Chapter 33

Faith

is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to Patricia. It doesn’t matter that she has a reluctant father that Patricia honestly would prefer never to see again.



Patricia and Faith still live at Cleo’s, and Patricia must admit that it is nice to have her friends so close at hand.



Especially as both Cleo and Christian care so much about Faith. Patricia gets a lot of help.



Nellie and Stefan comes to visit quite frequently and often bring Alex as well. Watching Patricia with Faith makes Alex fall even more for her. She is such a tender mother! Although Alex knows who Faith’s father is, he thinks of her only as “Patricia’s daughter”. Morty doesn’t matter at all to him. And – Morty is very absent from their life, although he is paying monthly support for Faith.



The fact that Alex doesn’t seem to care about Patricia having a child with a married man, doesn’t fail to make a deep impression on Patricia. After a while Alex is invited also without Nellie and Stefan. Both Cleo and Christian like him, so Patricia is starting to develop stronger feelings for him – although she is reluctant to show it.



Alex is invited when Faith has her birthday.



She is growing into the most adorable child. Mummy’s little princess.



Alex is just great with Faith. His name is one of the first words she learns to say. Watching them together makes Patricia make up her mind about letting Alex – a bit – closer, which Alex doesn’t fail to notice. He has tried before – but this time when he asks Patricia if she would like to have dinner with him, she says yes.



But there is some misunderstanding about the time. When Alex comes to pick Patricia up, she is still alone at home. Cleo has gone to work and Christian has not yet come home. And Patricia has not at all finished getting ready. She has to answer the door in her bathrobe, with face mask all over her face. It is an awkward situation. They both feel ridiculous ...



... until Patricia sees how funny this situation is and starts to laugh. Instead of feeling awkward, they now feel that they have grown a little closer.



It doesn’t take long before Patricia has dressed and put on make-up. Meanwhile Christian has arrived home to babysit Faith. Alex has made a reservation at the Italian restaurant in Bluewater.



This is the first time Alex and Patricia spend time alone together, and even if Patricia has come to grow quite fond of Alex, she is surprised how pleasant she finds it to be with him. When he takes her hand and tells her how deeply he feels for her – she blushes and tells him, that she also has feelings for him.