Janet's New Life- Chapter 6
Hannah reached for Janet's hands and held them firmly. "All right, where do I begin? Nick and I have talked about this so often. It's been especially hard for Nick at times not to blurt out something to Eddie at work. You know how guys are."
Janet nodded. "Blurt out what?"
"Tell Eddie about Thad, of course. Nick has had to get over the fact that he lost out on nearly ten years of Sam's life and he didn't want Eddie to go through that too. "
"That is exactly what I've worried about too. I mean Eddie missing out on Thad's early years and Thad missing out on that time too with his dad, that is if Eddie really is Thad's father. Are you telling me that Eddie has never gotten married in all these years and had children of his own, Hannah?"
"Not from lack of trying," Hannah chuckled. "Oh, Eddie has been well, Eddie, the serial dater. Him and Rory tried it for awhile but you could tell that neither one of them had their hearts into it. It was more like, I don't know, common problems. Like the song, If You Can't Be with the One You Love, Love the One You're With. That sort of thing."
"You mean, Rory wasn't Eddie's ideal woman. I guessed that was what he always wanted, the woman that turned every guys head."
"No Janet, both Nick and I could see through Eddie's pretense. He tried to put on a good act but it just didn't wash with those who knew him the best. Owen could see it to and he tried talking to him. Owen told him that he just needed to get over whatever was bugging him and go get back the one woman he truly loved. But Eddie was being his stubborn self. He wouldn't hear of it. Him and Owen nearly got into a knock down, drag out brawl over it, so everyone pretty much steered clear of the subject from then on."
"I didn't realize that all of you would be left here to worry about Eddie. I just assumed that he'd go on with his life as usual, re-living his glory days here in the Ridge."
"In my eyes, Janet, you were his glory days. That was when he was the happiest. Don't you realize that?"
"And I'm the woman who caused him the most heartbreak also, Hannah. There's no way getting around that!"
"Nick and I got around that kind of heartbreak, Janet, and I can honestly tell you that there is a way."
"Well, I'm here in Knight's Ridge for the next two weeks, so I guess we'll see if at least Eddie and I can talk to one another without tearing each other apart both inside and out."
Thad called out to Janet and Hannah from the bottom of the stairs. "Come on you two, we don't want to be late. I want to see what Sully's is like. I've heard so much about the place. Let's get a move on."
Janet smiled. "Impatient one isn't he. Gotta love him, though."