“Mommy!” Wesley yelled as he ran into my office.
“Wesley! Hey, baby. Were you good for Aunt Rachel today?”
“Yes, he was. Wesley, tell her what we did today.”
“Oh, Mommy, we had the best day ever!”
“Oh, really? What did you do?”
“Aunt Rachel took me to the park and then we went to get ice cream and then we went to a petting zoo and then we went back to the park before we came here!”
“Wow! Sounds fun!”
“I figured he needed to be a kid for a day.”
“You know what, Aunt Rachel? You are exactly right!”
Wesley smiled a toothy smile, making me laugh.
“Hey, Wesley, how about we make your special day even more special and I’ll meet you down in the studio in five minutes.”
Wesley’s eyes lit up before grabbing Rachel’s hand and dragging her out of the room, making me laugh.
As soon as they reached the door though, Rachel froze.
“Um. You know it’s a terrible idea to be here,” Rachel said.
“Rachel, who is there? Is it Ryan?”
“Ryan?” I heard from a very familiar accent.
“Wesley, get over here right now.”
Wesley immediately ran over to me before Niall walked in, holding a pack of red roses. I immediately turned to Wesley and squatted to his level.
“Look, Mommy and Daddy need to talk about some stuff. You go back to Aunt Rachel’s apartment and Mommy will be there to get you real soon.”
Wesley looked at me, looked behind me at Niall, and then shook his head.
“He’s going to hurt you, Momma.”
“When has Daddy ever hurt me, Wesley?”
“When he left and never came back, not even for me.”
My heart broke as I saw a five-year-old who had been trying to stay strong for me this whole time.
“Let Momma fight this battle by herself, okay buddy? You worry about your own battle.”
Wesley nodded as I kissed his cheek before he ran to Rachel and both of them walked out.
It seemed as though one left, and someone else walked in.
“Eveli-”
“Ryan, go home,” I said sternly without breaking eye contact with Niall.
“Cha-”
“Shit. Tell Chase we’ll be there, we’ll just be late.”
“Oh. You must be Niall. Don’t worry. I’m gay,” Ryan said, shaking Niall’s hand before turning to me. “I’ll tell Chase to add one more.”
“Don’t.”
“Wrap it before you tap it!” Ryan sang as he skipped out.
Niall chuckled, sitting down in the seat that is in front of my desk.
“I like him, he’s cool.”
“Too bad that you won’t see him.”
“Damn, I guess these didn’t work,” he said, placing the red roses on my desk.
“Nicole tell you they would?”
“That’s her, Evelina.”
“Who?”
“The one This Town is about.”
My mouth dropped open.
“I didn’t see a wedding ring.”
“Because she isn’t married.”
“You-”
“I know. He left her at the altar.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.”
“So, why are you here? I specifically told you to not come anywhere near my son or myself ever again. You know, restraining order?” I noted, turning to start packing up.
“Honestly? I don’t give a fuck.”
“Excuse me?”
“You can tell me to stay away all you want to, but that is just going to make me get closer.”
“Wait, are you serious right now?” I asked, turning to face him.
“What are you talking about?”
“Are you trying to win me back?”
He scoffed before catching his shoes on the carpet.
“Not right now. I’m just trying to win your trust back, if you’ll let me.”
“After everything you said? No thanks.”
“I’m not saying I can. What I’m asking is for a chance. A chance to try and win you back. I won’t see Wesley until you say I can.”
“You’ll stay away from Wesley?”
“Until I get your permission.”
“And if you never get my permission?”
“Who said I was going to give up?”
I looked at him from the corner of my eye.
“Let me think about it.”
“Take your time.”
He then left, leaving me to just my thoughts.
I then called Luke’s mom.
“Thank you for calling Pat Mason, CEO of Mason Industries. May I ask whom is calling?” her assistant answered.
“Her daughter in law.”
“I’m sorry, Ms. Mason doesn’t have any children.”
“My name is Evelina Mayer. Please give Ms. Mason her cell phone unless she never wants to see her grandson ever again.”
“For goodness sakes, Evelina. Must you be so harsh? I’m still training her.”
“What’s with the getup, Mom?”
“Oh, honey, I’m fabulously wealthy!”
“What?”
“My company took off!”
“Your company?”
“Yes! I’m so excited! Now, what can I do for you dear?”
“I was wondering if you could watch Wesley for the night, but since you seem to be busy, don’t worry about it. I’ll just stay home.”
“Oh, nonsense, dearie. Honestly, a night in is exactly what a woman like me could use.”
I smiled.
“So, he can stay at your place?”
“Of course! He won’t be a problem at all!”
So, he did. Wesley was taken straight from Rachel’s to his grandmother’s, which he didn’t mind at all. He hadn’t seen her in a long time, so he missed her.
Myself? Well, Rachel and I were having a night on the town. I was going to get shit-faced and hopefully have regrets in the morning.
“So, what are we doing?”
“Getting shit-faced and then waking up regretting it in the morning sounds amazing.”
Rachel smiled.
“I was thinking the same thing.”
“Rough times?”
“Cooper is just being Cooper.”
I smiled and nodded, dragging her hand.
“Where are we going?”
“To get ready. We have to look sexy, but not too sexy.”
We then went to go get ready at my house after we both took showers and shaved.
I was wearing a simple long-sleeved black dress that had most of the back cut out and was held together by strands going crisscross. My hair was braided into a messy, formal side braid. I slipped on deep red heels that had fake diamonds going up the heel. I then put on my make-up. I started with my color corrector and concealer, before applying my foundation and primer all over my face and neck. Following that, I started on my eyes. I started with a black eye shadow and did my eyes with nothing but black and white. Following that, I contoured. As I finished, I brushed my teeth and then applied my lipstick and lip glitter.
Yes, lip glitter. My lips were a deep red with red glitter on them.
As I finished, I looked at the time and saw it was 8 PM. Perfect.
“Ready?” Rachel asked, making me look at her.
“You look hot,” I said, looking her up and down.
She was wearing a black, low-cut dress that had a cut out in the middle. She paired it with light red heels made of lace. Her make-up was light red lipstick and glittery eyeshadow. Her hair was scrunched slightly.
“Same to you. Now, let’s go.”
I left with my head held high.
I was going to let some stress off. This doesn’t make me a bad mom; this makes me a normal mom. A mom who needs a night off occasionally, but doesn’t have a man in her life to let her do that.
I gave Pat Rachel’s number in case of emergency and I didn’t answer.
I love my child. We have an unbreakable bond, but Mommy needs a night off and damn it, I’m going to get plastered.

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Hello my beautiful people!
I love all of your comments!
Now, Niall and Evelina are officially being grown adults about this and starting to talk about it. :)
Love you guys!
I probably won't update again until Tuesday, maybe late Monday. I have a lot going on.
My work told me that they wouldn't work me every Sunday, but when they did work me they wouldn't work me Sunday mornings. Well, every freaking Sunday I have worked, they have scheduled me Sunday morning. The 13th of November, they had me scheduled to work a double. I was like... um... no. A girl took it for me because that day I'm also going to see my great aunt and uncle, but I'm pissed and I'm honestly not getting paid enough for all of this stress, so I'm going to apply at the BBQ place right next door where I will be making much more, and get to wear jeans to work. I mean, I'm not a huge BBQ fan ANYWAYS, so I won't spend my entire paycheck on food at work. I'm just honestly done with my job. I really just want to quit right now.
Well, enough ranting! I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think!