The CEO's Return novel Chapter 6

Tracy

There is no way my salary would be enough to pay our bill, rent, the children's school fees, and other necessary bills, the money I saved had been used up and I needed to find another job, so I started making enquires for any position at all, I submitted applications letters but only one company looked promising.

It's a new company in town for a different purpose, you can find almost anything there, but then looking promising is not enough, I pray they pick me because if they don't I'd have to go to my family and ask for money.

I don't want to result in that, they've done so much for me including rendering financial support when I was pregnant and when I was moving into the house with my children, I don't want to put my burden on them, that's why I'm praying that the company gives me the job, then I would be able to support myself and my children, probably save up to buy my own place too.

I have decided to move on with my life, I have to admit that I didn't know part of me was still waiting and yearning for Alex, I was waiting for my husband to come back and apologize to me, I was waiting for my husband to come back and declare his undying love to me, like the heroes in the books I read do, they always come back to their love, they always live happily ever after, but then I was wrong, the fact is that I don't have a husband and it took seeing Alex engaged to another woman for me to realize that, Alex coming back is now a fantasy, another woman now hold his affection and there is no hope for us being together again.

I wonder what I did to Alex, I want to know why he had to marry me just to jilt me barely twenty-four hours after, I want to know what I did to deserve all Alex did to me, is it because of my body? Was that what he wanted? Was I below his standard, why would he do that to me?

Different thoughts were running through my head, tears began to fall, I was alone at home since the children were in school already so I didn't bother to clean my tears, I let them fall freely.

What did I do to Alex? Why did he leave me? Am I so despicable? Am I a pushover like I was always told in school? I couldn't just stop thinking.

My phone rang shattering my thought, I cleared my throat then I picked it.

"Tracy Jones, who is on the line please?" I said.

"Mrs. Johnson? This is Mr. Brown from Michelle and Michael's school, we need you at the hospital please." He said desperately.

"What?!, what happens? how are my kids? I hope nothing is wrong?" I said grabbing my bag and car key at the same time heading out.

"Calm down Mrs. Johnson, I would send you the hospital's location now." He said before hanging up.

I drove as fast as I could to the hospital not bothering to follow the speed limit, if anything happens to any of my children I can run mad, anything can happen so I sincerely prayed that nothing was wrong with my children.

As soon as I got to the hospital I parked the car and rushed inside, thankfully I sighted the headmaster at the reception the moment I entered.

"What happened to my children?" I asked moving close to him and grabbing his hands, my heart was beating hard against my chest and I was hoping it was not what I was thinking.

"Calm down Mrs. Johnson, I would explain." He said nervously.