It felt like a bad dream. Every single set of eyes was on her.
"I go away to jail and I have to find out off my best friend that my girlfriend gave birth to my child?"
"Derek…" Jules begged, but begged for what?
Derek what? What do I say?
"What did you name her?" Derek asked
She paused for a moment.
Why should I tell him? Why shouldn't I?
"Keely" Jules spoke softly almost in a whisper.
Greg took a step back and the other three followed suit.
"Please, I just want to see her, maybe we can work something out?"
"I was a scared pregnant 17 year old girl, all alone after my boyfriend got arrested for second degree murder, what makes you think I didn't put her up for adoption?" Jules was getting angry. These weren't just painful memories, they were excruciating.
"Because I know you better then anybody else. You would never let some stranger raise our child"
There was that word; our. It sent chills down her spine.
"Fine" Jules said
"Fine?" Derek's faced looked just as confused as Greg's or Sam's.
She finally opened her car door without a fight from Derek.
"Are you coming?" Jules insisted.
Greg reached out and put his hand on Jules' shoulder.
"Jules?" Greg didn't like to pry but Jules was like a daughter to him. He needed to be sure that she would be ok.
"Don't worry, I'll be here 7am sharp" She was confident. Back to her old self.
Her and Derek jumped in the car and drove away.
Greg looked over at Sam.
"I'm guessing you didn't know about this?"
"We dated for 6 months and she never mentioned a word of it" Sam picked up his bag and walked off to his bike.
******
"So, you're a cop now eh?" Derek tried to make small talk; he wasn't very good at it.
"Almost 11 years now"
"So you umm seeing anyone?"
Jules took her eyes of the road for a quick second to look at Derek.
"And if I was?"
"You wouldn't be doing this" Derek, whilst being unbelievably cocky, was also very smart.
The car went silent.
Jules came to the end of a long street and watched as Derek tilted his head in confusion.
"Why are we at a church Jay?"
Jules leaned over and pulled out a flash light before pointing towards the children's cemetery.
Sorry to have to stop it there but i'll try and have the next (maybe last) chapter up within the next few days. Maybe i should work on "Addiction" too : )