Chapter •21•
《Rowan》Carmen, Jasmine and myself just got to the park and right now we are just walking around the park when out of the blue Grant came walking up to us so I look at him and say what the hell do you want Grant?
《Grant》I want to get to know my daughter
《Rowan》Oh now she's your daughter huh? You said she wasn't your daughter when the doctor told us she was going to be born with spina bifida
《Grant》Rowan I'm her father and I was scared, when the doctor said that I had all these horrible things running through my mind
《Rowan》Oh like what?
《Grant》Like she will never get to do the things that the other kids her age do and the possibility of her dieing at a young age and her having surgery after surgery I couldn't watch her go through that
《Rowan》I look at Carmen, Carmen can you take Jasmine for a walk please? She nods and I watch as they walk away before I start to speak again when they are out of earshot I look at Grant and say, don't you think I was scared to don't you think I had those thoughts running through my mind as well but I never gave up on Jasmine like you did, so you think you get to just come back into Jasmine's life like this well think again because I'm not letting you in her life now leave and don't come back she don't need you she don't know you
With Carmen and Jasmine
《Jasmine》Aunt Carmen who was that guy?
《Carmen》It was nobody you need to worry about
《Jasmine》But he said he was my father, is he my father?
《Carmen》Before I answer Jasmine's question I text Rowan
Text from Carmen to Rowan
How is everything going there? And Jasmine just asked me if Grant is her father but I don't know what to tell her
End of text
《Carmen》I just texted Rowan about Grant and now I'm just waiting on what she has to say but until then I continue walking with Jasmine, so Jasmine how are you liking school?
《Jasmine》Well I was getting bullied but the girls that were bullying me got suspended and I love my teacher she's so nice but can I tell you something?
《Carmen》Sure anything
《Jasmine》I think miss Harris and uncle Shane are dating?
《Carmen》Oh really why do you think that?
Jasmine》Because when uncle Shane came down to my classroom to talk to the girls and their mommy about bullying me I seen miss Harris looking at uncle Shane with googly lovey eyes
《Carmen》I smile oh really? Well uncle Shane didn't mention him having a girlfriend
With Peyton
《Peyton》I walk back to the playroom where Dillon and the girls are and when I get there I see the girls dressing Dillon up like a girl so I stand in the doorway and try not to laugh and take a video with my phone then when they are done dressing Dillon up like a girl I stop the recording and walk into the room and say well well don't uncle Dillon look pretty when I said that Dillon gave me a look as in to tell me to shut up, anyway Dillon Jim called they got Brooklynn she has been arrested and she is in jail right now and Jim said he put her in a padded cell because he said "Because she's bat shit crazy
《Dillon》Thank god she's out of my life
《Peyton》Yeah she is and get this Jim told me that Marcy was not the one that hurt the puppy the one that hurt the puppy was Brooklynn
《Dillon》Do you believe that Marcy didn't hurt the puppy?
《Peyton》Yeah I do but Marcy is also in jail herself
《Dillon》Why is Marcy in jail?
《Peyton》Because she kidnapped the girls from mom and dad's place last night and she hit them in the face and punched them in their stomachs
《Dillon》Oh my god, do the girls know why they were abandoned by Marcy as babies?
《Peyton》Yeah I told them, but when Jim, mom, dad and myself found them they asked me if Marcy was dangerous and I said yes she is but that was before I knew that she wasn't the cause of the puppy being the way she is, but now that Jim said that Brooklynn hurt the puppy I'm starting to believe that Marcy didn't have anything to do with the puppy's condition
Back with Rowan, Carmen and Jasmine
《Rowan》 I was about to walk away when Grant grabbed my hand let go of me Grant
《Grant}Come on Rowan let me meet Jasmine please let me have a father daughter relationship with our daughter
《Rowan》No it's been 5 years Grant and you haven't been in her life for 5 years she don't know you and I'm actually glad that she don't know you and I'm also glad that she didn't get to have a father daughter relationship with you when she was a baby because if she did get a father daughter relationship with you and you left when she was 3 or 4 she would have had the thought that she was the reason that you left
《Grant》Did you tell her the real reason I left before she was born?
