Black Lace

Chapter twenty-nine

"Hi" She whispered, not taking her eyes off Joey, she was looking at him as if she had known him for years, kind of the way anyone would expect me to look at him.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" Joey questioned, he knew her. And thats when it clicked, if this was a cartoon a light bulb would have appeared on top of my head. This was Olivia, I stared at her in disbelief, I couldn't open my mouth to speak there were no words.

"I needed to talk to you, but you've changed your number, I had no way of contacting you. I knew it must be you, when she ordered something from the shop. It was meant to be I took her order, she-" Olivia spoke but was interupeted.

"She has a name, this is Lauren, but you already know that and our son is in there, enjoying his 1st birthday party" Joey snapped, I wasn't surprised, he was always protective of me and everyone else he cared about.

"She already knows that too" I finally spoke "I told her that it was my sons birthday and I was having a party for him" remembering the day I was in the shop "You were acting so strange, I guess I know why now" I said shaking my head and raising my hand to my forehead.

"If you let me finish, I'll explain" She said with attitude who did she think she was. "Lauren gave me her name, I was shocked, because you said she lived in London, I never expected her to come in, I never imagined meeting her. I waited all day after she came in, waiting for you to walk in and see me, but you never did, so that's when I cancelled the order and decided I would bring it here myself, I knew you'd be here, and that's it here we are" She said looking at me and then at Joey her eyes meeting his again, it made me feel sick.

Before Joey spoke he placed his hand on my hip and moved me closer into his side. This gave me a little sense of security and also confidence, I had forgotten how safe Joey had made me feel, even when girls were standing at our door he still managed to make me feel like the only girl in the world, I rested my hand underneath his shirt on his hip, I knew then that Joey knew everything was alright and I wasn't angry with him. I wanted to feel angry at him, but I just couldn't.

"So, you knew it was my son's birthday, so you my physco ex decided to turn up and want to talk, you don't know what its like to love and be loved, but my little family do. Me, Lauren and Zack are a family and we all love eachother, it's perfect and I won't have you ruin that for me when I've only just got things sorted out. You weren't anything special to me" Joey said his tone was harsh and full of venom.

He stepped out of our embarace and walked towards the open boot, pulling the box out and walking back towards the house, I moved out of the way so Joey could come back into the house and still have room to put the box down, he then plunged his hand into his pocket retrieving his wallet.

"Have you paid for this already babe?" He asked me wondering if I needed the money.

"Yeah I paid in store" I replied scowling at Olivia who had out stayed her welcome, not that she was welcome.

"Look Olivia, I didn't mean to hurt you but you always knew my heart was with Lauren and ofcourse Zack when he was born" He said looking in my direction.

Olivia handed Joey something that she had, had in her pocket. When Joey held his hand out I could see it was a ring, I shot and accusing look in Joey's direction he never mentioned an engagment he had just said their relationship meant nothing to him, how could he do this? I thought to myself, I tried to think of a reason why she would have a ring, that Joey had given her other than for engagment purposes, but my mind was blank.

Joey grabbed hold of my hand "I'll explain later" He said with worry in his eyes, I just nodded, not even looking at him I couldn't bring myself to, knowing I would crying if I did.

"You'll regret this, Joe. I'll make sure you do" Olivia spat at Joey before rushing to her car and speeding off, I wasn't sure if this was an empty threat or a promise, I didn't know her well enough to make that decision. I felt as if I should be afraid.

Bit of a inbetween chapter. Next chapter things get interesting, Joey has a bit of explaining to do, don't give up on me I'm trying my best inbetween everything that's going on. I felt as if this chapter could have been better, I apologise if that's the case.