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The superstars left the next day for the next city. Lindsai took Emma home to Connecticut. She had thought about moving to Tampa so, Emma could be closer to Chris. Her parents already lived there. She hadn't moved there yet because she thought she would never tell Chris and she didn't want to live close to him. But when she got back to Connecticut, she made plans to move to Tampa. She wanted Chris and Emma to bond. Her parents had been after her to move near them. She got a shocked a day later when Chris came to visit. She definitely wasn't expecting him.
"Chris, what are you doing here?" Lindsai asked him when she opened the door.
"I wanted to spend time with Emma." He said walking in.
"Oh, Okay." Lindsai said. "Emma, you have a visitor."
"Is it Uncle Adam?" Emma asked excitedly walking in.
"No, baby. It's Chris." Lindsai said.
"Oh." Emma said a little disappointed. She wasn't use to Chris yet like Adam and Jeff.
"Emma, why don't you go pick up your toys and then you can visit with Chris." Lindsai said to her. She could tell that Emma was disappointed. So, she figured it was the perfect time to talk to Chris.
"OK." Emma said walking to her room.
"So, what's going on?" Lindsai asked him. She knew he had something on his mind.
"Nothing." He said. "I just wanted to see you guys."
"Chris, I know you." She said sitting down. "What is really going on?"
"I am worried that Emma won't want to be my daughter." He said sitting down. "She is already attached to Adam and Jeff. I mean you saw how disappointed she was that it was me and not Adam."
"Chris, Emma knows that Adam or Jeff isn't her dad." Lindsai said trying to make him feel better about things. "I was thinking about when to tell her. Since you are here, why don't we do it now?"
"Are you sure?" He asked her.
"Yes, it's time." She said. She knew it was best to tell Emma. "I also wanted to talk with you and her about us moving to Tampa."
"You want to move to Tampa?" He asked. He wanted her too so he could see Emma.
"Yes. My parents live there. And I want Emma to get to know you. Plus Adam lives there." She said.
"Of course." Chris said rather sharply.
"Don't be like that." She said taking his hand. "You are her dad. Adam is her favorite Uncle. When you spend more time with her, you will see that she has room for both of you."
"I am jealous of how close Emma is with Adam." He said pulling his hand away from her. "I know she thinks of him like a dad. What if she doesn't want me as her dad?"
"Chris, trust me, Emma so wants a dad." Lindsai said. "And she knows that Adam isn't her dad. But he has been there for her."
"I know. I just wish I could have been." He replied.
"I know. But that's on me, not Adam, Jeff or Emma." She said. "I chose to have her and not tell you. It's all on me."
"I am not blaming anyone." He said. "I just want to have a relationship with my daughter."
"I know. That's one of reason we are moving to Tampa." Lindsai said. "This way you can get to know her. And she can get to know you."
"Thanks for that." He said.
"You are welcome but it isn't just about you." Lindsai said. "I want to be close to my parents and Adam."
"I know." He said. "I'm sorry if I made it seem that you were doing this for me."
"It's okay." She said. "What do you say we tell Emma that you are her dad and about the move."
"Okay." He said.
"Emma, can you come here?" Lindsai said yelling for her daughter
"Yes, mommy." Emma said coming into the living room.
"Come here baby." Lindsai said picking her up and placing her in between her and Chris. "Chris and I have something we would like to talk to you about."
"What?" Emma asked. "It's about your daddy." Lindsai said. She wasn't sure about how to talk to Emma about this. "I think it is time for you to meet your dad."
"Really!" Emma said with excitement.
"Yes." Lindsai said. "Emma, Chris is your dad."
"Chris is my daddy?" Emma asked.
"Yes." Lindsai said. "Chris is your daddy and he wants to get to know you."
"Why wasn't he here before now?" Emma asked them both. She had wondered about her dad. All her friends had dads and she wanted one too.
"Because he didn't know about you." Lindsai said. "I didn't tell him."
"Why not?" Emma asked.
"Because Chris had another family." Lindsai said. "Chris has a wife and children."
"Are they more special then me?" Emma asked not really understanding.
"No." Chris said. "They are not more special than you. I didn't know that you were my daughter until recently."
