Though the seas were calm, all the men were on it just enjoying a night out together. Scotty took a swig of his beer before putting it down; he kept on thinking about how vial his mother had turned out to be. He knew that she never once liked the fact that he was a cop; but also she wasn't too emotionally close to him as a kid.
Scotty had relied on his older brother Mike, for a lot of things and his father. Although the courts made sure that his father had no contact with either Scotty or his family, he just felt horrible. As a kid he was told about his dad's hardships when he came from Cuba at the age of 15, how different American culture was to him.
Being Cuban did in fact make Scotty proud, as he also had instilled that into both Melissa and in Leigh as well. However now he knew that he only had his own family to care for, but it still hurt about what had happened to him in his own childhood. That was something that Scotty had kept a big secret from just about everyone including his late girlfriend; Elisa.
If he had overcame that one, quite possibly he could let the old demons fly away; in time for the birth of his third child. For now Scotty stood there listened to some of the guys joking around, while taking another sip of his beer.
Meanwhile, Lilly was in the middle of giving Leigh her bath. Using a special bedtime bath wash, she knew that somehow it calmed her. Even after putting her on the changing table, she then massaged her legs with some lotion. Turns out that these were the key ingredients for getting Leigh to fall asleep, but while she was doing that; Lilly began to softly sing to her.
A little while later as she gently rocked the sleepy one year old to sleep, Lilly also knew that her unborn baby was also hearing her singing as well. Slowly sitting down on a rocking chair, she listened to Leigh breathing in and out softly while she slept on her shoulder. Being careful not to rouse her, she then sipped on some cold chocolate milk since her cravings had only seemed to worsen.
When Scotty came home, he went up to kiss Melissa goodnight; before peering into Leigh's room. There he saw Lilly holding their sleeping daughter in her arms.
He then took Leigh into his, rocking her softly. Lilly smiled before slowly getting up, before giving their daughter her goodnight kiss. Not long after coming downstairs, that she started to eat the salsa out of a jar with a spoon. She hated eating so much, but how was able to open up yet another jar.
Scotty made a face upon coming downstairs; he couldn't understand why she was eating salsa with a spoon, "On a salsa kick there, Lil"?
"Baby's hungry", managing to say between chewing on several chips. He then took away the bag containing salty chips, "No more, you need to eat healthier stuff".
Lilly shot him a look, but instead let out a breath. She knew that what he was saying was in fact right; she knew that she wanted their baby to be healthy. On the counter, Scotty knew that his wife was in fact trying to contact her father.
He knew that since the age of six, Lilly felt abandoned and was seeking the man whom had left her. Though Scotty knew how his wife felt inside, he also didn't want to stir up anymore problems especially in light of her pregnancy.
"Is this finding him going to help", he asked.
Lilly thought for a moment, "I don't know I just want to know why he had left", fighting the tears that weren't being shedded. Without a word, Scotty pulled her into an embrace, "My dad was disappointed in me when I became a cop, and he still is".
His hand was now stroking her abdomen, knowing that he had made a better father than his was. This wasn't the point but for now; the two were enjoying each other's company. Soon after Lilly had lay down to try and fall asleep; she felt warm lotion being rubbed onto her swelling abdomen.
Although Lilly didn't open her eyes, it felt good to have a massage. Somehow she was able to sleep better than usual, but however Scotty didn't sleep at all. In fact he sat downstairs, flipping through old photos of his family that had been taken in Cuba; a long time ago.
He knew that he had pride but, upon looking at pictures from when was a kid was hard. Scotty had been through a lot, remembering how many times his dad would scald him about being weak. While going onto another small photo book; he then carefully studied a photo of Lilly as a little girl. His lips formed a small smile, seeing just how beautiful his wife was; even back then.
Somehow his guilty led up to having a conversation with Stillman later on that week; however the older man had more wisdom to give to Scotty.
"You have to move on Scotty, can't feel bad for something that you didn't cause".
Scotty nodded in understanding; but Stillman had continued to speak, "I missed my own daughter's birth completely; never got to have that chance back. I was the one whom screwed up that and my marriage; but you didn't".
He knew that what the older man was saying was true, "The why would the courts believe that I was an abuser, they accused me of raping Lil".
"I don't know but it's over Scotty, right now you have a family to care for and a new baby on the way", the older man said trying to convince the younger one to finally let things go.
After that conversation, Scotty still was left to pick up himself mentally after everything that had happened to him. However he knew he had to move on, but found it very hard to do.