Paternity - 2

As Martha was driving by the road between Smallville and Metropolis, asking herself if she really wanted to meet Lionel after as much time, memories came to her mind… .. .

{Memories}

The first months she was in Washington Lionel called her very often, and they spent hours in the phone speaking about nothing, just listening to their voices. But when Martha began to tell Lionel that there was someone in the office who seemed to be trying to date her, he stopped calling her as often, until Martha's phone finally stop to ring.

It was a week before Martha's wedding. She was leaving her office in Washington when she found a familiar face at the other side of the door.

"Lionel…" she said with wildly opened eyes as it began to fill with tears.

He said nothing, just held her arms, kissed her lips wildly and pushed her into the office again.

"Lionel… wait… what are you doing?" she remembered she had said.

He still saying nothing, just locked the door behind him and continued pushing her until her tights touched the table's corner… then he sat her on the table and after had emptied it he laid her back on it and, still kissing her lips, his hands took off all her clothes.

Martha didn't remember to have said anything else until her moans and groans had stopped and Lionel had absolutely filled her body with his love.

"Lionel… I'm getting married…" she said with a sad voice, still naked.

"I know…" his voice finally spoke "…I just needed to know that our feelings weren't just a dream on my mind…" he said giving her clothes to her.

"If you ask me… I'll stop this madness and we could…"

"No, Martha… you have your work here… and I can't leave the Luthor Corp on Lex's hands…" he was just wearing his shirt and, holding her hands, stared her eyes, as sad as his "I can't ask you to leave the senate because you're as much necessary here as I am in Metropolis… I want you to be happy… do you think that he can make you happy?"

"Dave is very gentle with me… but… nobody can make me as happy as you do…"

He left a kiss on her hands before slide up his shorts.

"Listen… I will always love you… what has just happened is a way to show the destiny that what's between us is stronger than marriage…"

"You want me to marry him instead you know that I love you more?" she wasn't really understanding and some tears fell from her eyes.

"No…" he dried her tears with both of his hands "I want you to live your life with somebody next to you… We can't be together right now… but instead you'll be her wife and he'll be your husband… you'll still being my love… and I hope to be the same for you…" he said sliding his hand to her heart.

"I will always love you…" she said trying to not cry.

Lionel told her that he must leave that same day… they had said each other that they would never let their love to die… But Lionel stayed in the city until the wedding, following her everywhere she went, making sure that the man she was going to marry with wasn't going to hurt her… The day before the wedding Martha saw Lionel in the other side of the street she was walking with Dave… She was sure she had seen him… but she said nothing, neither did him who noticed her eyes gazing his for the last time in nearly six years… .. .

{End of memories}

Martha stopped the car. She was in the middle of the road, any other car was there. She couldn't do it… she couldn't go there and look to the man who asked her to marry her husband… she couldn't tell him that she had a son now…

She wasn't sure how much time she'd been crying in the car stopped in one side of the road thinking if she should continue or drive back… but suddenly she listened a car coming… it was a dark limousine…

Lionel was going home earlier than usually that day, when going to the mansion he found a familiar car on the road. He asked his driver to stop, and he went out the car to make sure that it wasn't an illusion.

Martha had her head between her arms, but when she saw the shadow walking towards the car she raised it and dry her tears hoping that to not be a dream.

His hand knocked the window of the car.

She turned round and her eyes gazed him.

"Martha?" he asked.

"Lionel…" she whispered…

He round the car and sat in the copilot's sit.

"How are you?" he asked "my love?"

Time seem to run really slowly into that car.

Words seem to fly really slowly in the air as they were together.

Movements and thoughts were really slowly.

"I'm fine…" she answered.

They both were staring the void in front the car.

"I've missed you…" he said.

Her hands, on the steering wheel began to tremble because of the effort she was making to not cry.

"You left" she said.

"If I had stayed I would run to take you with me…"

Her heart began to beat fast… it seemed to be the only thing fast in that car.

"I would love that…" she said.

"No, no!" he yelled "You couldn't leave your job… I couldn't leave my company… I would have possibly hurt you, Martha… you deserved to be happy… haven't you been happy all these years without me?"

She didn't want to answer that question. She didn't want to lie him.

"I have a son"

It was easier than she thought it would be.

"A son?"

"Yeah… he's five… he really looks like you…"

She turned to face him, and he did it too as their looks found each other's wet eyes.

"Do you mean that he's…?"

His lips trembled and Martha wished to taste them right then to stop their shake.

"I'm not sure… he was very little when he born… Dave's never known what happened before the wedding… but Lionel can be also yours…"

"Lionel…? Is that his name?"

Now there was a smile in his lips.

"Yeah… his eyes have your same look… he remembered me to you, so I named him as you…"

"I would really like to know him…"

"We came yesterday… We're staying in the farm for a month…"

It seemed to be an eternity between each word, each answer…

"I could come tomorrow…"

"No… It's better if we meet in the town…"

"Tomorrow after lunch…?"

"We'll be in the park… don't be too late…" she said.

"I would never be late to see you… my love…" he hold her hands and kissed them before go out the car.

TO BE CONTINUED…