My Stilettos - Ch. 6

From the last chapter

Alma and Max are together again, after she told him about her pregnancy.Of course, she also told him the she was expecting his son.She gave birth to a boy, whom they named Carlos.

After that, Alma went back to her old life.To her parties and lovers.And Max remained home, with their son, who looked more like Alma's ex-boss, Wei.

By the age of 35, Alma had two more children.A daughter with Shark (she named her Edith) and another son, with Nicky Varney (she named him Juan).Now they had a big family, but this thing didn't make Alma change.

Now, Alma tried to avoid her husband as much as possible, spending her time out, or at her lovers' houses.She even went in some trips with them, telling Max that their house was just too crowded for her and that was too exhausting.All the kids, the nannies ... and the mess.Too much.

She spent her 36'th birthday with Lenny Smith-Jones, whom she met at a friend's house few weeks earlier. 

They went to a short trip, at one of his properties from L.A.Alma loved L.A.!She went shopping and danced all the night, at the party her lover organized for her.

After that, it didn't take too much time for her to figure out that she was pregnant.Again.Three kids already and another on the way.Of course, this time too, it wasn't her husband's child.

She told Max about her pregnancy a week later, after the dinner.Well, he was a little surprised, because he never expected his wife to want a house full of children, but he was happy.So Alma was happy too.

But this time all the things like morning sickness, back pain and her moods ... well, it was just too tiring and stressful.So she decided that, hopefully, this time will be her last child.Not that she was getting older or something like that, but ... this whole thing just wasn't for her.

She spent most of her time in her room, reading, because she was too upset to went to another party or date.

Her older son, Carlos was already 6 years old, and he was looking a lot like Wei.How could Max not see that?!Well, maybe having their first born son with her Japanese lover wasn't the smartes thing in the world.

They were already married for 11 years when Alma gave birth to her youngest daughter, whom she names Lia.The same night, Alma found that her daughter's father, Lenny had a heart attack and he was in hospital.One life for another, thought Alma.The next morning she heard that the old man died.In a strange way, she left sorry for the little baby girl, who will never meet her father.Well, maybe she already had a favourite.Lia looked more like her: she had her big, beautiful turquoise eyes, her lips and her nouse.Alma really hoped that, when she'll be  a toddler, she'll have her hair colour too. 

A week after her daughter's birth, Alma went back home, still exhausted.Carlos already went to school, while Wei still visited him.She could see that her older son loved to spend some time with that man.

When her kid's birthdays arrived, Alma refused to attend the party.She was simply too tired to dance.She remained home, with her youngest daughter. 

One year later, Alma woke up very early in the morning and went to look in the mirror.

The woman in front of her wasn't her anymore: she had very pale skin, her lips were pale too and she had huge pale circles around her eyes.Her hand were trembling, maybe from the fatigue.

What was wrong with her?She was only 37.