Helen turned off the car again. Since the birth of her son, her first born, she had this extreme desire to see him, to know about him, to touch him, to know his name, to know about his life; now she was here after four years having the informations she needed to find him, and she was frightened, she shook so much so that she thought she was having a heart attack.
She was in front of the house he was raised, and she did not have the courage to ring the bell! She did not know how his parents would receive her. She did not know if he was home or not. "Hello, I'm the one that gave birth to your son!" She laughed at her own thought! Would they not ask her why now, after all these years? She needed the courage of the old times.
She thought for a minute about Jacob. She had not heard anything about him since she broke up with him after that doomed birthday party; however, deep inside her heart she knew that he was the only man she ever loved. But she loved the Jacob when they both were sixteen years old, or the Jacob of that New Years Eve's party of so many years past, not the Jacob that came to Chris's second birthday party. He had changed; as the world had changed all around her, as people had changed all over!!
She at last rang the bell! It was a very beautiful house. She was happy that her son was raised in a very good and wealthy family. She had done some investigation about these people. Everything that she discovered about them was positive. The man was in oil business, the woman did not work, yet belonged to so many charities, and raised money for poor children! What a wonderful thing to use your money and to fund raise for this beautiful cause! They were very conservative people.
She had to climb three steps to get to the door and to ring the bell. A woman, who seemed to be maid with white uniform on, opened the door. Helen took a glimpse of the inside through the half open door. She saw part of the wide, fancy stairs in the huge entry hall which had a bend to go to the second floor. Oh, how wide the stairs were, so wide!!
To Be Continued
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