a befitting song that she eventually begun singing. It is a reminder of a promise that she once held in her heart.

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'Wish away, when you sleep

I'll be here, while you dream

You know.

I love you, I love you, I love you, I do

I loved you before I even knew you'

...

Such a soothing melody filled the room afterwards.

Laurice sung a heartfelt song in hopes of comforting the little child. And she did not fail, for Little Louie withheld his tears all the while. It was such a relief that he seems to like her singing as well. She even thought spoiling him a little more was not too bad as she begun cradling the child in her arms once again, swaying from side to side. When Laurice turned to her back, she smiled wryly at herself wondering why the song had otherwise, a neglible effect on her.

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It was unusually and awfully quiet when Laurice have finished singing. It was as if everybody went still, but barely standing their ground, including the man himself who was towering not quite a distance from the 'mother and son pair'. He seems to be at a lost. And he was at lost for words, too. Laurice's singing voice just now was melodious. Soft and sweet in his ears as if lulling him to sleep. He was so drawn to her voice, to her song, and to her beautiful demeanor. The woman amazed him every single time she does something and even with merely her presence - it was overwhelming enough, filling his heart to the brim. His eyes swelled at the sight of the woman he thought of marrying.

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When Laurice turned around, she witnessed all these. The stillness surrounding the place, and the placid expression of the other persons around. Sid, who was especially baffled, finally caught her eye. His face mellowed when the woman came closer towards his direction carrying 'their' son.