Fred suddenly touched my face
and wiped my left cheek. I was crying without even knowing it! The pain of
losing your things in a fire was too much for me. Even though the house was not
all destroyed by the fire, I knew we had lost valuable items. Starting again
was going to be tough for us.
I felt a hand grab my
shoulders. I turned around and saw that it was Mike. He hugged me whispering
slowly that everything will be okay. I thanked him before he walked with Fred
to the barrier that had been put on to prevent us from getting near the building.
I could see them trying to talk to one of the officers on site but he kept on
shaking his head. I knew we had a lost whatever they were trying to have. They
turned back shaking their heads too. Fred had already inserted his hands in his
trouser pockets.
Mike came and suggested we
spend a night at his place since we had no other option. The building was now a
no go zone as investigations were already taking place. Thankfully, no one was
injured in the fire. We walked slowly to his place and found Ann sitting in
front of the television trying to sooth the baby to sleep. She jumped up when
she saw us asking a lot of questions about what happened. I didn’t know what to
say other than hugging her and crying over her shoulder. I cried for a while
before sitting down with her. By this time, Fred had already found a
comfortable part of the house and started watching the telly with Mike! Men
really amaze me!
Ann and I left them alone and
went to help her prepare for us somewhere to sleep in the extra bedroom in her
house after the baby had gone to sleep. Ann and Mike were living in a two
bedroom house which was fortunate for us as we didn’t have to sleep on the
couch. We changed the sheets and she gave me some t-shirts for us to sleep in.
I took a bath and went to bed. Fred joined me later in the night.
I don’t think I had slept for
long before I was awoken by the sounds of the baby crying. He really cried for
sometime despite the efforts of Ann trying to make him stop. I couldn’t go back
to sleep I walked to the sitting area and tried to help her with the baby.
After doing rounds for almost an hour, the baby went back to sleep. I was exhausted!
I couldn’t imagine Ann had to do this every night.
“He sure is a loud mouth.” I
said after we took the baby to his cot.
“Yes. He is loud.” Ann
replied adjusting the sheets on the cot.
“And Mike? How does he handle
the baby at night?”
“Oh that one. He never seems
to notice the noise. He sleeps throughout the episode.”
“Huh?” I asked a bit shocked.
“True. He has never woken up
because of baby cries, unless you wake him up first!”
“Jeez!” I exclaimed.
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