IN DENIAL

PAULA

I walked up and down the room with baby Michaela in my arms. She is asleep, but I really enjoy having her in my arms. Yes, Carolina gave birth to a baby girl a few hours ago, and she looks just like her mamma. It is a pity that Bruce is the father; Gosh, I hate that guy. To even imagine that I once dated him makes my skin crawl. Thank God, I never gave myself to him that much.

Carolina is asleep. Oh, she can sure scream. I thought movies were exaggerating when a woman giving birth screams, but I saw and heard it myself today, and it is a real thing. How much more painful can giving birth be? It is flipping scary!

“The sun will come out tomorrow

Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow

There’ll be sun”

I softly sang to the baby when she cooed. I never imagined Carolina as a mother I mean, we were both far from that but now that it happened, it is really beautiful. This made me realise how much I would also love to be a mother someday.

The door opens and the person I never wanted to s