Samantha's POV:

'OUCH!' I flinched my hand away from the roses.

'You okay?' Anna quickly rushed to me.

'Yeah... I just pricked myself on a thorn' I answered. I'd receive a bouquet of roses from a radio station as a gift for co-hosting with them.

'I'll get the first aid' Anna left the room. I looked closer and examined the cut that trickled crimson down my finger.

'Here Sammie' Anna came back in the room with the kit. She took some wipes and cleaned the wound up first.

'You know what they say about roses...' Anna spoke as she wiped the blood off.'Don't be deceived by its beauty...' she unwrapped the band aid.'Cause beneath its ostentatious beauty, are its thorns and its rotten core' she applied the band aid over the cut.

She was right, sometimes you have to look beyond the aloof facade of something to see that it conceals a dark, dangerous part of itself. We misjudge some things because we are blinded and deceive by the facade, the character that it presents itself as rather than what it truly is in the inside.


Suddenly, our attention turned to the ipad on the table as a someone tried to call through Skype. I reached out for the device and flipped the cover.







'Taleiah?' I creased my eye brows surprised to see my daughter's photo on the screen.

'At this time, it's like midnight there?' Anna looked at me just as surprised as I was.

I pressed the green button to retrieve the call with video cam.The children's room was dark with the only light source coming from their night lamp. 'Mu-mu-mummmy.....' my daughter's face flashed on the screen with tears streaming down her face. 'Mummy come home' she cried quietly.

'Sweetie whats wrong? Why are you crying!?' I picked up the ipad closer and began to panicked.

'Mummy please!' she moved her face closer to the screen.

'TJ, mummy's coming home soon okay. Why are you still awake? Where's Dad?' I asked concerned.

'Mummy come home, I need you!' she begged in desperate calls instead of answering my questions.

'Sweetie, I'm very confused. Tell Mummy what's wrong' I spoke in a calm and clear voice in an effort to try make sense of the situation.


There was silence between the line as I waited for my daughter to say something.





'Da-dad' she stuttered as she hiccupped in between. 'Dad doesn't love you no more' she let out a cry.

'Huh...TJ what are you saying?' my eye brows creased at confusion.

'Lo-lo-lauren is sleeping in your bed Mummy' she divulged. It was a revelation I never expected, especially not from my kid. 'I went out and I saw them in your room' TJ explained.

'Then, then daddy and her were kissing' I felt something build up from within me. Anguish, Cheated, Abandoned.

'and I heard him say I love you' I closed my eyes for a moment as I heard the three words.'Daddy loves her, he loves Lauren' she cried. The words felt like 100 bullets shooting through my heart.


I wanted to let out the heaviness I was feeling inside, to cry and scream. But I can't. I can't cry, I can't let them my child see me cry. I have to stay strong for them. They need their Mum.
I was hurt by what I heard. How could Harry do this, better yet how could he let our child see this! But I had to put aside my own feelings and put my children first.


'Shhhh baby...' I tried to soothe my child and her whimpers. 'Hush baby, stop crying now please, everything will be okay' I tried to assure her.

'I'm going to go on the plane now okay...but you won't see me till tomorrow' I explained. Anna flashed me a surprised/confused look. My work commitments here at the states aren't over till the end of the week.

'Promise?' TJ uttered in a small voice.

'Yes baby, I'll be there in the morning' I promised. 'Where's JM?' I asked.

'He,his here' she turned the ipad to the left.

'Mum' JM spoke trying not to cry.

'Hey sweetie, are you okay?' I asked my son.

'Yes Mum, but TJ keeps crying' he replied.

'Okay, tell your sister, she has to stop crying for mummy' I asked of him and he turned to her.

'Mummy said you have to stop crying' I heard him whispered.

'JM, TJ, listen to Mummy okay' I spoke to the both of them. 'Someone's gonna come and get you and take you to their house' I explained and they listened carefully. 'You just stay in your room and keep quiet' I gave them instructions. 'Then Mummy will see you tomorrow' I said to them and they nodded. 'Okay, remember what I said keep quiet' I reminded them.

'Bye Mum' they gave me a wave.

'I love you both' I flashed them a smile. I ended the call and my two children disappeared from the screen.






The tears finally fell from my eyes. I slowly dropped myself on to the seat and stared off into space. My hands were on my knees that were trembling; still shaken up. I've just found out what was happening in my own house, from my own children, who witnessed the crime of adultery for themself.

'Sammie...' Anna's voice caught me off guard.

'We're leaving now' I wiped my tears and stood back up to face her. Most PA would normally advocate that work commitment is a celebrity's number one priority. But Anna's more than a PA to me, she understands me.

'Okay, I'll call up the pilot and make the other arrangements' she nodded without hesitation.






'Who's picking up the kids?' she asked.

Notes

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