They both professionally sat in the living room, the test came back, it was a match, but still at the moment Clara was adding up what she owed the woman before even getting her boats a float. She kept glancing up at the woman then back down at her big piggy bank, “there is over ten thousand inside this piggy bank, would you like me to break it?”
“You have all this money and you weren’t using it to feed yourself?”
“Well, shit happens, right now, I am paying you. Hopefully my husband doesn’t come back before getting that damn envelope though.”
“It’s going to be just fine, in the meantime, maybe we should have coffee some time.”
“That sounds..good, is there a specific place?”
“Don’t you worry about the place, or the price. Just let me help.”
Clara watched as she stood up, her coat not far from the ground now, “it was nice to meet you Clara. I hope that we can get to know each other in nicer terms.”
“I hope so too.”
It was getting too quiet for June, she looked around the house some more, “how about I take you out tonight? I heard your stomach was rumbling earlier. I’d hate for you to pass away overnight before getting to know you a lot better, then maybe I could help you find a job?”
Clara would have told her now, that they had stepped over the boundaries, but out of all people in the entire world, her Mother ended up being her lawyer. Honestly she was more than hyped about it, her Mother turned out to be a nice paid woman who has a husband. “I’d love that!” Her eyes lit up, it had been a while since she had gone out with someone, not a date or in a romantic way, she just needed out of the house.
So Clara went out with June, they sat at a table reading labels of food from the menu, Clara couldn’t help but beam into how much the food was. “No bother Clara, just let me get it.”
Clara tipped her glasses to her nose giving the lady a serious look, but her silly act ended shortly after noticing her best friend coming in with her husband and the baby. Her stomach turned into a big knot. “Oh my goodness! Clara!?”
It’s not like she gets out much, so seeing her out at a restaurant with someone was very surprising to the young couple. “Ohh..hey Nicky. Mike..”
She wasn’t going to look at the baby, her eyes fixed onto the menu once again. “So, being that you are my God parent of the baby, could you watch over him?”
“M-me? N-now?”
Now she got Clara’s full attention. “Well you see we were planning on having a date tonight.”
“I..”
“Sorry, but she is busy tonight,” June stood up, holding her hand out to the woman, “hi, I’m June, Clara’s Mother, at the moment I am feeding her because she hasn’t eaten in over a week, and her doctor said it isn’t healthy. At the moment Clara and I are getting to know each other.”
“This is your Mom?”
“Well, if I’m sure Clara wouldn’t mind babysitting her just for a couple hours,” Mike followed along after. “Plus he gots everything he needs, Clara.”
June kept giving a look to Clara, she couldn’t say no, if she did a whole lot of drama would start, but she couldn’t bear to look at this baby not now, not after what her three years have been like. “I’d love to-”
“Then it’s settled. Here he is, and we will be across the street at the movies.”
“N-no I mean-” She began to stutter as they walked right on off leaving the baby sitting next to her. They walked right out of the restaurant, it was like they knew she was there and so happened to just dump off their baby on her just to go out and watch a movie. Clara couldn’t think again, her mind jumbled. “Clara, are you okay with this?” June tried reaching out to her, getting her attention to come back. “I’m fine..”
The tiny thing started balling it’s eyes out, “well I sure would have loved to..stay but it seems I have babysitting to do. I’ll..just go home.”
“No, I don’t think you should drop what you're doing now just because they dumped their baby on you.”
“No, it’s fine..I...