Sawyer sat in the soft coral colored couch of Kate's living room very impatiently, unlike him Kate seemed to be a very slow reader and at this point all he wanted to know is if she like what he wrote. "Come on Freckles you got to give me something, I'm dying over here." Sawyer urged. Kate smiled and gave out a giggle as she replied, "Hold on James, god you're so impatient."
He'd been a con man almost his entire life; it was the only thing he knew how to do. But he had to try to be better than he was before, he had to keep the promise he made to himself, the promise that he would stop conning if Kate was alive and took him back. So what else could Sawyer, a man of many stories about his days as o con artist do? Write about them of course. Tell a story of a con man that had no feeling for anyone but himself that is until he met a girl who changed him. That's right in the last three months since he left the island and started living with Kate he had turned into an author, Sawyer at first couldn't believe it either. Not the fact that he liked writing about his days as a con man, but that he truthfully liked writing this book more than more than conning. Not having to be on the run made him feel relieved and at peace, and plus not having to be on the run meant he was with Kate.
As they sat while Kate finished reading the last paragraph of the final draft of his book, Sawyer couldn't help but feel a little bit nervous. After a few minutes had passed Kate slid the story across the coffee table so that it was right in front of him, she took a deep breath and said, "Well Sawyer, it looks like you've got a best seller here." She smiled as she let out a cheerful laugh. Sawyer at that time let out a loud laugh as he clapped his hand and then yelled "Halleluiah!" Sawyer laughed for a few more moments before he looked at Kate and asked "You really liked it? I mean I wasn't sure if you would since unlike anyone who reads it knows that all of this is true." Kate stared at Sawyer in a loving gaze and answered in a very joyful tone, "Why wouldn't I? That was the old you, the part of you I never knew. I'm glad I got to know how you were back then. I wonder how much money you'll get once it's published; you know we'll need some extra money now." Sawyer stared at her with a puzzled look on his face, what did she mean? "What do you mean we'll need some extra cash now? You going on a vacation or something Freckles." He watched her as her face lit up with a smile as she took his hands in hers, she let out a quick giggle before saying, "No I'm not going anywhere, Sawyer I'm pregnant. You and I are gonna have a baby."
At first Sawyer didn't know what to say, but to Kate the smile and kiss he gave her said it all. She was so happy he was happy about the baby. But Sawyer found it stranger that he was actually, legitimately happy about having a baby. Kate was right when she said the man in his book was the old him, since the old him probably would have ran away when he heard this kind of news. But the new Sawyer just stood and took Kate in his arm holding her, sat she stood in his arms Kate whispered to Sawyer, "I'm so happy you're here Sawyer." Sawyer made a slight grin on his face as he whispered back "I'm happy you didn't get on that plane Freckles." They both smiled and just stayed as they were for the next five minutes, Sawyer would have kept holding her longer but the doorbell rang and Kate had to go answer it while he e-mailed the final draft of his book to his publisher.
As Kate walked down the hallway towards the door, wondering who it was. She nor Sawyer weren't expecting anyone, at least not until tomorrow when Juliet planned to come over for dinner along with Jack. Kate opened the door only to see a woman with short brown hair and hazel eyes standing on the other side, "Hello, can I help you?" Kate politely asked the woman. The woman made an awkward smile on her face as she asked, "Yeah I'm looking for Sawyer, I was told by his publisher that I could find him here. Is he home?" Kate waited for a moment before she asked the woman, "Who are you was he expecting you?" the woman bowed her head and let out a big sigh and replied, "I don't think he'd expecting me, I just really have to talk to him, it's about his daughter."
Anger swelled over Kate's entire body, daughter? Sawyer didn't have a daughter, at least not one that she knew about. "I'm sorry who are you?" Kate asked the woman frantically, "I'm Cassidy." The young woman replied. Cassidy? She had heard that name before, but where. And then she remembered she was one of the people Sawyer had conned, one of the people he had named in his book. "Look Sawyer's busy working right now but if you come back another time I think_" but she was cut off mid sentence as Cassidy pushed passed Kate as she stormed into the house, as she passed by her Kate could tell by the smell that she had been drinking and was most likely completely wasted.
