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It has been a little over a week , since I had dinner with James.
Within that small window of time, James and I found more information that we needed, to locate my parents.
"Have you decided whether or not you will confront Eli about this?" James asked me over the phone. "I haven't decided yet. He's lied to me for so long. If I confront him now, how can I expect him to tell me the truth?"
I could hear James' audible sigh on the other end of the phone.
"You do have a point. But you have to confront either Eli or Maya about what they did. Liv, you're an attorney. Maya and Eli Pope committed a crime. They kidnapped you. There's a myriad of charges they could be charged with, such as kidnapping, child endangerment, child abuse need I go on?" he said making his point crystal clear.
I held my head in my hand shaking my head. James is right, I am an attorney, I do know this stuff.
Finding this out about myself and getting all this information, it was a little overwhelming and at the moment I couldn't really think straight. James' words from the other night resonated in my head, 'Don't beat yourself up over this. Better late than never.'
"You're right. You're absolutely right. I wasn't really thinking. This whole situation is a little surreal," I confined. "Liv. I understand. You're going to get through this, just have faith. I'll do everything in my power to help you."
"Liv, have you told Fitz about what you are doing to track down your parents?"
"No, I haven't talked to him about it. I want to get the facts right and I want to meet them first before I tell him about it.
I want to have the chance to get to know my parents better before I introduced them to Fitz."
"Liv- you know you have to tell Fitz about this. If you don't tell him, he is going to think you're keeping something from him, that you're lying to him. You know you don't want that . You have to tell him as soon as possible."
" Okay, James. Okay, you made your point. I get it, I'll tell him." I know James is telling me how to do this the right way, having my best interest, but I thought that I needed to do this on my own before telling Fitz.
But I was going to be a woman of my word and tell him. I told Fitz no more lying, and that goes for me too.
I should know, better than anyone as well as from my personal experiences that lying and keeping secrets helps no one. Lying and secrets only leads to mistrust and heartache. Well, this pattern is going to stop with me.
About an hour later, I was in the White House Residence packing my suitcase.
I was multitasking. I was slowly packing clothes in my suitcase and keeping an eye on my phone to connect with my mother via Facebook.
I had made a Facebook account the next day, after my dinner with James. I searched my mother's name and found her.
I was so into my phone messaging with my mom I forgot about packing. It didn't take long after exchanging pleasantries, that we started to bond.
My mother's full name, Carolyn Alexandra Price-Scott.
She is very open and honest, she said she was about 59, so she's a little older than Fitz. She has been married to my father for 42 years. They were childhood sweethearts and married right out of high school.
I kept messaging with my mom back and forth for hours. I was so engrossed in it, that I didn't hear Fitz come into the room.
"Livvie…Livvie? What is going on here? Why is there a suitcase in the middle of the floor?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry baby," I said finally looking up from my phone. I put my phone down on the bed. "I need to tell you something, Fitz."
I patted the spot next to me on the bed. "I have been looking for my parents. I started to connect with my mother via Facebook last week. My parents, they live in Houston. They have a church there, it's called Living Grace Ministries. I wasn't going to tell you about this until after I met them," I told Fitz as I began to pace the length of the room.
"But James reminded me that the right way to go about this, was to tell you first. That's the right way, to let you know everything. Keeping things from you and trying to do everything on my own, it only causes pain. So, I'm letting you know that I am planning to go to Houston, to meet my parents. That's why I have a suitcase on the floor," I explained.
"How long are you planning to stay?" Fitz asked me, his crystal blue eyes looking straight into my soul.
"I'm not sure yet, maybe a couple of weeks," I said with a shrug. "I know, I dumped a lot of this information on you at once. I'm done being selfish. I want to let you in. I need to know. How do you feel about this Fitz? Are you upset with me?"
Fitz got up and walked to where I was standing. He cupped my face in his hand, and kissed my forehead. "Livvie, believe me, I understand. I do. Somethings you have to figure out on your own. I'm not upset with you. I told you before, I want you to be completely honest with me. And you're doing that. Just let me know how things are going, when you get there. I worry about you, you know?" he said with his charming smile.
"Okay," I said with a sigh of relief, a small smile on my face.
That's chapter 43. What do you think? Feel free to tell me what you think in your reviews! Chapter 44 is coming soon. Until next time…Tay
