something like love one last time // chaennie

Chapter 4

CHAEYOUNG'S POV

"Hello?!"

I heard a woman's voice over the phone; I furrow my eyebrows then remove my cell phone off my ear and stare at the screen.

Did I dial the correct number?

I saw my daughter's name on the phone 'My Ella' so I know I dialed the correct number.

"Hello?! Is someone there? I can hear you breathing!" the woman said again, her voice sounds familiar to me, I know I heard this voice somewhere before.

Come on speak up!

"Okay if you don't want to speak then I'm going to hang up! Don't you dare call my daughter again you dick!" my heart starts to beat faster not because of the word dick, it's because she said 'her daughter'.

Who would someone call my daughter 'her daughter unless she's with... she's with...

'Come on Chaeyoung, whatever you're thinking is impossible.'

I whispered to myself and stared at my phone a little longer. I didn't realize that Jisoo enters my hotel room and she's holding a bag of food.

"Hey, you okay?" I think she notices the look on my face, I was supposed to say yes but my mouth betrayed me "No." and I look at her.

I decided not to answer Jisoo yet and click the web browser on my phone. To be honest, I don't know where my ex-wife is nowadays and to be clear, she's not my ex, we're still married but I rather call her that than saying her name.

The last thing I know is she's still in Atlanta pursuing her career. I feel my chest tightens but I bit my lip to stop myself from crying. I'm always like this every time I think about her. The google page loads on my phone but I can't seem to type her name, all I want to know is her current location. I've been with her for 3 years so there's no way I'll forget her voice.

"Chaeyoungah? Is everything alright?" I forgot about Jisoo, I look at her and nod my head but she didn't buy it.

"Tell me what's wrong?" she asks "I called Ella a while ago to, you know ask her how is she..."

"And then?"

"I was expecting for Ella to answer her phone but to my surprise someone else did. A woman answered her phone."

"A woman?" I nodded my head at her "Maybe it's one of their Camp Directors. I know that they are not supposed to use any phone while they are at camp, right?"

"Well maybe." I look at her and she's looking at me too, I don't know but I'm starting to freak out here "Come on, tell me what's really bothering you."

"That woman's voice, the one who answered Ella's phone, it sounds familiar to me." As she furrows her eyebrows at me "She sounded like... sounded like..."

"Sounds like whom?" as much as I don't want to say her name, I know I have to "She sounded like Jennie, my ex-wife."

At The Mall

"Hey! Why are you answering my calls?" Ella asked her mother when she saw her talking to someone on her phone. She prays that it's not her biological mother who called.

"I heard your phone ringing missy that's why I answered it." Jennie answers back and locks her car "Then you should have told me rather than answering it." The brunette gives back the phone to her daughter. Ella grabs it and places it in her pocket as she starts to walk away.

"Why? Is it because you're waiting for your boyfriend's call?" Ella stops on walking and looks at her mom.

A boyfriend? Did I forget to mention that I'm only 8 years old?! How on earth can I have a boyfriend?!