Could be you

Vanessa's Pov

Is this what motherhood is like? Will I get it right and not end up feeling like I have ruined my child's life?

I had questions but I couldn't risk asking mum anyone even though she was seated right next to me. How could I do that when I’d successfully ruined the image of what a good mother should be for her?

Finding out I was pregnant had not shaken mum as much as finding out how I got pregnant had done. If I could avoid talking about it for the rest of eternity, I would have. But the time for secrets and lies was long gone.

Everything was out in the open, wasn't it best for me to give them the right version? The whole truth without any lies.

My eyes slowly shifted to mum's face as tears welled up in my eyes. I couldn't forget how guilt engulfed her face when I told her the reason I hauled my ass to a club alone.

She believed the only reason I ended up having a one night stand with a stranger that led to my pregnancy was because of her. And she wasn't e