A/N: If anyone is ever confused about a timeline, just know there isn't one. I just write what comes to me first. None of these are linear. The only consistent things in those oneshots/drabbles is Sophia. I just wanted to make sure everyone understood that part. It just depends on how I feel like writing Sakey. Thanks for all the reviews and the reads! You guys are great! :)
Also: I hate this oneshot but I wanted to update for you guys. I had to get that off my chest.
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Sabrina thought she might hyperventilate. This wasn't what she wanted. Michael was supposed to live his life they way she wanted him to. He was supposed to be free from her and all of her crap. As hard as it was for her, she had to let him go. It's why she wrote the letter that she did. It had all her hopes and dreams for him written on two pages. She was going to kill Felix for blabbing all her secrets. It was her fault but for now she wanted to put the blame on someone else.
"You're such an idiot," Michael explained.
"Excuse me?"
"Why wouldn't you tell me she was my daughter? I had a right to know."
"No, you didn't."
"What? You were just going to keep her from me? Never tell me that your daughter is my daughter too? Come on Sabrina!"
"Stop, okay."
"No. I'm not going to stop. This is deja vu," he chuckled a little, "Do you not trust me?"
"Michael, I do trust you. It's complicated. And you said you wouldn't get mad!"
"I'm not mad, Sabrina. I'm more disappointed than anything. She's my daughter."
"You were happy," Sabrina was crying at this point, "I thought that if you never knew that you would move on, and you did. I had no plans on ever coming back here but things didn't go as planned."
"What was the plan? Leaving with Carlos?"
"No. I was going to say goodbye to him. At first, I was going to Puerto Rico but I couldn't fly at that point, so I was just going to somewhere south. But then I saw Carlos talking to Paul Hornsby and I knew something wasn't right."
"Yeah, he's corrupt."
"I didn't know that at the time. Carlos said he made a deal with him to testify but that didn't make sense to me. He trusts me and I knew that I could manipulate that."
"So, you left with him."
"Yes."
"I don't care about anything dealing with him. How did you find out she's mine?" Sabrina shook her head, "it doesn't matter."
"Of course it matters. We're parents, Sabrina. How did you know she was mine?"
"Something was wrong after I gave birth. She wasn't crying and he wouldn't tell me what was wrong."
"She wasn't crying? Why not?"
"I didn't know at first. I thought something was wrong with her airway, which was true but Carlos at least let me go to the hospital. They told me something was wrong with her heart."
"Like me." Sabrina nodded, "That's when I knew. I knew right then she was yours."
"But how? You were so sure. I mean, everyone was."
"She was just a big baby. It surprised me more that the delivery wasn't that difficult."
"Okay, back to her medical problems. Did she have surgery?"
"Yes. Carlos paid for it."
"And it was successful? She's okay now?" Sabrina nodded, "She has monthly check ups here with her pediatrician. Anything else you want to know?"
"You don't get the right to be angry at me. I'm the one who just found out that I have a daughter that you decided to not tell me about. Were you just going to keep pretending that she wasn't mine? Or just when it was convenient to you?"
"I would've told you when I thought the time was right."
"And when would that be?"
"I don't know, Michael! I'll admit the moment I got back I should've told you but I couldn't bring myself to do it."
"Damn right. Why are you so hell bent on sabotaging us?"
"There is no us. There's a me and then a you. We aren't a couple anymore."
"We could be if you'd just stop running away from me. It would also be nice if you would stop making stupid decisions and let us just be two people in love with each other." Sabrina got up from the table and Michael followed her, "What are you afraid of?," he asked.
"We were so happy and I ruined that. How can you ever trust me again?"
"Things like this take time. I don't hate you if that's what you think. Am I pissed at you for keeping Sophia away from me and lying? Yes, but that doesn't change how I feel about you. I think I know what the problem is." Sabrina looked at Michael, "What?"
"This is about all those things I said to you before you left, isn't it? I was wrong to practically throw my money at you. I didn't know how to manage the emotions that I was going through. I apologize."
"You don't have to do that. I'm the one who needs to just grovel to you, but I don't think there's enough time."
"Everything needs to be out in the open between us. I'm not letting you go again."
"Are you sure we can even get past this?"
"It will take some time. I can't sit and pretend like I'm not angry at you for lying but I can't deny my feelings for you either. We need to take things slow and really work on trusting each other."
Sabrina could only nod her head. There was no point in denying that she didn't want to be with Michael. She loved him too much and wanted to work on their relationship, "I think I can agree to that."
"It's settled then. No more lies. No more hiding things from each other. Only the truth from here on out," he held out his hand for her to shake.
"Agreed. Are we allowed to sit and enjoy the dinner Felix and Kiki set up for us?"
"Only if you tell me everything I need to know about our daughter."
"Deal."