"Baby, it wasn't his fault." Lindsai said trying to make sure that Emma wasn't angry with Chris. "I chose not to tell him about you. But I knew that he would love you. Things were just complicated."
"Is he going to go away again?" Emma asked.
"No, I'm not going anyway." Chris said. "I want to get to know you and be a great dad to you."
"Emma, are you okay with things?" Lindsai asked. "Is there anything you want to ask?"
"Can I call you daddy?" Emma asked. "I have always wanted a dad."
"Yes, you can." Chris said.
"Yay!!" Emma said hugging him. "I am going to love having a daddy."
"I know you will." Lindsai said with a smile to her. She was glad that Emma was seemingly fine with everything.
"What about Uncle Adam?" Emma asked. "I don't want him to be sad that I have a dad. He is like my dad."
"Baby, Uncle Adam knows Chris is your dad." Lindsai said. "He is fine with you getting to know him. Uncle Adam will always be in your life."
"Okay." Emma said getting down. "Can I go play?"
"Not yet." Lindsai said. "I have something else I want to talk to you about."
"What?" Emma asked sitting back down.
"Well, I was wondering how you would feel about us moving to Tampa." Lindsai said. "We would be close to Grammy and Popi, Uncle Adam and your dad."
"Really?" Emma said. "I would live near everyone."
"Yes." Lindsai said. "Would you be happy to live in Tampa?"
"Yes. I want to live near Uncle Adam, and daddy." Emma said.
"Okay." Lindsai said with a smile. "I will get things together. Now, you can play."
"K." Emma said getting down and hugging Chris. "Bye, daddy."
"Bye, Emma." Chris said hugging her back.
Emma went back to her room. It was then that Lindsai knew she and Chris needed to talk about what happen in the hotel room.
"Chris, we need to talk about what happen in the hotel room." Lindsai said once she saw that Emma was in her room.
"Okay, what about it?" He asked.
"We slept together." She said. "It shouldn't have happened." "Why do you say that?" He asked. "Besides the fact that I am married."
"That is the biggest reason." She said. "Chris, you are married and what happen was wrong."
"That didn't stop you six years ago." He said reminding her about the affair. "Six years ago, you were all ready to have an affair with me."
"Six years ago, I didn't have Emma." She said. "With my daughter, I can't be the another woman."
"Are you saying you don't still love me?" He asked her. He knew that he was still in love with her. But he also knew that he was married.
"Chris, a part of me will always love you." She said. "You are the father of my daughter. That bonds us."
"I am not talking about a bond we share because we share a child." He said. "I am talking about the feelings we have. That we have always had. From that first meeting."
"Chris, what we had was intense." She replied. "We were sneaking around and that made it more intense. But you were and still are married. I can't go there again."
"Lindsai, everything you are saying is true. But I haven't heard you say that you don't love me." He said taking her hand. "I know you have feelings for me."
"I can't say that I don't still love you." She said pulling her hand away. "But I can't go there. Chris, we can't go back to the way it was."
"Lindsai, I don't regret what happen." He said. "I wanted to be with you. I still love you and I always have."
"Chris, you say you still love me but you are still married." Lindsai said. "We can't go back and start this affair again. Let's just say what happen between us was closure sex, nothing more."
"Is that what it was for you?" He asked. "Closure sex. Lindsai, I love you."
"Chris, I know you do but it doesn't change anything." She said getting up and walking into the kitchen. He followed her. "You are married and you plan to stay that way. So, let's just be parents together."
"Okay, I will let this go for now." He said walking over to her. "But I love you and I know you love me." Then gently kissed her.
"You should go." She said pulling away, even though a part of her didn't want to.
"Okay, I will say goodbye to Emma and see you later." He said walking to Emma's room. After saying goodbye, he left and headed to the next city of the tour.
When he was gone, Lindsai thought about everything. The kiss, how she felt about him, what happen in that hotel, and the daughter they share. Could she stick to her word and just be parents with him? Or would she fall back into the affair with him? It scared her to think about that. She didn't want to go back and be the other woman. She had spent the last five years trying to get over him. And to an extent she had, but he still had a piece of her heart. She thought about him every time she looked at Emma. The daughter they shared and the person who bonded them forever.
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