Chapter 56
Sky laid Haley on the nearest couch. He realised while he held her that she had lost a lot of weight; he wondered why. By the looks of things, she was going to give him hell when she came to. He studied her face and realised that she had black cercles around her eyes. He hoped to hell he wasn't the cause. In the background he heard a baby crying. He ignord the baby but when the pitch of the cry kept getting higher he grudgingly got up and headed in the direction of the cry.
He opened the closed door and spotted the problem immediately. The baby's foot was caught on the railings of the crib. Sky went forward and unhooked the foot. The baby smiled, « mamamama. » it cried. Sky studied the baby, he realised that he looked nothing like his father or Ames White and for some reason was relieved, « Up up! » the baby's arms were held out so that Sky would pick him up.
« Sorry, kid. » Sky said backing away. When the kid realised he wasn't going to be picked up his lip quivered and Sky could just picture the tears. Sky moved forward again, « Okay, sport. I"ve never done this before so you"re gonna have to bear with me. » he slowly raised the kid out of the crib. Sky was scared spitless that he would end up dropping him on the floor. The kid smiled and squirmed in Sky's arms. Sky braught the baby to his chest and held him by hit bum. « Don"t do that or you"ll be going back in that crib. » Sky warned. The baby seased to moved and instead laid his head on Sky's shoulder. Sky was shaken by the gester. The baby fell asleep and Sky didn't know what to do so he headed back down the hall where Haley remained unconscious. It was then that he spotted the toddler climbing on his mother, « mommy? » he said, tears appearing in his eyes, « Wake up mommy. » he said slapping his mother's face.
Sky winced. He walked up to the kid who only noticed him when he was an arms reach away. The kids eyes went wide, « Who are you? » he asked amazed at the big man who was carrying his baby brother.
« Sky. » answered Sky.
The kid's eyes went wide, « You"re the sky? »
God help him, Sky couldn't help but shuckle, « No, my name is Sky. »
The kid understood, « My name is eegan. " he supplied proudly, "and that"s amon. » he said pointing at the baby.
Sky frowned at the names and concluded that the kid had trouble prenouncing the letter K. « Keegan? » Sky asked.
« That's what I said. » he said exasperated.
Sly then wondered where Colby was, his son. He had only seen him once and that was when he had supposedly died. He had a lot to explained he concluded.
Sky slowly laid the sleeping baby in a near playpen. He looked at Keegan, « Don"t you have to take a nap or something? »
Keegan didn't say anything he was already asleep on the couch opposite to the one Haley was sleeping on. How'd they do that? Sky wondered.
It was only then that Haley opened her eyes and met Sky's. « Am I dead? » she asked sincerelly.
« No honey, you"re not dead. » Sky assured her.
She looked around and realised that she was still in her apartment her gaze then flew back to Sky, « You"re not dead! I saw you die, I went to your funeral.I cried my heart out for you! AND YOU"RE NOT EVEN DEAD! » she got up and slapped him across the face, « How could you! » tears appeared out of nowhere; when Sky made a move to hold her she backed away and gazed at him accusingly.
« Haley. » Sky said desperatly, « I had to pretend I was dead. »
« Why? » she asked, « What was the point ? »
« It was my dad that I called before we headed to Matt"s. The only way we could get rid of Matt for good was to kill him and when a cop kills another kid with no evidence of any crime, that cop will go to jail. »
« But Matt kidnapped Colby! » she yelled.
« I know, honey, but on Colby"s birth certificate it states Matthew White to be his father, not me. And you never reported the kidnapping to the police so there was no way to prove that Matt had actucally taken Colby. »
« But why did you have to pretend to die? Didn"t he shoot you? I saw your eyes, Sky, you were dead! » she insisted, and added, « And don"t call me honey. »
« Look, Hon.Haley, when Matt shot Kevin and then supposedly killed me, it was cause enough for another cop to shoot and kill Matthew White, see that"s where my dad came in. I took a pill specially designed to fake death when one sistaines severe injury. »
« But how did you know Matt was going to shoot you? » Haley asked confused.
« I didn"t and technically, he didn"t shoot at me, he was going to shoot Colby; I just jumped in front of him before the bullet could hit its mark. »
It was obviously the first time that Haley had heard this news, « He shot at Colby? »
« Yes. » Sky confirmed.
« Bastard. » Haley whispered.
Sky nodded.
« So, you really did get shot? » Haley asked.
Sky raised his shirt to reveal a gun shot wound to the lower side abdoman. Haley couldn't help slidding her hand over the puckered wound. Tears spilled over, « You still could have died. »
« It"s a chance I was willing to take. » he answered truthfully.
« Why? » she asked, already knowing the answer.
« I would have done anything for my son, even give up my life so that he could have one. » Sky answered looking away.
Haley took his shin in her hand and turned it so he was once again looking at her, « Thank you. »
« Don"t » Sky said, « Don"t thank me for something like that. »
Haley nodded, « So, is that why your father didn"t show much emotion when you, died. »
Sky grinned, « Guy probabably wouldn"t have leaked a tear even if I would have died. »
Haley frowned, « I dought that. » she looked at her babies, « How"d they get there? »
Sky squirmed, « They took me by gun point. » he admitted.
Haley managed a laugh.
« Haley? » Sky said.