Sawyer had moved from the kitchen and was now sitting on the couch searching stuff up on his laptop. As he was searching up nursery themes, of all things to search, he heard footsteps coming rapidly for the hallway. Thinking that it was Kate coming back from answering the door he yelled out, "Hey Freckles, what ya think about a jungle theme for the nursery? I know it seems a bit weird but it looks kinda cool…Freckles?" But Kate didn't answer, so he turned to see who was in the doorway of the living room. When he saw who it was he practically jumped off the couch, "Jungle theme? Sounds nice but it's not really Clementine's taste." Cassidy said an angry grin on her face; Sawyer didn't know what to do. He didn't even know she knew he was back, "What the hell are you doing here? Haven't you heard of a phone?" Sawyer asked. If she knew where he lived Sawyer suspected that she also knew the phone number to the house. "Well I figured if I told you I was coming over you would go out somewhere until your girly told you I was gone. And I needed to talk to you, it's about Clementine." Cassidy answered him.
Sawyer stood frozen as he heard Clementine's name, his daughter. He had written her a letter almost every week even though Cassidy only asked that he write one, he even set up a bank account with a shit load of money in it. He wondered what else Cassidy could possibly want? From the smell of it she probably needed a ride home. But what could she possibly need in terms of Clementine? "What about Clementine? I set her up nice with that bank account, and I write her a damn letter every week. I mean what else do you want?" Cassidy looked at him in degust, "What else could I want? I want a day off every now and again from parenting, I want you to own up and be her dad. Or, or pay up for what you owe me." She said. Sawyer's mouth dropped as she said this, he couldn't believe it. Cassidy didn't care if he was a part of Clementine's life or not, she just wanted money.
"Pay up? I already paid up, I told you I set up a bank account with a shit load of money for her. Enough money to last that little girls whole life, so tell me what other paying up do you mean? Cause if its money you're after I already gave it to you." Sawyer spat back, no way was he gonna be conned by the whole "It's for your daughter." Trick, he was smarter than that. And besides how dare she track him down for cash he had already given her. "That money won't last her long Sawyer." Cassidy said angrily. "Won't last her or won't last you?" Sawyer said in a snarky tone. "Well it ain't like you're hurting Sawyer, surely a hundred bucks a week won't break your wallet." Cassidy argued, Sawyer wanted to be part of his daughter life, but he wasn't about to support how many habits Cassidy had. "This was Kate's house before I got here, her money not mine. And I don't know how much I'm gonna make off the book yet, so sorry sister I'm fresh out of money to support you right now. Now I have no problem watching Clementine but if it's money your after then you wasted a trip. Now I want you out of this house, now!" Sawyer said forcefully. Cassidy left as she was ordered, but that was now only one problem dealt with.
Cassidy was gone but one thing he wasn't sure about was how much she told Kate. Sawyer looked through the entire house before he found Kate in their bedroom sitting on the bed, waiting for him. As he entered the bedroom Kate lifted up her head, looked at him and asked, "Was she telling the truth? Do you have a daughter?" Sawyer saw her face; he could tell that she had been crying. He was in a lose lose situation, lie to her and she hate him, tell her the truth and risk hurting her more than he already did. "Yes Kate it's true, I have a daughter but it's not what you think. I didn't even know I had her before she was almost a year old, and even though I found out late I looked after her. I set up a bank account for her with a lot of money in it, and I write her a least one a week." Sawyer confessed, although he knew his honesty hurt her, he knew that if he had lied to her that Kate would never trust or forgive him ever again.
"I want the truth James, do you love her?" Kate asked firmly, Sawyer knew she was mad or upset with him Kate always called him James when she was. Even though the question was unexpected Sawyer knew the answer to the question, and it's wasn't an answer that was drilled into his head but one that he felt, "Kate I love my daughter, but in no way do I love Cassidy." He began to say, then he walked over to Kate took his hands in his like she had done minutes ago, looked straight into her eyes and said "Kate I'm with you. And as long as you don't kick me out I plan on staying here with you, and raise are baby with you." He kissed her on the forehead, he planned to move and kiss her on her mouth but just before he did Kate stopped him just for a moment to ask him to make a promise, "Promise me no more secrets like this." He kissed her on the lips and softly whispered into her ear, "No more secrets I promise." They laid on the bed kissing passionately for an hour, then continued to do what sawyer had started before, looking up baby stuff. They spent the entire day doing that, and to Sawyer and Kate this was perfect. And despite what had happened earlier with Cassidy the rest of the day didn't seem to be ruined.
Next Chapter: Will Kate's pregnancy change her friendships with Jack and Juliet. And is Cassidy done with Sawyer just yet?