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A few days later Tessa was at the house she once shared with Dave waiting for him to bring Scarlet back. She couldn't wait to see Scarlet. She hadn't seen her for almost an entire week and once again missed Christmas with her because Dave insisted on having her once again for Christmas. Tessa realized they needed to come up with better arrangements for Scarlet but Dave was being very stubborn with her and had been since he found out Zachary was not his son. Zachary was in the living room playing a video game he had gotten from John for Christmas when the doorbell rang. "I'll get that," said Tessa as she got up from the couch. She would be the only to answer the door because Zachary was not allowed to answer the door whether Tessa was there or not. She walked over to the door and answered it to see Dave and Scarlet standing there. Seeing them side by side she could definitely see the resemblance and saw how much Scarlet really looked like her father. She was the spitting image except she still had the scarlet lips something Dave did not have. "Hey, Scarlet," said Tessa with a smile.

"Hey, Mommy," she said giving her mom a hug. "Look what Santa brought me at Daddy's." She showed Tessa a new outfit from one of her favorite stores.

"It's beautiful," said Tessa. "What else did Santa bring you?"

"Baby dolls and an American Girl Doll. I named her Mandy. She is so pretty but Daddy told me it had to stay at his house and I could play with it when I was there. He brought me books too. I love books and crafts. Daddy and me did a lot of crafts."

"I bet," said Tessa with a smile. That is one thing she could say positively about Dave and that was he was a good father. There was not one thing he wouldn't do for his children. If they asked him to play something he would play it no matter what. Just like he had played tea party with Scarlet many times. "Santa left you some presents under the tree here too."

"He did?" she asked as her eyes lit up.

"He did," said Tessa, "go get them and open them. See what all he left here for you."

"Okay!" she said with a smile. "Bye Daddy. I love you," she said as she ran off to the living room to open some presents.

"Bye, Scarlet. Love you," he said. "I'll see you in two weeks when I pick her up for the weekend," he said before he turned around.

"Dave, wait," said Tessa.

"What?" he asked.

"You can come in to watch her open her gifts."

"I'm fine," he said.

"Well, I wanted to talk to you about this agreement thing."

"Tessa, we already talked about it. Our lawyers talked about it and we were all in agreement. You got my house and full custody of Scarlet which is what you wanted. Along with child support."

"Dave, I think we have to talk about this agreement because I don't think it's fair I didn't get Scarlet on Christmas this year," she said as Scarlet came running to the door.

"Look, Daddy," she said showing him an American Girl doll. "Santa brought one here for me too!"

"I see," he said giving Tessa a look.

"What?" she said, "Maybe Santa knew you wouldn't let the one he brought to your house come to her mom's house with her."

"I'm going to name her Violet!"

"Beautiful name," said Tessa with a smile as Scarlet ran off to open more presents.

"You just had to out do me again didn't you?" asked Dave.

"I didn't out do you," said Tessa. "Why do you have to be like this?"

"I'm not being like anything," said Dave.

"You always try to be the best. You always want to be number 1. Being a parent isn't a competition."

"I didn't make it one," said Dave. "By the way where's Romeo?"

"At his house," said Tessa. "Why are you so worried about him?"

"Because I don't like Zola around Scarlet."

"Zola and Scarlet are fine," said Tessa, "and I'll let my daughter around anyone I want."

"She is MY daughter too. I do have a say, Tessa. You're her mother but she has a father too."

"I know but I don't complain when you allow her around those whores you bring over to the house."

"I have no whores. I have a girlfriend and her name is Stacy."

"I don't care," said Tessa.

"See? You're mad at me because I have a girlfriend and you don't like her around Scarlet but it's okay for you to have a boyfriend and have him around Scarlet as much as you want and if I am correct you fucked him in the same house my daughter was in while we were married. Why is it okay for you to have a boyfriend, cheat on me under the same roof as our daughter and allow this guy around our daughter but I can't have my girlfriend around her? You're selfish that's why."

"I am not selfish," said Tessa. This was pretty much how all their conversations had been since he found out Zachary was John's son. They could not get along and the simplest conversations turned into a fight. If anyone ever wondered why Dave and Tessa got a divorce it's because they could not get along and all they could do was fight.

"You are selfish, Tessa. You always have been. It's always been about what Tessa wanted and never about what anyone else wanted. You're selfish."

"I'm not the selfish one, Dave. You're the one that walked away and didn't want to work this out. That was selfish. You never thought about our daughter."

"Tessa, get over it. I left you and you talk about thinking about our daughter? Did you think about her when you were fucking John behind my back. Tessa, this was your fault. This whole thing."

"No, Dave, you're the one that walked away. You're the one that broke up our family."

"I broke up our family because of you, Tessa. You slept with John behind my back. I'm sorry if I didn't want my wife cheating on me."

"We could have worked through it. We could have saved our marriage."

"Tessa, again… everything is about you and what you want isn't it? Let me ask you this if this would have happened the other way around and I cheated on you would you give me another chance or no?"

"I would give you another chance," she answered.

"No you wouldn't. You would not. You're just saying that. You would have done the same thing. Tessa, I'm not going to keep having this argument with you."

"Then stop being an asshole," she said.

"Yep. I'm an asshole and you're obviously not too broken up over our divorce because 2 months after I left you for good you wasted no time getting back with Romeo. Did you ever really love me or was I just a fling for you?"

"Dave, I may be a lot of things and I may have done a lot of things but I have never faked my love for you. I did love you, Hell, I still love you. Anything I ever said about loving you was never a lie. I really did love you. I really did."

"Right, Tessa," he said.

"I did," she said. "Did you ever really love me?"

"You know I did, Tess. Why ask?"

"Never mind," she said as Scarlet came to the door again.

"Daddy, Santa brought me lots of things. They are so cool. I got more crafts."

"Did you?" he asked with a smile. "Well, that's good because you love your crafts."

"I know," she said as John walked up with the kids.

"Well, its time for me to go. I love you, Scarlet and I will call you later. Bye."

"Bye, Daddy," she said as she hugged him.

"Bye, Tess," said Dave as he walked down the front porch walking past John. Their hate for one another had grown even bigger in the last year so as they passed each other they gave each other the glare of death and continued walking in their direction.

John walked into the door and said, "Hey, Beautiful."

"Hey, Baby," she said as he softly kissed her lips.

"What was that all about?" he asked taking off the kids' jackets.

"Him just being an asshole. I don't know why I bother."

"I am not surprised," said John. "But don't worry about it. Everything will be all right."

"I guess," she said as she shut the door and walked to the living room with John.

"So did you do anymore thinking about what I asked you?" he asked as they sat down on the couch.

"No, John. I didn't reach my decision yet."

"What is taking so long?"

"After Dave…. I just want to make sure I make the right decision. It is going to take some time. Can you be patient?"

"For you definitely. I waited this long… I guess I can wait for you to make a decision."

"Thanks," she said with smile.

"You're welcome."

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