《Rowan》No and that's only because she hasn't asked yet, but that don't mean she won't ask and when and if she does ask I'll tell her the truth I pull away from Grant and walk away from him and go find Carmen and Jasmine I found them sitting in the sandbox playing with sand toys that I didn't know that Jasmine had with her, hey what are you doing and where did those sand toys come from?
《Jasmine》Hi mommy and the sand toys were in the car remember when you took me to the Beach last summer?
《Rowan》Oh really I thought I brought the toys back into the house when we came home from the beach?
《Jasmine》No you didn't you said they were to dirty to bring them in the house and you said that you were going to rinse them off but you forgot to do that
《Rowan》Oh yeah that's right your such a smart little girl
《Jasmine》I know that's because you taught me well, mommy I'm getting hungry
《Rowan》OK come on we will get you something to eat, hey guess what?
《Jasmine》What mommy?
《Rowan》We are going to aunt Carmen's restaurant
《Jasmine》Really? I love that place
《Rowan》Yes really
《Carmen》Hey Jasmine guess what I called my restaurant?
《Jasmine》What?
《Carmen》I called my restaurant Heaven/Jazz after you and your cousin
《Jasmine》Really that's so cool and cousin Heaven would love that, can we go now please?
《Rowan》Sure let's go, Carmen can you get Jasmine back in her wheelchair and I'll get her sand toys? She nods and picks up Jasmine and puts her in her wheelchair and I get the sand toys and we walk to the car and Carmen puts Jasmine in the car and I take her wheelchair and put it in the trunk of my car then Carmen and I get in the car and we head to Carmen's restaurant for some lunch when we get there I get out of the car and walk to the trunk of the car and get Jasmine's wheelchair out and take it to the side of the car for Carmen to get Jasmine out and put her in her wheelchair once Jasmine is in her wheelchair we head in the restaurant when we get in the door we head to a table where Jasmine's wheelchair can fit then one of the waitresses come over and take our orders
《Patricia》Hello my name is Patricia and I'll be your waitress for today what can I get for you today?
《Rowan》I'll have the chicken fried steak please
《Patricia》OK I look at Carmen and say I already know what you want, we laugh then I look at the little girl and what would you like sweetheart?
《Jasmine》Do you have any hotdogs?
《Patricia》I laugh yes we do, what would you all like to drink?
《Rowan》I'll have a diet Pepsi please
《Patricia》Alright and for you Carmen you want a sweet tea? She nods and I look back at the little girl and what would you like to drink?
《Jasmine》Chocolate milk please
《Patricia》Coming right up I walk away to place their food order and get their drinks once I have their drinks I head out to give them their drinks here you go your drinks your food will be out in a few minutes they nod and I walk back to the kitchen to wait for their food when there food is ready I take the food and take their food to them here you go enjoy your meal and if you need anything else just call for me they nod and I walk away
Back with Peyton, Josephine, Julie and Dillon
《Dillon》Hey I think that you me and the girls should go out for lunch
《Peyton》I look at the girls hey girls would you like to go out to lunch?
《Josephine and Julie》Yeah that would be good we get up and run out of the room to get our jackets and shoes on once we got our jackets and shoes on we sit on the couch and wait for our daddy and uncle Dillon, come on daddy and uncle Dillon let's go, as we are sitting on the couch our daddy comes out of the room so daddy were is uncle Dillon?
《Peyton》He's coming he's just taking off the dress up clothes
《Josephine and Julie》Oh no no no he's not we get up and run back to the playroom, uncle Dillon what are you doing? Don't take those dress up clothes off
{Dillon}Girls I love you but I am not going out looking like this when I'm done taking off the dress up clothes I put them in the toy box and the girls and I head out of the room to meet Peyton in the living room OK let's go as we are heading out the door I stop, Peyton?
《Peyton》Yeah?
《Dillon》What about the puppy?
《Peyton》she's fine for a couple of hours, now let's go we walk out the door and head to a restaurant when we get there we get out of the car we walk into the restaurant and the girls say
To be continued