Chapter 22

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Five years later...........

"Joshua, come on mommy will be late, eat your veggies" Marcella begged her four-year-old son.

"But mummy I don't want to," Joshua whined.

"Okay if you eat it, I promise I will buy you your favorite banana split ice cream, on my way back"

"Really with cherries on top and sprinkles?" Joshua asked and she nodded,

"Okay, now eat your broccoli and let's go," Marcella said and he nodded.

While he was eating, she packed his lunch and put it in his backpack with his books and colour pencil.

She also carried her back and set it on the table so when they were going she would not have to go back to the room to get it.

After he finished eating, she put the plate in the sink and gave him his back pack. She looked at the door and turned on the security alarm and they got into the car. Marcella drove Joshua to preschool first and then went to work.

When she got to the office, her receptionist greeted her and her assistant. Lisa told her she had a meeting in an hour and that she had already set it up. After that, her assistant gave her a rundown of her activities for today. She sighed because it was so busy and that was the perks of running your own clothing line. Sure, there were advantages, but the disadvantages were even greater.

She rarely has time for herself, and now that Milan fashion week was coming up in just two weeks, it was going to be crazy. She would have given up on everything if not for Joshua. He was her rock and the reason she kept going was to give him the best and, in order to achieve that, she had to work hard.

She sat in her office and made some calls, then checked the list of models they had arranged for and she had to meet with Kendall Jenner tomorrow. She couldn't meet with Gigi Hadid again because she was pregnant, so she called her friend Hailey Baldwin, who said yes immediately.

"Thank you so much. You have no idea how much load you just lifted off my shoulders," Marcella said.

"Of course, what are friends for? I should be thanking you; I enjoy walking the runaway, and you are allowing me to do so, so thank you," Hailey said.

"No problem, I'm going to meet Kendall tomorrow for her fitting," Marcella explained.

"Sure, we could go on a girls' day out, and how is Josh?"

"Yeah, he is fine, he is growing up so fast. I will ask Marilyn to babysit for me tomorrow and then we will meet her afterwards"

"Okay cool, give him a kiss for me"

"Okay bye"

"Bye" The call ended.

She looked at her watch and saw that she had ten minutes till the meeting started, so she gathered her files and left to go to the meeting room and her assistant followed.

"Are the coffee and cookies there already?"

"Yes they are," Lisa said.

"Okay, make sure to take notes down"

Later during the meeting..........

"Well, I contacted Fenty and they agreed to supply the makeup for the show, and Rihanna will be there herself" Marcella said and they all agreed.

"Okay, that will be all for today," Marcella said and stood up to leave.

"Lisa bring the notes to my office," Marcella said and left.

Later that day, Marcella, around twelve, had her lunch that she kept in her bag. After a while, she replied to her emails and talked to the clothing manufacturers. She pressed the intercom and told Lisa that

"Lisa have you made the calls to the list of magazines I gave you"

"Yes, I have they all said they will make it."

"Okay, thank you and please let me know when it is two thirty"

"Yes ma'am"

Later that day, Lisa came to remind her it was two thirty and Joshua was close by two, so she had let him have fun before she would pick him up. On her way to his school, she stopped at the ice cream shop to get him his banana split ice cream. She told the mama behind the counter to make the banana more than the ocean cream because she didn't want him to eat too much ice cream.

After she paid, she drove straight to his school and picked him up.

"How was your day?"

"It was really fun. I used my color pencil to draw today."

"Oh really, what did you draw?"

"A house I will show you later if it is a surprise"

"Oh I am so excited, oh and I have a gift for you," Marcella said.

"What, what what is it?" Joshua said and bounced on his seat in the back.

She took the ice cream to her side and gave it to him.

"Banana spilt ice cream!" Joshua screamed.

"Yes, you got it right"

"Thank you mommy, I love you" Joshua said and her heart swelled.

When Joshua returned to her office, he sat on the couch to finish his ice cream, which was mostly made of bananas.She sat down on her chair and got back to work. After Joshua finished eating, she started dozing off, so she carried him to the bathroom in her office, so that he could wash his hands. Then she laid him on the couch and covered him with her jacket.

She really needs to get a blanket for her office, two in fact, she reasoned.

She carried some files and put them in her bag so she could work from her, then she woke Joshua up and told him they had to leave.She told Lisa she was leaving and she would work at home. When she got to that car, she put her seat belt on for him and put her bag in the front, then started the car.

When she got home, she parked the car in the garage and carried Joshua inside, then came back to carry their bags. When she got back inside, Noah was wide awake, so she took him to have his bath and she went to make dinner for both of them.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Pizza!"

"All right, pizza it is, oh let's make pizza bites," Marcella said, and he nodded, so she took out the pepperoni, cheese, eggs, flour, milk, baking powder, salt, Italian seasoning, and crushed red peppers.

After she finished mixing everything, she sprayed her cupcake pan and scooped the mixture into the pants, then put it in the oven, then set the timer for fifteen minutes.

She put it in the oven. Her phone rang, she took it out of her bag and saw that it was the private one and she knew who it was. She switched on the television and turned on boss baby because Joshua liked it.

While Joshua was busy watching the show, she called the number back and she picked it up immediately.

"Marcella dear, how are you?"

"I am a fine mother, how is everyone?" Marcella said to her mother.

"Oh, you know, we still miss you; how is Joshua? Can I talk to him?"Her mother said and she felt bad that her mother had to ask before she could talk to him, if only things were different.

She remembered after she had given birth to him, she called her mother and told her everything. Her mother cried on the phone and ended it. She felt so sad. Then a day later, her mother called her and everyone was present, her dad, Marco, Ally, Pagolo, even Carlos.

She asked her mother some questions about motherhood and her mother begged her to tell them where she was. She said no and hung up. Funny enough, if they wanted to know where she was they would have found out. They just had to respect her decision. One month later, her mother called her again to ask about her health and the baby, so since then they started calling each other every now and then. Sometimes she would talk to Ally and Marco, but never to Carlos.

Being a mother was really hard and people needed to know that. It wasn't easy at the beginning, but she got the hang of it. That's just motherhood. No one is even ready.

So, since then, she has kept in touch. Sometimes her parents would talk to Joshua and at the end of the day he would end up asking if he could visit them. She also told her parents about her business and how successful it had become over the years.

"Yeah, sure let me take the phone to him," Marcella said.

"Okay, let me get your father and Pagolo. Unfortunately Marco is not around"

"Yh, Joshua grandma wants to talk to you," Marcella said and his face lit up.

"Granny?" Joshua said and she nodded, then gave the phone to him.

"I am fine, Granny and you"

"Yes we are making pizza, now"

"I love you too,"

"Grandpa, yes I am fine"

"Yes I am a big boy, OK bye" Joshua said and gave the phone to her then went back to the TV.

"Hello father, I am fine. How are you?"

"Good, when will you visit? I'm not getting any younger, you know and my birthday is next week, won't you visit"

"Father, please let's not talk about this now okay, let's just catch up. How was your day?"

They talked for a while, then she hung up the phone.

She went to bring out the cupcake pan from the oven, then took the pizza bites out of the holes and put them on their plates, then added some parsley. She took out the Marinara and poured it into a bowl and took it to the living room.

They both ate as they watched TV. When they finished, she took the plates to the sink and washed them. Then she helped him with his homework. After they finished his homework, she took him upstairs and put him to bed by reading him his favorite story.

When he slept off, she kissed his forehead then went to take a shower. After she took her shower, she wore her robe then took out her laptop to work. Hours later, she felt sleepy and went to bed, thinking about whether it was time for her to visit her family.