I slowly stumbled into the dark bedroom and felt around for the light switch. I grazed my hand across the wall and the room was illuminated by a sixty watt light bulb. The baby cradle in the corner of the room produced sobs from a baby wanting the comforts of his mother.
"It's okay," I lifted my baby Dylan up, "Momma's here."
I slowly paced back and forth with Dylan to ease his crying. He was soon asleep on my shoulder and I gently lowered him into his crib. I smiled at my sleeping baby and headed back to my room.
I crawled under the covers and quickly fell back asleep. I never asked to be a single mother at the age of 22, it was just something that happened and I had managed to get through it so far.
Dylan was only a year old but I hadn't seen his father, Josh, since we broke up which was about two years ago. Josh and I had broken up before I even knew that I was pregnant with his child and I never could contact him since he was so busy with his career and I couldn't reach his parents either since they moved and became unlisted in the phone book.
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"Josh you're needed on the set!" shouted the director's assistant.
"K, be out in a sec!" Josh shouted back.
He glanced over his appearance and straightened out his dark brown hair before dashing out of his trailer. He greeted the director and took his spot next to Ben Affleck. The two men rehearsed their lines together and then began to film.
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