What is the perfect family? (one-shot)
I always wondered what the perfect family was; a mom, dad and a child. Well that's what I thought, except that growing up it was just me and my dad; my mom left when I was 12, she never tried to contact me or my dad to check up on how I was doing.
I always pictured having the perfect family with Sam and now that might not happen; last night he told me that Marlo was pregnant with his baby. I walked away; I had to I was in shock. I mean it really got to me; the man that I love is having a baby with his ex.
I got Traci to take me home last night. I couldn't bring myself to face Sam after walking away from him. He wanted me to stay and talk about it but I couldn't. I know I shouldn't have. But what was I supposed to do? I can still hear Sam calling after me begging me not to leave. I love him I really do but hearing him tell me that Marlo was going to have his first child. The child that I wanted to give him is just hard to take in.
I got a lift from Traci this morning into work; we need to close "The Gentleman Rapist" case as soon as possible. I went in early so there wouldn't be a chance of running into Sam or Marlo. I was standing at my desk going through notes and files about other victims that had been attacked. I was reading through the notes when Sam came up beside me with a smile on his face and a coffee in his hand.
"You came in early" "Yeah well the balcony predator is still out there; he's just going to go to other neighbourhoods and attack other women, so we gotta find him" "Well Sex Crimes is on it now Andy; they'll handle it" "Yep" "They'll get him" he placed the coffee in front of my face. "Is there milk in that?" "Yep, double, double" "Well I take three now so; have a good day". I took the coffee out of his hand without really looking at him. I went into the kitchen where Marlo was standing behind the counter with a glass of milk. I went over to the fridge to find some milk only to discover that there was none.
Marlo looked at me "Hey" "Andy…" "I was just coming to get some milk" "here I took the last of it" "It's ok it's probably good for the uh…this is hard" "you know I didn't exactly plan on getting pregnant with a guy who dumped me" "why didn't you tell him before" "Cuz I was going to do it myself… I applied for a transfer out of town; but it hasn't come through. Look Andy I promise you I'm just here to do my job; alright I'm not here to get in between you and Sam" I just couldn't listen anymore so I looked at her with tears in my eyes and gave her a look of anger and sadness and I left the kitchen.