My Lost Family

I walked into the elevator then it filled up as I moved back to allow others in as my partner Chris Walker stood next to me. He was ramming on about chick that he screwed last night. I kept the eyes on the door when it started to close. I heard a familiar voice shout out, “Please hold the elevator.” A man placed his arm out to opened the door.

The woman walked into the elevator as my eyes went wide. Fuck, it is Mariah. I haven’t seen her in almost four years. I met her at a club when dancing turned into get into my hotel room and let me fuck you hard in Vegas. I wonder what she is doing out here, in Boston.

Chris looked up at me as he leaned to me, “Wait, that is that chick from the club four years ago in Vegas.” I nodded as I heard everyone grunt as there was a little boy that just light up all the numbers on the elevator. Fuck, I have a meeting to get to.

Mariah blushed as she leaned down moving her brown hair behind her ear, “Ethan, you can’t do that.” She looked over the elevator as she smirked. What is she doing and who the hell is Ethan? I couldn’t see who she was talking to, so it had to be a kid. Wait, does she have a son?

I could see her finger hold down the close button then pressed the first number that was light up then released. The elevator started to move as she pressed the other numbers that was light up.

She turned around and picked up a little boy into her arms. I froze when he looked in my direction. Fuck, he got to be about three years old. My blonde hair and her blue eyes. Chris leaned towards me, “Fuck, Liam. He looks just like you.” I whispered back to him, “I know.” He looked up at me, “Do you think?” I shrugged my shoulders, “I didn’t know she got pregnant.”

He shrugged his shoulders, “Well, you didn’t give her your real name, either.” I shook my head as I sighed, “I know. I fucked up and if he is mine then I lost all that time.” He nodded as he tilted his head as the little boy smirked over to everyone, “You need to find out.” I cleared my throat, “I know.”

The elevators opened to the third floor as she left the elevators as Chris and I push through the crowd to follow her. Do I have a son? We got to the door when they close. Fuck.

She is on the level where there is a daycare center for employees out the building. I looked at Chris, “You think she works in the building?” He shrugged his shoulders, “I will ask around.”

I nodded as we got to the tenth floor. If she is an employee of someone in the building, then I can take a look into the daycare just to make sure that it is running okay and if they need anything. I do own the building; my presence wouldn’t be out of the norm.

Once out of the meeting, I told my assistant to hold my calls and headed to the daycare center. I ran my badge through the door.

Only employees can get access for this area. I peeked to the doors to see which classroom he is was in then after the third one I saw that little boy that looks like me smiling while playing with a little girl. Emily, I think her name was. She was my assistant’s daughter.

I didn’t want to ask my assistant if she knew Mariah because to be honest; I don’t know if that was her real name and if I am even this kid’s father. I took a deep breath as I walked into the room.

I looked around as the teacher walked up to me, “Mr. Grant, we didn’t know you was coming.” I nodded, “Ms. Carry, I was making sure that everything was going well here.” She smiled at me, “Everything is going great. The employees of the building are grateful that you decided to do this.”

My assistant had a hard time finding a good daycare center and kept on saying it would make sense to have one here. Took her two years to get me to do it. I finally caved when she came to me with the amount of employees would be grateful a daycare center in their work of employment.

My eyes darted to the little boy playing with Emily with a Lego set. I cleared my throat, “You think I could meet some of the kids.” She smirked as she nodded, “Of course, Mr. Grant.” She walked me around as she introduced me to the kids then she walked up to the one that I was most interested in, “This is Ethan Hunter.”