“Let’s go eat, shall we?” Maya said, with a sweet smile; much to the child’s surprise, who got excited and nodded his head, thinking that his dream keeps getting better and better.
While Noah knows that a dream will have to end eventually, he learned it when his mother used to wake him up, every time he gets to the best part of the dream, but for this dream, he doesn't want anyone to wake him up or pull him out of it, because it's the perfect fantasy, he always wished for.
Entering the kitchen, she noticed how empty and dark it is, with is no source of light in the living room or the area surrounding it, the walls are grey or white, bringing a depressing vibe to the house, there is no colorful ness to this place; a not so good environment for a child to grow up in. To make matters worse, the fridge was half empty, with only a few ingredients inside of it, like some eggs, an expired bottle of milk and a carrot.
“We have to go to a convenience store.” Lennon said, from behind her, taking her by surprise and scaring her a bit. "You almost gave me a heart attack." She said, putting her hand on her chest, feeling it beat faster than it should be.
Lennon apologized for scaring her, as Maya dismissed and said. “But we don’t know where it is and we can’t leave him alone.” They both glanced at the boy sitting on the chair, silently, while swaying his legs.
“Should we ask him?” Lennon said, seeing the kid as their only option, both of them didn't know anything about this world and Nova didn't tell them anything either, but the boy has been living here, since his birth basically, so he must know.
“Two grown ups asking a kid for directions? What are we, pedophiles?” Maya didn’t like the idea, it reminded her of those tv shows, where adults disguise as kids, to catch pedophiles who are planning to kidnap or harass their next target.“Why don’t you come up with a better idea? That Nova thing didn’t give us a map or anything, we don’t even have phones.” Lennon said, but in fact they do have phones, in the drawer in their room, but they didn't know that because their child suddenly came in the room, not giving time to look around and explore.
“Fine.” Maya agreed, with immense unwillingness filling her heart.
“Why are saying it with bitterness?” Lennon asked, with narrowed eyes. “Because I don’t want to ask a child for something like this, he probably doesn’t know anyway.” Maya gave Lennon a dirty look, then went to talk to the little boy.It was unexpected, but he knew, so she embarrassedly asked him, to take them to it and he agreed with a huge smile on his face, wanting to spend time with his parents, which usually never happens.
As Maya was about to step out of the house, Lennon stopped her and told her to change; and when she was about to ask why, she looked at her dress, noticing how much it showed her cleavage and legs. She quickly left to change, leaving the father and son duo alone.
“Hey.” Lennon said, in a low voice. He has siblings, he knows a thing or two about children, but he never raised one; it won't be that tough, right? Just feed him and give him love and care, doesn't sound that hard.
“Hello, Mr. Freya.” The child said, with a slight bow.
“You……you can call me dad.” Lennon said, a bit weirded out by the overly respected name and tone.
“But rules?” The child asked, titling his head, a bit confused.
“There are no rules no more, you can call me dad and call her, mama.” Lennon said, pointing at Maya coming down the stairs.
“Papa too?” The child asked, shyly.
“You can call me that if you like it.” Lennon said, breaking in a smile.
“Thank you, papa. Noah is very happy.” He said, kissing his father’s cheek and hugging him tightly. Lennon hugged him back, his arms being too big for his frail body, in that moment, he promised himself, to protect Noah and give him the best life he can get.
Maya stared at them from a distance, hesitating to approach them or let them have their moments, but once she heard Noah’s stomach grumble, she decided that it was time to go; she tapped on Lennon’s shoulder, telling him that she is ready.
Before they got out, Maya handed Lennon a car key’s she found on his night stand, along with a wallet, with too much cash and too many credit cards, making them wonder, if these people are so rich, why weren’t they feeding their own child?
It would have been really helpful if they had some memories, to get some context, to why they are treating their own blood and flesh like a slave, but their heads are empty, with only the memories of their own life, for now.
As they were sitting in the car, Maya had an idea, to go to a café, instead of buying things and making food, because that will take too long.
“What do you think?” Maya asked Lennon, looking at his direction.
“I agree, we are really hungry, right Noah?” Lennon said smiling, glancing at the mirror, trying to get Noah to speak a bit and not stay awfully quiet.
“Yes!” Noah said, excited to eat at such an early hour in the day, because he usually eats at 12 pm then at 9 pm and that's it, but now that changed!
“We are going to most delicious meal for the cutest Noey in the whole world.” Maya said, coming up with a nickname on the spot, as she turned to look at Noah with a cheerful smile.
