Jermaine and Donald have been married for 15 years, and after much trying, a little less than a year ago they were finally able to have their firstborn, they named her Naomi.
Everything is going well in the Miller family, Donald left his previous job for a more promising one, which allowed him to move to another neighborhood, with a large house with a yard. Jermaine had always dreamed of living in a place like this, she grew up living in an apartment in the south of the city and when she married Donald they rented a small apartment.
But now she could have the garden to grow tulips, and they also decided to build a swimming pool in her spacious patio to enjoy the summer days, and now that Naomi would be celebrating her first year in a few months, they also dreamed of celebrating her birthday with a day at the pool.
Tonight, during dinner, Donald tells Jermaine that he has to be absent for a few days, 4 in total, since with the position of supervisor he has to visit the company's branches.
Jermaine sighs because it's the first time she's going to be home alone for several nights in a row, but replies with a loving: _"It's okay honey!"
He notices that she doesn't like the idea of being alone, but encourages her by saying that she'll be back by Saturday, and that this will only happen once a month.
It's already midnight, and Jermaine is still awake, she can't fall to sleep, she feels a little anxious, shortly after she manages to fall asleep.
The next day, the alarm clock rings, the morning goes by quickly, Donald goes on his trip, and it is her turn to receive the workers who build the pool, they arrive at the agreed time, and start their task, she watches them work from the kitchen window. She interacts little with them, she is wary of having strangers at home, but she tells herself: _"It's only for a few days!"
But she still stays alert while they're there.
It's been a difficult day for Jermaine, the baby cries because she's sleepy, but she has a hard time napping because of the noise of the workers in the yard. Today, particularly, the dark circles are more accentuated, and she feels in her own body the tiredness of a night that was not refreshing at all.
_"The masons are finally leaving.", she says feeling relieved. After doing some things in the kitchen, she went to the patio and was surprised to see how far they had come, and the pool began to take shape, Donald is going to be happy when he sees this, she thinks to herself.
Jermaine closes all the doors and checks that everything is closed, feeling a little paranoid. _I really don't like being alone!. She thinks out loud.
It is the first night without Donald, Today Jermaine puts little Naomi to bed next to her, she wants to have her close in the hope of being able to sleep better.
Naomi fell asleep right away, but for Jermaine it seemed like an endless night, he felt vulnerable without Donald, in a big house, in a new neighborhood, she thought that for Donald's next trip he would invite his mom to spend a few days with them. At last, she was able to fall asleep.
The night went by quickly, or at least that's how Jermaine felt, suddenly she was at the airport waiting for Donald, when he arrives he kisses her and takes Naomi in his arms, she got a little distracted and Donald disappeared from sight, then she started walking hurriedly, she saw him in the crowd leaving, when she realizes they all start running, and she can't move fast enough, the airport turns into chaos, Donald is outside, and he yells at her to get out fast, then she mob runs over her, and Jermaine loses her balance, and she falls hard, then she heard an alarm, it was the alarm clock that saved her from a dream that was turning into a nightmare, her heart was beating fast, she suddenly remembered that it was a holiday and that not today the masons would not go.
Jermaine stayed in bed a while longer, but couldn't sleep anymore, so he decided to get up.
The morning passed a bit slowly, she felt tired, she put the little girl on the carpet to play for a while, she sat next to her and fell asleep for a few moments.
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When she woke up, Naomi was not there, Jermaine was afraid and ran to the room, she thought Naomi is just crawling, she can't be far, the baby was not in the room, he checked every room, every bathroom, he even looked in the kitchen cabinets and nothing. Jermaine panicked when she saw the kitchen door open, she immediately thought that someone had taken her daughter, she ran to look for her in the yard, she was already upset shouting her name as if Naomi could answer her.
She suddenly fell silent, he saw Naomi in the big sinkhole they had formed while building the pool, fortunately the little girl had gone down the dirt ramp to the bottom of the pool and there she was playing.
Jermaine felt as if her soul had returned to her body, she ran to get Naomi out, checked her to make sure she hadn't hurt herself, and hugged her, tears running down her cheeks, then she calmed down, and after bathing the baby she called her mother to invite her to spend a few days with her.
