Chapter 42: A Hiccup
The next day was Saturday. Tony went out early after breakfast. He was apologetic for having to leave and prepared breakfast. Marcella didn’t mind. If he had work, he would have to leave. He didn’t have to be too apologetic.
Marcella decided to look for nannies. She needed to go back to work on Monday. She cannot lose any more pay.
With the yellow pages on hand, she searched for proper agencies and noted the phone numbers down.
She was only into it for five minutes, and the baby called her with his loud cry. He’s been crying every half an hour since last night. Poor baby must already feel the absence of his mother.
No matter how nice she tried to treat him, she was not his mother. He would know that.
"There... there... What do you want now?" she picked him up from the crib. He didn’t stop his moaning.
She checked his diapers, and it was clean. His temperature was normal, and he was not interested in eating. She walked around the house rocking him in her arms.
Joey fell asleep as she started humming "You are my sunshine", a song her mother used to sing to them a lot. She tried to put him back on the crib but he didn’t like that.
"I’ll hold you then," she kissed the baby’s chubby cheeks and walked back to the table.
Holding the baby, she looked for more agencies. She called a couple of them. She thought her voice might wake up the baby but it didn’t. He was like this last night too. He’s sleeping if she was holding her, otherwise he becomes fuzzy.