“Who is Noey?” Noah asked, with a pout, thinking his parents are going to give it to someone other than him.
“You.” Maya said, tickling him and making release a loud giggle, giving them an aww moment and a smile.
Once in the café, everyone’s eyes were on them, on Lennon to be exact, the famous actor and idol, who every girl dream of dating him and becoming his wife, but why is he with a woman and a child? Is it his wife and son? That’s a big scoop! The family of three didn’t notice the eyes following them, but Maya sure did notice someone taking a picture of them, making her uncomfortable and tightly hold Noah’s hand as she told him to look down. She didn’t tell anything to Lennon, letting him order them their food, waiting to tell him when they sit down, without anyone around. As soon as the waitress left, who kept glancing at them even after she left, Maya gestured Lennon to come closer and told him about the others looking at them and taki
“What do we do now?” Lennon asked, still trying to get some personal space and finally getting it, when Maya noticed how suspicious they looked and the cameras pointed at them. “Run and wait for someone to call you, because you must have a mana.....” Speak of the devil and he will show up, that’s exactly what happened, well not exactly, nobody showed up but someone called, the phone they have rang and the caller id is husband’s manager. They now know the owner of the phon
Lennon got the location to the company, he is working under, from the internet, and as he parked the car, he looked for the entrance when he suddenly heard someone bang on the car’s window, it was a girl, screaming at him for cheating on her, making him realize that news ran faster than electricity, so the news about his wife and son is already out, and made him also think that he had a girlfriend, that he didn’t know about and lied to, while in fact the girl was merely a fan, who felt entitled to Lennon, as if she owned him and he was her boyfriend. As he was about to step out of the car and apologize to her for apparently cheating on her; two men in a black suit walked up to the car, and told the lady to step away before they use force
Lennon theory came out to be true, because as soon as Noah woke up, he sleepily rubbed his eyes and told Maya he was hungry, while requesting a hug, by extending his arms towards her. She picked him up and gave him a kiss, she walked to the kitchen, where she left her phone and purse, that she have been going through for quite a while now, since Noah was asleep. "What did you like to eat?" Maya asked, she already searched the internet for any close by takeout restaurant and their are plenty of them. "Burger!" Noah said with enthusiasm, throwing his hands in the air, his eyes lighting up, remembering how delicious his friends made it sound.
Noah ended up sleeping, after a few minutes of her singing, she kissed his head and carried him, to her and Lennon bedroom, since she didn't know any other rooms and didn't want to bother him by her moving around, as she already bothered him by carrying him. As she walked down the stairs, she saw Lennon struggling at the door, with a million of bags in his hands, so she quickly went to help and criticize his technique of carrying things. "Why not carry them one by one?" "Because there are a lot and I am tired, you try getting screamed at by five old men and angry middle aged woman, then chased around by girls for forty minutes." Lenno
After their emotional moment, Lennon decide to cheer up the mood, by telling his wife and son he bought a board-game, that they can play right now; Noah excitedly jumped on his bed, then got carried away by Lennon on his back, downstairs while Maya followed behind them with equal cheerfulness. Playing together, gave them so much laughter and fun, excluding the few times Lennon and Maya fought, calling each other cheaters when the other wins, while Noah was having the best time of his life. At one point, Maya had enough and got up, acting irritated and fuming with angry, while in reality, she only got up to leave room for Noah to play and for her to make dinner, since it's 8 pm.
Two months and a half later, Maya was making breakfast for Lennon and Noah, while the both of them were sleeping together, in Noah's room; time passed quickly, quicker than Maya thought, these two past months have been fun, Noah is a sweet boy and is really helpful all the time, he makes hard for her to take care of him, but she can notice the difference between that day and today, he smiles more and has a bright auto around him, he also gained a lot of weight, he is no longer like a stick, he is slowly transforming to a cute panda and she full support that, since for her, chubby kids are the best kids. Everything has been normal these past few weeks, if you exclude their morning routine, Lennon occasional odd behaviors and the death threats she has been getting from 'fans', who didn't believ
While on the road, they occasionally stopped to get a snack, thinking that it will have no harm on the mission; not knowing, this mere act of his, will be the cause of proving Maya's innocence and getting her out of the problem, they will create, to drag her down. Maya's luck that day was through the roof, thanks to something or someone called Nova, because Lennon's call went through and the phone was answered, giving him access to find her, but it was too late when he did. The person arranging everything, glanced at his phone, looking at the clock, 'it's time for her to wake.' He thought as he looked at the camera, whe