Truth be told
What if Greenlee had been pregnant when Leo died? Now that he's back Greenlee struggles with her son's perception of Leo and the fact that considers Ryan to be more like a father to him… will Greenlee and Leo find peace and happiness again?
"What does this mean?" the voice of the man she had loved so deeply all those years ago was full of sorrow
"That I love you" Greenlee said touching his cheek. He closed his eyes at her touch but then stared at her expectantly
"And?" he didn't want to bring himself to admit it but it had been him who had walked away and had remained hidden for the last 9 years
"And I love Ryan" Greenlee said sadly. She took his hand, but he quickly let it go and stood up pacing in the room
"I don't ask you to give up all you have Greenlee, but you have to know that I love you" Leo said running his hands trough his hair "but I don't know where to go from here, I mean seeing you again and holding you, that's all I ever wanted since that night"
She walked closer to him and allowed him to hug her, just as time hadn't passed. She had missed having him around and she didn't want to go back to the real world. This was real for her
"there is something I need to tell you" she said, tears now forming in her eyes "two months after you died I found out something" Leo raised an eyebrow "turns out you had had left me something more than the apartment and the place in Paris"
"Should I be sitting down?" he joked. But his voice was full of worry and sadness. He returned to the bed and she took a seat next to him "what is it Greens?"
"I have a son" the words came as much drier than she had intended. She couldn't actually read his face or anything is as if she didn't know him at all "he was born June 29th, 2003
"What?" was all Leo managed to say. If calculations didn't trick him the kid had been conceived around September or October… meaning he had to be his… he had a kid he hadn't known about and who he had left for almost a decade of his life… he was sure he would have Greenlee's smile and her brains as well
"His name is LD. Leo David" Greenlee said. She of course had had her son during a time in which the only person she could lean on was David or maybe Trey, now all of that had changed, David was someone dark and emotionless and Trey had been away for too long
Leo smiled weakly but didn't speak. This was a lot to process even for him who had been waiting for the moment in which he could tell her he wanted to give her everything he hadn't been able to in all these years "I have a kid" he said more to himself than to her
"yeah and he's the only thing I've done right in all my life and it was the only thing that kept me going after you were gone, at least I knew I had him" she said in the verge of tears. She wore a locket in which she kept a picture of both Ryan and LD. She handed him the small picture of the boy. He was almost as tall as she was and he was only eight, he had Leo's hair and eyes and charm. If it hadn't been because she had given birth to him she could have sworn he wasn't hers
"He has your nose" Leo said proudly looking at the boy. It was clear to him that this was a happy child who Greenlee had given all she could. He just her held her close as they both smiled at the picture
"he used to ask me why I had another husband who wasn't his daddy, but I always wanted him to know that Ryan wasn't, that you were and that you were always watching over us" Greenlee said
"You know, I never thought I wanted one of this, I didn't have the best role model. But I guess having a kid isn't that bad after all" Leo admitted. He turned to look at her. Then leaned closer to kiss him. That was all he needed
On the next chapter. Ryan and LD talk about the possibility of Leo being alive