Chapter Three: Tanya Denali
Em POV
After Rose left, I checked my phone. I had four text messages and five missed calls from Tanya. Shit! She's gonna fucking kill me. I call her and she picked up on the second ring. " Why weren't you answering the damn phone? I wanted to tell you about my day." she whined into the phone. " Tanya , we have to talk." I sigh exasperated. I hate arranged relationships. My father said that Tanya's wealthy background would look good for me and that she's quite a bit of eye candy. Eye candy my ass. Tanya was an over painted whiny brat. " About what ? Emmy-bear , I had a terrible day and I want to talk about it." I pinched the bridge of my nose . " I ran into my girlfriend from high school." I said happily. " Okay and why is that so important ?" her nasally voice was giving me a headache. " Actually her son was brought in as a patient of mine today. It turns out that I'm his father. Tanya I had no idea . I mean I wouldn't have even known he existed if hadn't been rushed in with a broken arm." I explained. " Too bad he couldn't have broken his fucking neck." She snapped. " Don't say shit like that! You are such a heartless bitch." I can't believe she just said that. " How do you even know if the kid is yours?" She screamed. " He looks just like me and- no you know what, fuck you. Rosalie wouldn't lie to me." I really hate Tanya on a good day and right about now I loathe her. " Excuse me? You're taking up for her and not me. You are so damn ridiculous. What time do you plan on coming home so we can talk?" Now she wants to talk. " I don't know . After I finish up here , I'm taking Rose and our son out for dinner." I say triumphantly. " You and your whore have fun at dinner with your bastard child. Don't think this conversation is over." I wanted to say something but she fucking hung up on me.
My shift was over by eight and it couldn't have been any sooner. As I leave , I call Rose. " Hello?" Her voice is so calming. " Hey , it's Emmett. I just got off work." I hear shuffling . I really hope I didn't wake her . " I'm on my way to pick you up. I'll see you in a few ." Okay , she sounds happy. " Alright , see ya." I end the call and head down to the locker room to change . I can't go out wearing my scrubs.
By the time I'm showered and changed , Rose and Aaiden are outside waiting for me in the car. I wave to Rose and she waves back before unlocking the passenger door. " So, where we headed?" She asked taking the car out of park. " I was thinking that maybe we could go to Friendly's . Does that sound good to you guys?" Kids like Friendly's right? " Sounds great , Em. Right Aaiden?" We both turn and look at Aaiden . " That sounds awesome!" Aaiden grinned and I felt like I was looking in the mirror. I gave Rose directions on how to get to the restaurant and it only took us twenty minutes to get there.
Walking into the restaurant with Rose and Aaiden felt so natural. I looked at the young hostess and requested a table for three. There was something odd about the hostess. She looked unnervingly familiar. Our waitress seated us at table near the claw machine." Emmett , this is really nice of you. I appreciate it." Rose smiled . I really did miss that smile. I missed everything about her. I really wish we could pick up where we left off. I should have never listened to my father and gave Tanya a chance. I can't stand Tanya. I have to end our charade of a relationship and soon. " Emmett did you hear me?" I look up at Rose . " Sorry. What'd you say?" I ask shaking my head. " I said I'll be right back . I'm going to the ladies room." She says laughing lightly. " Go ahead. We'll be fine." I say looking over at Aaiden . She nods and leaves the table . I can't resist the urge to watch her walk away . Her hips have a natural sway I find so intoxicating . " You really like her , huh? " Aaiden says seriously ,sitting with his arms kinda crossed. " Yeah I do . I like her a lot." I say smiling. " Momma says I'm gonna be hangin' out with you sometimes when she has work ." I nod at him. " I guess that's cool . You seem okay." I smile at his words and look up to see Rose walking back . As soon as she sat down our waitress returned . After we had ordered, I decided we should talk a little more. Before we could begin our discussion, Tanya walks in with my parents behind her .
" You?! You're that stupid waitress from this afternoon." Tanya screamed pointing to Rosalie. Rose just narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists. " You ditched me to have dinner with this white trash nobody." Tanya glared at Rose. Who the fuck does she think she is? " Rosalie is a wonderful woman . Watch your mouth!" I scream at her standing up suddenly. " Do not speak to her like that , Emmett. She's just trying to save you from- Oh my!" my mother gasped as she came forward and saw Aaiden. She then turned to Tanya and narrowed her eyes. " Tanya, a word." she ground out. She turned to walk away but stopped. " Emmett , Rosalie please follow." Rosalie looked hesitant as she let go of Aaiden's little hand . " Don't worry about little man. Jonathan will keep an eye on him." Rose nodded and kissed Aaiden's forehead.
Rose POV
I knew as soon as she gasped she had figured it out . The way her angry face softened instantly when she looked at my little boy was a dead giveaway . When she asked me to follow her I almost passed out . I have to keep control of my breathing. After kissing Aaiden on the forehead I followed the three of them out of the restaurant. As soon as we walked into the chilly night air Emmett's mother blew out a breath of air. " Tanya you lied to me." Elaine said calmly shaking her head . " You said Emmett was off with some whore and a child that wasn't his . You know what I saw in that restaurant? I saw a spitting image of my son." Elaine smiled at me before glaring at Tanya. " Elaine , you don't understand. This woman is no good for Emmett. She just wants his money and sees the fact that her kid looks similar as an excuse to con him . She's a waitress at a fucking diner she's poison. We're in love." Tanya says going to hug Emmett. He catches her tanned forearms in his hands . " You're seriously delusional. I'm not in love with you . To be honest with you, I don't even like you. I don't even know why my parents thought I would." Emmett dropped her arms looking toward Elaine. " Emmett the only reason we thought she'd be good for you was because you wouldn't stop moping about Rosalie breaking up with you." she said pointedly . " I'm so sorry." I whisper brokenly. " Rosalie stop beating yourself up about it. You were trying to be selfless." Emmett said strongly. " I have to go it's getting late and Jonathan has a meeting in the morning. You will contact me tomorrow , so we can talk about this." Elaine said directing her gaze at Emmett. He nods and we head back into the restaurant.
Aaiden is talking to Jonathan about what happened to his arm. " You're a brave guy . Emmett over there cried for two hours from a splinter and he was five." Jonathan chuckled. " Whoa, would you look at the time? I think you two should start heading out." Emmett spoke quickly with red cheeks. Aaiden laughed and I couldn't help but chuckle. " We're leaving but you're not off the hook. Don't forget to call me." Elaine said sternly before embracing me . I hug her back promising to call before she leaves with Jonathan. I let out a breath of relief falling back against the booth. Emmett chuckles sweeping a lock of hair away from my eye. Our waitress returns with our plates. " I'm sorry about the wait there's a birthday party on the other side ." She smiles before placing our food in front of us. I guess we could do what we came here to do. Eat.
