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Chapter 10

Wendy's POV

"I don't know why I even bother anymore!" I yell out. Another day, another argument with Cartman. The lack of love and affection must be getting to me because we're fighting more than we ever have.

"Then let's go ahead and proceed with the divorce!" He suggests.

"Why? So she can have you? Never!" He's crazy if he thinks I'm going to make it easy for him and Heidi to be together.

"Where's your self respect? Why stay with a man that loves another woman? You sound just as pathetic as your ex husband!"

"What about our kids? Don't they deserve a two parent household?"

"How will they benefit from it if were always at each other's throats?"

"We don't have to be." I try to put my arms around him, but he pushes me away.

"We haven't gotten along in about two years. I'm sure the kids have picked up on it."

I shake my head. "They haven't."

Cartman raises his eyebrow. "How do you know?"

"They would've said something to one of us."

"Maybe they don't know how to approach it."

"I know my kids! They would talk to me."

"Even Julia?"

I nod proudly. "Especially Julia!"

Cartman bursts out laughing. "Come on Wendy. You really believe that?"

"Yes I do!"

"You two have always had a rocky relationship!"

Now he's starting to piss me off. "You don't know anything about our relationship!"

"I know when it comes to her personal feelings, Julia will come to me before even thinks about coming to you!"

I know he's right about that, but I won't admit that to him. "You can gloat all you want, just wait until she finds out that you're a cheating pig!"

He shrugs. "She'll understand."

"Do you remember how angry she was when we cheated behind Stan's back? She'll never forgive you!"

"I'll make her understand. I'm her father, she has to forgive me."

"Um…hello, you're NOT her father!" I remind him.

"I'm more of a father to her than that other thing you were married to."

I nod in agreement. "That may be true, but you're not her dad! I really wish you wouldn't put Stan down like that, he tried his best!" I say coming to Stan's defense.

"Oh really? Did you know he told Julia to stay away from him and his new family?"

"When did this happen?"

"A few weeks ago when Julia went to visit Eli in the hospital."

I'm in complete shock. "Wait, what?"

"Eli has cancer and is being treated at a hospital in Denver. You didn't know that?" Cartman smirks.

I shake my head. "No I didn't."

"But I thought she tells you everything?" He continues smirking.

"Oh hush! So you took Julia to see him?"

He nods. "Yes and she came back to the car in tears because Stan told her to stay away."

"I can't believe he would do that..." Stan wouldn't say that to Julia. There has to be more to the story.

"Well he did! He really hurt Julia's feelings."

"Why didn't you tell me about this?"

He shrugs. "That's Julia's business."

"She's my daughter damnit! I have the right to know if she's upset!"

He phone vibrates and he takes it out of his pocket and looks at it. "Hold that thought..." It looks like he's texting someone. That someone being Heidi I'm sure.

"Are you seriously going to respond to a text? We're having a fight!"

He shakes his head, not even bothering to look up from his phone. "You're having a fight! It's Heidi and I'd rather hear what she has to say more than you!"

My jaw drops. The nerve of him! "So she's more important than our daughter?"

"She's your daughter, remember?" He reminds me of own words.

"It's not like you and Heidi have kids so why make that slut a priority over your family?"

"Not my family...just you!"

I slap him in the face. "Asshole!"

"What's going on in here?" Julia comes in the room.

"Nothing honey, we were just talking about a movie we were a watching." I smile and hug Cartman, this time he hugs me back.

"A movie?" She eyeballs us suspiciously.

"Yeah, some random one on Lifetime."

"If you say so…"

"I better get going." Cartman announces.

"Where are you going?" Julia asks him.

"I'm going to the gym. I'll see you guys later." He gives Julia a kiss on the forehead before leaving.

"Since when does he go to the gym?" Julia asks me laughing.

I shrug. "Oh you know that Shannon has been giving him a hard time about getting into shape since she's into fitness now." Well that's not really a lie, but he's never taken his fat ass to the gym.

"She's been into it since she started college and I never heard him mentioning going to the gym before. Are you sure there isn't something else going on?" She raises her eyebrow.

"We're fine Julia!" I snap at her. "Leave it alone!"

She puts her hands up in defeat. "Well sorry I asked!" She leaves the room. As soon as she's gone I start crying. I don't know how much longer I can keep this charade up. It's slowly killing me…

Cartman's POV

As soon as I got to Heidi's she told me she wanted to talk. I told her about my "argument" with Wendy and that I needed to release before we talk. So of course you know what that means. "Eric, there's something we need to talk about…" Heidi whispers to me as we lie in her bed.

"What?" Why does she want to talk so soon after sex?

"It's about Josh."

Great way to kill the mood. "Ugh, what about him?"

"The reason I rushed you over here is because of him. He's really upset."

I roll my eyes. That boy is always upset. "About what?"

"He ended things with Shannon and she told him that she wanted to end things with him because she's not into him."

I shrug. She acts like this is a bad thing. "So what? They're brother and sister for crying out loud!"

"But they don't know that! He's heartbroken, go talk to him."

"I don't even know what to say to the boy!"

"Why don't you try being a father to him?"

"Fine! After this, I don't want to hear anything else about this! It's disgusting!" I begin getting dressed.

"You could always tell him the truth…" Heidi suggests.

"I told you, not yet! When I get divorced I'll sit down with the boy and my other kids and tell them everything." I go into Josh's room and open the door. He jumps when he realizes I'm in the room.

"Dad!" He takes his glasses off. "What are you doing here?"

"What were you doing before I came in here?"

"I was drawing…" He crumbles up a piece of paper and throws it away. "It was horrible."

I really don't give a shit. I close the door. "Your mom said you're upset about Shannon."

He looks down. "Yeah…I really liked her dad. She doesn't like me."

"GET THE FUCK OVER IT!" I hit the wall, causing him to jump again. "You had no business meeting a girl on the internet anyway!"

"I'm sorry…" He stands up and starts backing away.

"Stop apologizing, you sound pathetic!"

"Yes sir…" He looks away. "Can I at least remain friends with Shannon?"

I grab him and shove him up against the wall. "Absolutely not! I better not hear about setting foot in South Park again. Do you understand me?"

"Yes…" He mumbles.

"WHAT?"

"Yes sir…" He's now visibly shaking. I back away from him.

"You shouldn't be surprised that she doesn't like you! What girl in her right mind would be interested in you?"

"I-I don't know." He stutters.

"You're fat, ugly, and stupid." I pick up his glasses and throw them in the trash. "Blind too. Who would like that?"

"I'm not stupid…"

"What's 10 times 11?" I can tell he's "trying" to do the math in his head and he's failing. I can't help but laugh at this pitiful attempt. "Wow…you really are stupid!"

"I'm just really bad at math." He starts to cry.

"Really?" I shake my head in disappointment. "To this day, I can't believe you're my son! Where did I go wrong?"

"I'll do better, I promise. I just want to make you proud!"

I move closer to him and narrow my eyes. "I'll never be proud of you!" I turn to leave the room.

"Dad please!" He grabs my arm, and I shove him to the ground.

"Don't fucking touch me! Are you crazy?"

"Sorry…" He looks at me shaken and scared.

"You are sorry! You better remember what I said! Stay away from Shannon and South Park!" I leave the room. I know I put fear in his heart and he wouldn't dare think about disobeying me.