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Chapter Seven
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2020-09-06 10:52:36Destiny
Destiny had rushed from school to the gas station to review who was working and might look for changing out their schedule so she could get more hours. She’d brought in her book bag so that she could start on her school work before her shift; as soon as she entered the building she found an empty stall and threw her bag onto the table with a loud thump. She’d leaned back and stretched in the seat. It was a long day at school and she was rather behind in her studies at this point.
Thankfully, she had a few minutes before work to catch up on some of her homework. She would also finish up the reading as she fixed supper once she got home. That was another thing, talking to her boss about an advance in pay for food for them and Devon.
She pulled out her homework and with a long sigh began on it. It’s not that the work itself was hard, but there was so much of it to do and as the year progressed on became all the more tedious. She closed her eyes briefly as she daydreamed about holding Devon close and ravishing in his green eyes.
She had drifted away in her studies and daydreams that she didn’t realize that her Aunt Jo had come in and snuck up behind her. She crept into the stall behind her and rested her head on the seat looking over Destiny’s shoulder.
“You know,” she said after about 5 minutes or so. “There is osmosis, then there’s just fantasizing. Which one are you partaking on today, Little Dove.”
Destiny nearly jumped out of her seat, knees banging on the table and she blushes embarrassed apologizing quietly to the others around her who turned to see what caused the ruckus.
“Jo,” she said startled trying to get her heart to start racing. “I thought you were out of town.”
Jo shook her head and smiles reaching over to pull stray hair out of her face and behind her ears. Destiny closed her eyes enjoying the gentle touch.
“I was, but I’m back,” she said softly to Destiny. “I can’t stay away from my favorite niece and great nephew.”
She took a long sigh and looked at Destiny shaking her head. “I can’t believe you made me an Aunt so young, child.”
She leaned forward and kissed her forehead. “But no matter,” she said reassuring. “Auntie Jojo is here. Speaking of, what happened to you having today off. I went by the apartment and no one was there. Not even Dom.”
Destiny shrugged. “Mrs Wong has Dev and I got out of class early and came here to pick up some hours and catch up on some work.”
Destiny’s tone changed ever so slightly as she thought about where Dominic was and why he wasn’t at home. He was normally at home resting or sleeping when she got home. Features of her face flexed as she mulled over what Jo had said about nobody being there.
Jo noticed this changed and pulled her chin up to have Destiny look at her directly.
“Destiny Ann, what is going on?” She asked quickly.
Destiny tried to shake her head and pull back, but Jo had a tight hold of her chin.
“Nothing,” she said with a much softer reply. Yet, her eyes lied against that word.
Jo gave her a look that Destiny knew that she couldn’t just deny for a long time. It was her “I’m about to...”.
“It’s Dominic,” she said finally. “He’s acting differently. Has been for the past couple of days.”
“Well,” Jo said, letting go of Des’ chin. “You both are new parents. You just moved into a new place. I think it may be that he’s starting to feel the stress of being a new, young parent.”
Destiny shook her head slightly. “Not, Dominic. This is not like him. When he’s stressed he zones out to music. This is more like my dad’s behaviour when a court case isn’t going well. Irritable, hostile, and lack of respect for anyone.”
She pauses and looks around briefly. “It’s kinda scary. He slammed the door as he left this morning so hard it woke Dev up.”
Jo cocked her head to the side and shook it. “Well, I can’t honestly say, unless something has gotten under his skin that he can’t let go.”
She looked to her niece and pulled a stray hair from in from of her face behind her ear. Now mind you, I’ve never been a parent, other than helping raise you, but raising a kid is a big job. You guys are still ‘kids’ yourself.
She raised her fingers to emphasis kids. She lifted Destiny’s chin up with a finger to bring her daydream gaze to her own line of sight.
Things will work out, she said promisingly. You just have to give time for the puzzle pieces to fall in place. You’ve got the outline partially put together, now work on the inside. You’ve got this kid. You’ve got a big heart. A loyal heart. A strong head on your shoulders. Hey! You’ve got the best damn Auntie on the Earth.
Destiny lowered her eyes, even if she’d have preferred to lower her head. She gave a light chuckle. Part of that is right.
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