Chapter 49

"Can you afford 'The Castle'?" "I can't but he can," I said, pointing at Valdo with a cheeky smile. "You're rich?" My mother asked Valdo. "Very." "I can't believe you look so good and you just had a baby!" I blushed and shook my head. "I don't look good." I disagreed. I haven't felt pretty lately; where my body was concerned. I have a few stretch marks on my belly, and the baby fat still hasn't gone down yet. My mother walked up to me and cupped my cheeks. "You don't look good, you look great. After I had you, my belly was twice the size of yours. It took a while to go down; I didn't have much time to exercise and take care of a baby at the same time. It didn't matter anyway; I was single. I didn't have anyone to impress." She smiled and whispered, "Have you guys put the cake in the oven?" It took me a second to understand what she meant, and when I did, I laughed. "No. We haven't." She nodded her head, "Okay, well. Has he tried to put the cake in the oven?" I shook my head, "