Kimberly reached the park before Tommy did. She was nervous about telling him. She knew she had to. Not only for her daughter's sake but also for Tommy. He had never done anything to her to deserve what she knew she put him through. How could she tell him though? She knew she had to get it over with and hope he still accepted her. She knew that he would never turn away his daughter but she was different.
Tommy stopped a few feet away from where Kimberly sat. He watched her. He could tell that she was in deep thought. He had been standing there for the past couple minutes looking at her stare out into the lake. She had chosen to meet him at the spot that they had their first kiss at. It was considered their spot and they had always gone there to talk.
"Hi." He finally said watching her jump. She really hadn't known that he was there. She must be really struggling with needing to tell him what was going on. She didn't get up. She smiled up at him and motioned for him to sit down, which he did.
"Where should I start?" She said out loud a couple minutes later. She had said it mostly to herself but had said it out loud.
"Well I actually have a question for you." Tommy said moving himself around so that he was facing her. She looked into his eyes saying for him to ask it. "Who is Abby's father? You said that there wasn't another guy. So who is it?" He asked her straight out. She knew that was coming. She took in a deep breath and let it out before answering.
"I wasn't lying when I said that there was no one else. You are Abby's father Tommy." She said looking straight in his eyes. They sat there in silence for a couple minutes while he took in what she had just told him.
"Was it Christmas?" He asked. She nodded. "I want to hear everything please."
"Okay." She cleared her throat. "When I went back to Florida everything was great. I wished I could have gotten to talk to you more but you know." He smiled. "Anyway about three weeks after I went back I started feeling sick and tired. I had actually missed my period which can happen with being as athletic as I was. I didn't think anything of it but went to the doctor just in case. I couldn't afford to be sick with the games that close. When the doctor told me that I was pregnant I didn't know what to do. I called you from the doctor's office but you weren't home. I wasn't thinking clearly and thought that you would hate me for ruining your life so I wrote the letter. It was stupid and I think it was two days after you got the letter I called you."
"You did." He was confused. No one had told him that she had called.
"Yeah. Your brother answered and said that you went skiing with Kat and that I should never call again." Tommy was shocked. "Well I tried again about a week later and was told that you were on a date with someone named Heather. I didn't know what to do and I couldn't keep doing gymnastics. I didn't want to hurt the baby. So I quit and went to Paris."
"You seriously thought that I would have been mad at you?" He asked.
"I did then. Now I know how stupid I was. I should have come home to you from the start. At least we would have been together." Tears were now running down her face.
"There's more isn't there?" He took her hand urging her to continue.
"I was about six weeks pregnant when Devatox took us. I went to Paris right after that thinking my mom would help me." She let out a bitter laugh. "No she was no help. She didn't even want me in her house. She gave me a large bank account and told me to deal with the problem. She wanted me to kill your child. I couldn't do it." She looked into his eyes. "I told her that there was no way that I would throw away the only piece of you that I had left so she ignored me. When I went into labor I had no one there. I had your child with no one around me. I know that it was my fault and that I shouldn't have run away. You would have been there for me if you would have known."
"Your mom should have been there Kimberly." He sighed.
"Well She didn't think so and still doesn't. Abby and I lived off the bank account my mother had given me. Abby has a picture of you and knows that you are her father. She might know everything about you by now. I guess I talked about you a lot." She laughed.
"You know hearing something like this I thought that I would be furious at you. I know I should be. I should also be mad that you lied." He paused. "But I'm not."
"You aren't mad?" She asked confused. "Just like you said. You have a right to be."
"That's the point though. I can't be. Yes we have lost five years that we can't have back and yes I've missed the first five years of my daughter's life but I am not mad. Who knows where we would have been if you would have come home. We won't know that. All I care about now is that I have a beautiful five year old daughter who is smart and happy. And you are safe." Kimberly was in shock about this. She thought he would have been mad and she knew that he had every right to be. But he wasn't. "The only thing we can do now is raise our daughter together and make sure that she has everything that she needs." Kimberly tossed her arms around Tommy and kissed his cheek.
"Do you want to go and talk to her?" She asked standing. He was immediately on his feet.
"Of course." They began walking along the park towards Jason's apartment. Tommy wanted to know as much about his daughter as possible. He learned her favorite things and he also learned that she had been in martial arts since she was old enough to enter classes. She loved them. Now that she was back in Angel Grove Tommy could teach her everything that she needed to know.
Jason waited in the apartment with Abby wondering how things with Tommy were going. He soon got his answer when Kimberly and Tommy came through the door both smiling ear to ear. Tommy immediately went to Abby who was sitting on the couch watching cartoons. He crouched in front of her to get down to her level. She smiled at him when she saw him. "Did she tell you?" Abby asked happily.
"Yeah she did." Abby leapt off the couch and into Tommy's open arms. He closed his eyes as he hugged her. He had a daughter. He had to admit that she looked just like him. She was beautiful. After a moment he opened his eyes and glanced at Kimberly who was standing next to Jason smiling. The last time he could remember being this happy was when he and Kimberly were still together. He smiled at that thought also.
"Can I call you my daddy then since you are?" Abby asked finally pulling away from Tommy. She didn't fully leave his arms. Now that she had her daddy she didn't want to go anywhere.
"Of course." The little girl squealed and hugged him again. Jason took this an opportunity to leave and get some fresh air. The small family in his living room had some catching up to do. He hugged Kimberly and said goodbye to Tommy and Abby and left.