Dana blankly looked at the girl who was just standing there in a red shirt and jeans. The man walked away and she just stood there. Lu looked at Dana.
"You wanna do something? Talk to her, ask her something, tell her something... Do something." Lu pointed out.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Jessica said in a quiet tone.
"It's right there, hun." Lu pointed out and Jessica ran toward it. "Well..."
"I, I... um..."
"Show some affection toward the child, you're her mother. Her caretaker just died. I know this is shocking for you, but imagine how she feels."
"How could that son of a bitch lie to me? He's been lying for 8 years!"
"How could you not remember having a second child? I mean it's not one of those things that you can ignore. It's a human being coming out of a tiny hole."
"I know... I just don't remember. I lost consciousness literally the second after Alexa was born. So I assume she was born second."
"Are you gonna go yell at Nick?"
"What do you think? Of course I'm gonna go yell at him. Wouldn't you?"
"You're life is so funny. You can't imagine how hard I'm working to contain myself. First you have this picture perfect husband and then you create this ideal family. You bought a mansion, awesome cars then all of a sudden you separate from your husband. If you spend like more than 5 minutes with the guy one of you starts yelling. Now you find out that for 8 years he's hidden the fact that you have another child out there."
"Thank you for the recap butI don't find that funny."
"I find it hilarious." she smiled. The room grew silent for a second that gave them the opportunity to hear the sobbing coming from the bathroom. "Go check on her."
Dana raised her eye brows and walked to the bathroom. She put her hand on the door knob surprised to find it unlocked. She opened the door and saw Jessica sitting on the floor in a corner of the bathroom, crying. "What's wrong, sweetie? Is everything okay?" she asked as she bent down a little. Jessica just shook her head. "Come on, get up." she took Jessica's hand and helped her up. She took her back to her office. Jessica sat on the small couch and Dana pulled a chair to sit in front of her. Jessica wiped a tear from her cheek with her hand still heaving. "Everything is gonna be fine, honey. I can only imagine how hard this is for you, it's okay to cry. But I want you to know that if there is anything that's bothering you, you can tell me."
"What are you gonna do with me?" She asked curiously
"What do you mean?"
"Are you gonna put me up for adoption or give me away..?"
"Neither." Dana answered "We're gonna go home right now. Tomorrow I'll take you shopping you can buy whatever you want. Everything will be fine."
"But why?"
"Because I'm your mother, you're my daughter. Even though I didn't know about you it doesn't mean I don't love you." she stood up. "Come on, let's go."
They got home 20 minutes later. Alexa was still with Nick, he still had to drop her off. Jessica sat in front of the TV while Dana was in the office looking through her files. The front door opened and Alexa ran in followed by Nick. Dana walked out of the office and saw them by the door.
"Hi, Mommy." Alexa said as she walked up the stairs with her backpack.
"I lost me key. So I'm gonna hang out here until the locksmith guy calls me." He walked into the living room. That's when he saw Jessica sitting on the couch. "Dana!" he yelled and turned around. She was standing right in back of him.
"Guess what I found out today." she said sarcastically.
"I can explain." he went to the bar. And opened a bottle. "You want a martini?" he asked
"Glass of wine." she answered. He popped the cork and poured a glass. She took a sip while he made himself a martini. Finally he poured it in a glass. "Start explaining."
"I was trying to protect you."
"From what?!"
"You were 20 years old, Dana. We weren't even ready for one child. It was a complete accident. We couldn't afford it, we weren't ready for it. We didn't know we were having twins. And that night was scary for me."
"Why?!"
"We were this perfect newlywed couple. My wife was being raped in front of my eyes. You're water broke too early. Then Alexa was born. She was perfect. She was a little small but she was healthy. After that when you had another contraction I thought it was just the placenta but it wasn't. I saw the head crowning and I trying to stay calm. After her head was out you passed out. The baby was so small she kinda came out with a gentle pull. She was tiny and she wasn't breathing. A few minutes later she was fine. I thought she may have gone to long without oxygen, she may have had brain damage. We had no money to manage that. So I told the nurse to take her to an adoption agency."
"The nurse kept her."
"Well I didn't know that." he answered.
"How could you lie to me? Why would you want to hide that from me? You should have told me!"
"I know."
"Oh my god, oh my fucking god. This is the reason we're not together anymore. This is why you didn't want to have anymore children with me. That's why we became so distant.You hid it from me and you were afraid that I'd find out because you knew I would explode on your ass."
"Yeah, your right." he paused for a second. "I want you to have everything, Dana. I wanted us to have a perfect life. I figure that we'd forget about her. And raise one child and eventually have a second one. I want you to be happy and careless."
"Well, thank you. I can't be anymore happy than I am at this second." she replied sarcastically. He put his hand on her shoulder to try to show affection. She pulled away and wiped a sing tear rolling down her cheek. "Don't touch me. Just leave. I don't want to see you, I don't want to talk to you."
"How did you find out?" he asked as he put the glass down.
"She died. The nurse that took her died and in her will she asked that she be returned to her rightful mother, which apparently was me."
"What about her?" he asked
"What about her?" Dana repeated
"Is she... does she have special needs?"
"No, not that I know of. She's fine... she's perfect."
"If only, right?" he asked in a regretful look on his face.
"If only what?"
"If only things worked out the way I wanted them to. If only we were still that amazing couple with the two perfect child and the mansion... with the expensive cars."
"It could have been, if you didn't lie to me. If you didn't give away our daughter without telling me. It could have been..." she answered
Meanwhile: At Lu and Jonas's house. Jonas had made her dinner and was waiting for her to come to the table. She sat down and they begun talking.
"I have the funniest story to tell you."
"Go ahead." he answered
"Nick and Dana had twins. Nick gave one of them away and never told Dana about it. Tonight the woman who was taking care of their kid died and the kids was brought to the RWHC to be returned to her."
"You think that's funny?"
"I think it's hilarious. She had no idea that she had a second child. You should have seen the look on her face. It was priceless."
"What about the kid?"
"The kid was a little emotional but she'll be fine. I wonder what Dana's gonna do to him."
"What can she possibly do? They're already separated, she already has both the kids and the house. She can just file for divorce and make the whole legal."
"I doubt she'd do that, although it would be interesting."
The next day: Lu and Nick were on a break together on the roof, having coffee.
"I wish I could have been there to hear that conversation last night." Lu laughed
"It wasn't as amusing as you would expect. She cried for like a second, yelling was minimal."
"Still. It must have been interesting. Did you talk to the kid? She was really the cutest thing I have ever seen."
"I didn't talk to her. But I did see her for like 2 seconds."
"Why would you even lie to your wife about something like that."
"If Jonas did something like that I would hang him." she answered. At that second Dana opened the door and saw them sitting there with coffee.
"Can I talk to you, Nick." her voice was weak and unstable. Lu left. She slowly walked closer to him until was was standing right in front of him.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
To Be Continued...
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