Chapter 21
"Oh My God, Charlie!" Ruby spoke shocked.
"Ruby let me explain" Charlie begged.
"Explain what, you're pregnant" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yes but can we maybe talk inside?" Charlie asked.
"Fine, but how could you be pregnant and not tell me?" Ruby asked as she opened the door and made her way inside with Charlie following behind.
Charlie didn't know how to answer that question just yet and went and sat on the lounge. Ruby followed hoping for an answer. They both sat there silently waiting for one another to say something. So many questions raced through Ruby's mind. Who was the father? Was it Brax's child? How long along was she? Ruby got pulled out of her thoughts when Charlie spoke up. Charlie knew what Ruby was thinking 'Who is the father?' and she decided to answer that question before Ruby asked anything else.
"It's Brax's child' Charlie explained to her daughter, hoping it would help Ruby understand the whole situation.
"How long are you gone?" Ruby asked still shocked at the thought of Charlie being pregnant and it being Braxs child.
"Three months" Charlie responded in hope that her daughter was not mad at her and would forgive her.
Ruby was still in shock. Her mother was three months pregnant with her ex boyfriends' child. That wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was that Charlie didn't want Brax knowing she was coming back, with good reason, but Brax was her child's father even though Ruby was sure he would have moved on by now. He needed to know even if Charlie didn't want him to know. It was now or never for Ruby to say what she needed to say to her mother.
"Charlie, Brax needs to know that you're back and pregnant with his child"
"No Ruby! He can't know, things with us are complicated and I can't go there again, I'm sorry." With this said Charlie got up off the couch and walked away, grabbing her car keys and heading for the door.
"Charlie wait! Where are you going?" Ruby yelled to her mother as she tried to stop her from leaving once again.
"I'll be back later, I need some time to myself" Charlie responded while getting into her car and driving off in the direction of the beach. Once she arrived at the beach she noticed three very familiar men down the beach with two women by their sides. 'That wasn't a good sign,' Charlie thought to herself. As she breathed in the fresh air of the ocean breeze, Charlie lost track of all her thoughts and was clueless to her surroundings. While she was in her little world Casey was making his way up from the beach. He stopped in his tracks as soon as he saw her.
"Oh my god, Charlie is that you!" Casey shouted out, causing everyone to look at him and Charlie including Brax and Heath down the beach, who were not so sure as what they heard or what was going on up near the surf club.