The night was a long one. Although they were not in the same city, they had the same state of mind. It was like an invisible entanglement.
It was dawn but Loredana had already woken up. She washed her face, brushed her teeth and dressed herself. The two children were still sleeping. She went to the reception of the hotel to enquire about JK Group.
The receptionist was wearing a black suit, with a tag pinned to her right breast. Her long chestnut hair was cleanly pulled back behind her head. Hearing Loredana’ enquiry about JK Group, she looked at her, “Who are you?”
Everyone in this city knew about JK Group. It was very big and had done a lot of charity work. It had a very good reputation in the local area.
Loredana smiled, “I’m from another place. One of my relatives works there but I don’t know how to find it, so I ask you.”
The receptionist looked Loredana up and down. She still had the same dress inside, but she had added a jacket outside, which did not quite match and looked a bit helter-skelter.
Her long hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head. Her plain cheeks looked innocent. However, she stayed in last night with two children. She knew that she was not a virgin. Now she went to her relative for shelter. She should have faced some difficulties.
“When you take a taxi, you just tell the driver that you want to go to JK Group. The driver can bring you there straight. Are the two kids yesterday your children?” The receptionist could not hold her curiosity and asked. It was because she looked young but the two children did not look young.
Loredana nodded, “Yes, they are my children.”
“Oh, they are pretty looking, you look young too, I can’t believe that you have such big kids.” The receptionist said with a smile.
Loredana smiled at her too. After saying thank you, she said, “Please ask someone to send breakfast to my room.”
“Alright.”
After hearing the receptionist’s words, she went back to her room quickly. She was afraid that the two children would be scared when they did not see her as they woke up.
When she returned to her room, the two children were still sleeping soundly, with no sign of waking up. She walked in and gently patted her son and daughter, whispering, “Babies, wake up.”
It was almost seven o’clock now. It would take an hour or two to wake up, wash up, have breakfast, and tidy up.
Although Samuel’s eyes and brows were crumpled as if he did not sleep well, he rubbed his eyes and woke up.
However, Simona hugged her blanket and was not willing to wake up. She buried her head into the blanket, “I don’t want to wake up, I’m not awake yet.”
The little girl’s voice was warm and sticky, with a little bit of the huskiness that came when you just woke up.
Loredana laughed and stroked her head, “If you’re not awake, then who’s that talking to me?”
The little girl closed her eyes and thought for a moment, “You had heard wrongly, no one’s talking to you.”
“Then who is the one who just spoke?” Loredana just played with her.
“It isn’t a person.”
Loredana was speechless.
This child was a headache to her.
She stood up from the side of the bed and deliberately said loudly, “Alright then, you continue sleeping. I had just gone downstairs and saw a lot of nice breakfasts so I had asked them to send three portions to us. I was afraid that they are not enough. Now that you’re sleeping, it just so happens that Samuel and I can eat three portions, so we won’t feel like there’s not enough. You will miss the nice food.”
When Simona heard about the food, she sat up immediately. She still looked awkward and did not open her eyes, “What kind of food is it? Mummy can’t finish eating it with brother. I want to eat too. If I’m hungry and become thin, daddy will feel sorry for me.”
Loredana fluttered her eyelashes slightly. Then, she lowered her eyes to hide her emotion.
Samuel had finished washing his face and brushing his teeth. He came out and leant against the wall to look at his sister. He sighed lightly.
Loredana looked at him, “What’s wrong with you? Why do you keep sighing?”
This was the third time she had heard Samuel sigh.
“Sister is too much of a worry,” Samuel explained. After finishing his sentence, he sat down on a chair. In fact, he was sighing as he thought that he could live happily with his father and mother together as a family. He did not expect that something happened again.
Although he did not know exactly what had happened, however, he knew that his mother had brought them here just to stay away from his father.
She was crying in the car, so he guessed she had no choice. He had been living with his mother for a long time so he would not feel uncomfortable. However, he would miss his dad, who was about to integrate into his life. However, he hoped that things might get better afterwards.
Simona twitched her lips and her sleepiness subsided. Loredana carried her out of the bed and took her to the bathroom to wash up. However, she did not let Loredana help her, “I can do it myself, you go and rest.”
For a moment Loredana was relieved, feeling that the little girl who liked to pamper, let her hug her, let her tell her stories before she could fall asleep, seemed to have grown up.
After Simona had washed up and when Loredana was tidying her clothes, breakfast was brought up. She opened the door and asked the person to put it on the table.
It was a nice day. The sun streamed in through the window.
The three of them sat at the table and had their breakfast. The breakfast at the hotel was exquisite and looked scrumptious. Simona was satisfied. She took her chopsticks in order to taste the food. Loredana looked at the two children and said seriously, “Samuel, Simona, mummy has something to tell you.”
Samuel looked at her and said, “What is it? Mummy, just tell me.”0000000000000000
Loredana felt that she had to tell them clearly about the matter of their family names being changed.
She had pondered for a while in her heart about how to tell them.
Then, she spoke softly to her children, “Our country had been in this world for five thousand years. It can be considered as a place with a long history and there was a tradition in our country since ancient times that the children will get the same surname as their father. I haven’t told you about the fact that your father and I have changed your surname.”
Simona raised her head and looked at her. She was chewing the food in her mouth slowly. After swallowing the food, she said, “Is this the thing that you want to tell us?”
Loredana nodded. She seemed that he looked like he had known it so she tried to ask him, “You knew it?”
It seemed that nobody knew about it, right?
How did he know about it?
Simona used a pair of chopsticks to take some more steamed cake and then put it into her mouth to chew it, “I don’t know about it but I know that our surname will be changed one day. Before you told us abou it, I have found out that all other people around us use the same surname as their father. However, my sister and I are special in this. However, we have become the same as other people now and no one would think that daddy was married into mum’s family.”
Loredana was speechless.
How did he know so much about it? He even knew about a man being married into a woman’s family?
Simona was busy eating and didn’t have time to join the conversation. When she heard her brother’s words, she blinked curiously and asked, “What does âa man being married into a woman’s family’ mean?” Simona almost did not think about it and answered seriously, “The normal situation for it is that a woman marries a man. For example, mummy had to marry daddy and this was considered a normal situation. For matrilocal residence, it means that a man marries a woman. For example, mummy married to daddy and then daddy will be the matrilocal residence who married into and lived with the bride’s family.” Simona was still in a puzzle. What did it mean? Who married who? She shook her head and did not want to bother about the complicated fact. She just asked, “Does it mean that our surname is not Flores now anymore?”
“That’s right.” Samuel lifted his chin to indicate to her to ask Loredana about it, “You can ask mummy.”
Loredana stared at her son with a hilarious facial expression. Where did he get all those information?
“Mummy, so we are now using the same surname as daddy’s, right?” There was still food in the little girl’s mouth so she was speaking in a blurred voice.
Loredana stroked her daughter’s head and spoke seriously, “Yes, your surname is Mendelsohn now and both of your names have changed slightly. For now, your name is Simona Mendelsohn and your brother’s name is Samuel Mendelsohn. If you all are going to introduce yourself to others in the future, you have to use this name, is it okay?”
“But you still call us by our previous names, even you haven’t changed it.” The little girl asked a reasonable question.
Loredana sighed. Her daughter had really changed. She used to be very ignorant, did not know anything and just liked to eat delicate food in the past. However, she could even speak well now. Although she was still a bit blurred for some time, she had become much more talkative than before.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.