My Baby My Girl

Episode 20

Sean checks his time it was already 10pm.
Three more hours to midnight. He sighs
“And you can’t give me a time frame?’”‘
“No sir,I don’t make predictions, I only manage a taxi company and at the moment we can’t get you one now sir. We can send you one in the morning unfailingly, that I can promise”‘
Sean is shaking his head. “It’s fine, thank you”‘

He really can’t go out in this rain, even if he
wants to risk it, he can’t drive with the pain he
has right now.

Most importantly how does he tell Megan.
Megan comes out with Kiki hanging on her
shoulders with a towel wrapped around her, kiki
is clapping her hands in excitement, her sneezes
come in tiny feats..

Sean sighs “I can’t get a taxi, none are available not for the next couple of hours”
Megan pauses, her frown was felt before she
turns..”Not one? How can that be, can- can’t
they send anyone? I mean you can’t stay here,
this is my home, my little girl. No, I think you
should leave, I can’t have a stranger in my
house overnight”

“I really wish I could, I totally can’t drive with
this pain” he touches his back…

Maybe she thought he was lying. He wasn’t, he
didn’t fall on purpose, he didn’t get his back
slammed on the ground under the rain that can
make him sick just because of what?

To stay over at a woman’s place who has a
child.What for? He has no romantic feelings
attached to her neither is he attracted to her so
there was no ulterior motive, it was an accident,
unplanned and now this predicament but as
soon as the rain subsides and he feels better, he
would leave.

He sneezes again.

Megan has an expression on her face,
unreadable.

Damnit damnit damnit!!!

God would I be terribly mean to tell him I don’t
care and have him go out under the rain, pain or
not, and leave him in his car. He can sleep there
right. I will give him a blanket and tea too.
Yes!

I don’t want him here.

“Look, I will sleep on the couch, floor whatever.I
just need to disturb you for tea, and a warm
bath. The cold isn’t my friend at all, I don’t want to fall sick in your house”‘

“‘I get really sick too Uncle Sean, mummy
covers me with everything, then rubs something
hot on my body, right mummy? Mummy, you
will give Uncle Sean too right?” she turns
looking at her mother, then she looks back at
Sean “It’s really hot, I scream and I cry. But
mummy says it makes me feel better and in the
morning, I feel better, I jump and play” she claps her hands giggling

“What is that, heat balm?” Sean directs the
question to Megan.
Silence

“Stop jumping on my body Kikina”
She didn’t like this, she didn’t like this one bit.
“You can use the bathroom, there is the kitchen
you can serve yourself tea” Megan says, she
wouldn’t want him to change in her small living
room or have Kiki run into him changing.
Sean nods, watching her disappear into the next
room, getting into the toilet, he strips, spreading
his wet cloths on the hanger… he stares at his
back on the mirror, from his waist he notices the
result of his fall, it was slightly swollen, he
winces in pain as he touches it… he wouldn’t
mind that heat balm one bit.

He takes a warm shower, trying to avoid looking
at her undies hung in the toilet. They were pretty
undies… does she wear matching undies or she
mixes. Hmm, he liked the red one and the pink
one, and the white ones… how would she look in
those he wonders… even with her cloths on, if
he has to admit, she did have a nice body,
perfectly shaped and all. She definitely would
look super great when she is wearing nothing
but her undies…

Stop it Sean!.

He mentally slaps himself.

Stepping out of the shower, wincing in pain in
every movement, he turns to look at his back
again.. it felt like the swelling was gaining
momentum, he tries to rub it but the pain felt
like lightning bolts shooting through his body.
He is staring at it, willing it to go away…
“Disappear swelling,disappear!!”

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Megan comes out of the room with the heat
palm in her hand, her tiny living room was quiet,
he wasn’t there. No noise, even the shower in
the bathroom wasn’t on.

Did he leave. Did he really leave?

There was no sign of him anywhere.

She has been inside the room with kiki, trying to
put her in bed, it’s been over an hour.

Maybe he braced the rain and left, she would
check if his car is still here, but let her hang
Kiki’s towel in the bathroom and wash her hands off the heat balm so she doesn’t rub her eyes or her tush with it by mistake, she wouldn’t want to be dancing the primantis dance tonight.

She grabs the door nobe,turns and pushes it
open stepping forward.

First shock, then realization then profound
embarrassment,s he screams turning around
almost immediately.

“Oh my God! I am so so sorry” she exclaims
closing her eyes Sean who had been staring at the mirror,

backing it because he was looking at his swollen
waist had his front facing the door, dripping wet
to the floor and still naked. As soon as the door
opens and he heard a scream he turns to look
at Megan ,her eyes nearly popping out of their
sockets, he quickly covers his member with both
hands..

“Christ!!” He exclaims
“Why didn’t you lock the door, I am so sorry.
Goddamnit! I have four year old daughter Sean,
what the hell is wrong with you?” she fumes
“There wasn’t any lock, I tried and… I didn’t
think anyone would barge in knowing I was
taking a shower!!”‘

“You say I did it on purpose?” Megan threw off
her shoulders, s–t!! She remembers her toilet
door doesn’t have a lock, she never has men in
her house, never saw the need to fix it when it
got bad, still, he didn’t have to stand naked
there”

“No! I didn’t say so, I am just saying… oh never
mind” Sean says reaching for the towel and
wrapping himself, while she backs him.

“Can you put some cloths on please, I thought
you left and… oh never mind” She breaths
holding her head

“I am tying the towel, it’s safe to turn”
She does so slowly “Cloths would have been
nice, I gave you a tracksuit”‘
“You would have to excuse me so I dry myself
and wear it” he says, durh!!

“Whatever!! Need to wash my hand from the heat balm” she,c learly uncomfortable steps into the bathroom..

“‘Can I have it please, I think it would help with
the swelling,s ee?” he turns to show her
She does look, frowning, okay, that was a nasty
swell, no wonder he could hardly stand straight,
won’t be able to sit and drive either.
Whatever! he shouldn’t have insisted on driving
them home.

“Here, take it”‘
He does, putting some in his hand.. not able to
reach he struggles with the pain with
stretching,..Öuch!! owww!! Damnit”‘
She grabs it from his hands “Just turn so I can
help you with it”‘

“No I can, I just have to-“‘
”Turn!!”‘
“‘Okay””

He does so, holding onto the door, he spreads
the hands

“it’s gonna sting, so hold on tight”
She felt his body tense and rigid as she applies
the heat balm, rubbing it in, he swears a couple
of time, she could feel him shaking, was it out of
pain or cold.

He sneezes again.

He really was going to catch a fever. Done with
his swelling waist, she straightens up “rub it
over your chest” she says, looking at her hands
with more heat balm on it, sighing she spreads
it across his back, then goes to wash her hands
and leaves.

“Thank you, it’s burning hot but thank you”‘
Sean says coming out to meet her brewing hot
chocolate tea. She gives him a cup, nods and
leaves
Done, he lays on the chair for a while staring at
the Tv, then he falls asleep.

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He wakes up to someone playing with his face,
he opens his eyes to see Kiki, with lipstick and
eye shadows, she is giggling “Hi Grandma”!! she says giggling, she gives him the mirror
Sean takes it and looks at his face, more like Hi
Gorilla!!! He drops the mirror and looks at Kiki
“I look hideous, like a monster. Do you know
what will happen right now due to what you have
done?”

She shakes her head
”I am going to eat you up!” he roars, Kiki happily screams and made to run, he grabs her and swings her over his shoulders and runs around the small house with her… round and round and almost bumps into a stiff obstacle standing at the doorway.

“Put my daughter down!!” Megan’s eyes is
blazing