I missed xh's message about the time he'll be dropping kid off and made him wait for a good 10 minutes. I thought I was done for when I rushed to the driveway.
Shock no 1: xh wasnt the slightest annoyed. He did crane his neck out of the car window when I hurried to his car. Maybe he was checking out the tight little pair of black shorts. Hey, I have got to flaunt it while I still (barely) have it.
Kid started crying and saying that she wanted to stay at daddy's for the night. I was extremely reluctant as I missed kid and there was only so much of hugging of pillows that I can take.
I tried to persuade her to stay on the scheduled days but kid started to cry. I told her that she was already staying at daddy's for 3 nights. Kid then blabbered something about staying at someone's else's place instead of daddy's. I stiffened and got annoyed. I wasnt going to let kid be away so much if all the xh did was to dump her at his family. I tried not to let my annoyance show.
Xh then hurriedly explained that kid only stayed a night at his sis'. To soothe kid, xh offered to play at the swings with kid. And then in the very next breath, he told kid that he would walk her to our flat and play with her.
And that was shock number 2.
Xh had never been to our new flat. He went to the old one when my mum was still staying with us but that was almost a year ago.
I had to stifle the urge to say no because the flat was in a mess. I had managed to clear the laundry, the rooms were reasonably neat but the floors were full of hair. And the unfolded/ unironed laundry were strewn all over the guest bed.
Damn it. Why couldnt he have picked laundry day or clean the floor day?
In the flat, I had to stop myself from cleaning the flat.
And damn it, kid just told me that xh said the floor was dirty.
Okay. Now I am mad. So he wants to compare me to the precious POS with her live-in help and her millions? Fine.
I should have looked at his crotch and then asked him pointedly, 'Is the dust too much for you? You seem to be reacting very badly to it.'
And why then did he spend so much time with kid in the flat then? The last time I went back to the ex-marital house, the cleanliness of the floor left much to be desired too.
And why did he have to check out the rooms? I refuse to be compared. Morals over cleanliness. Especially when it's cleanliness achieved by help paid from money that the POS could ill-afford on her own.
You can call me Dory/ Grl.
As a wise fish once sang,"Just keep swimming!"
It's no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.