She turned and met his troubled gaze, « What? »
« How could you marry him? How could you have kids with him? Sleep with him? » Sky accused.
She frowned and looked away, « I didn"t know what to do when I was pregnant. Matt had been courting me for a couple weeks, I had planned to brake it up, but when I found out I was pregnant I agreed to his crazy idea of getting married. I slept with him once. » she admitted looking away.
Sky looked betrayed and gave her a look like give me a brake, « You have two kids with him, Haley, you couldn"t have only slept with him once. » Sky accused.
« Keegan and Kamon aren't my sons, they were my sister"s sons; she died in a car accident a year ago. »
Sky's eyes went wide in shock, « They aren"t Matt"s kids? »
« Of course not, I never even liked him. I just slept with him so he would believe Colby was his. Heck, Matt had mistresses left and right, frankly, I didn"t care. »
Sky nodded, but it hut to much to talk about the subject, « Where is Colby? »
« At the park, he"s been going there everyday since you, well, died. » Haley accused.
« I"ll go get him. » Sky said, heading for the door.
« Sky? »
Sky turned around and met Haley's troubled gaze, « What, Honey? »
Out of her pocket she took out an old crumbled peace of paper, Sky recognised it immediately.
« Did you mean it? Did you mean what you put in this letter? »
« Every word. » Sky said and left.
Haley crumbled to the floor in tears, « Thank you, thank you, thank you. »
She still had his heart as he had hers and always would.
Sky laid Haley on the nearest couch. He realised while he held her that she had lost a lot of weight; he wondered why. By the looks of things, she was going to give him hell when she came to. He studied her face and realised that she had black cercles around her eyes. He hoped to hell he wasn't the cause. In the background he heard a baby crying. He ignord the baby but when the pitch of the cry kept getting higher he grudgingly got up and headed in the direction of the cry.
He opened the closed door and spotted the problem immediately. The baby's foot was caught on the railings of the crib. Sky went forward and unhooked the foot. The baby smiled, « mamamama. » it cried. Sky studied the baby, he realised that he looked nothing like his father or Ames White and for some reason was relieved, « Up up! » the baby's arms were held out so that Sky would pick him up.
« Sorry, kid. » Sky said backing away. When the kid realised he wasn't going to be picked up his lip quivered and Sky could just picture the tears. Sky moved forward again, « Okay, sport. I"ve never done this before so you"re gonna have to bear with me. » he slowly raised the kid out of the crib. Sky was scared spitless that he would end up dropping him on the floor. The kid smiled and squirmed in Sky's arms. Sky braught the baby to his chest and held him by hit bum. « Don"t do that or you"ll be going back in that crib. » Sky warned. The baby seased to moved and instead laid his head on Sky's shoulder. Sky was shaken by the gester. The baby fell asleep and Sky didn't know what to do so he headed back down the hall where Haley remained unconscious. It was then that he spotted the toddler climbing on his mother, « mommy? » he said, tears appearing in his eyes, « Wake up mommy. » he said slapping his mother's face.
Sky winced. He walked up to the kid who only noticed him when he was an arms reach away. The kids eyes went wide, « Who are you? » he asked amazed at the big man who was carrying his baby brother.
« Sky. » answered Sky.
The kid's eyes went wide, « You"re the sky? »
God help him, Sky couldn't help but shuckle, « No, my name is Sky. »
The kid understood, « My name is eegan. " he supplied proudly, "and that"s amon. » he said pointing at the baby.
Sky frowned at the names and concluded that the kid had trouble prenouncing the letter K. « Keegan? » Sky asked.
« That's what I said. » he said exasperated.
Sly then wondered where Colby was, his son. He had only seen him once and that was when he had supposedly died. He had a lot to explained he concluded.
Sky slowly laid the sleeping baby in a near playpen. He looked at Keegan, « Don"t you have to take a nap or something? »
Keegan didn't say anything he was already asleep on the couch opposite to the one Haley was sleeping on. How'd they do that? Sky wondered.
It was only then that Haley opened her eyes and met Sky's. « Am I dead? » she asked sincerelly.
« No honey, you"re not dead. » Sky assured her.
She looked around and realised that she was still in her apartment her gaze then flew back to Sky, « You"re not dead! I saw you die, I went to your funeral.I cried my heart out for you! AND YOU"RE NOT EVEN DEAD! » she got up and slapped him across the face, « How could you! » tears appeared out of nowhere; when Sky made a move to hold her she backed away and gazed at him accusingly.
« Haley. » Sky said desperatly, « I had to pretend I was dead. »
« Why? » she asked, « What was the point ? »
« It was my dad that I called before we headed to Matt"s. The only way we could get rid of Matt for good was to kill him and when a cop kills another kid with no evidence of any crime, that cop will go to jail. »
« But Matt kidnapped Colby! » she yelled.
« I know, honey, but on Colby"s birth certificate it states Matthew White to be his father, not me. And you never reported the kidnapping to the police so there was no way to prove that Matt had actucally taken Colby. »
« But why did you have to pretend to die? Didn"t he shoot you? I saw your eyes, Sky, you were dead! » she insisted, and added, « And don"t call me honey. »
« Look, Hon.Haley, when Matt shot Kevin and then supposedly killed me, it was cause enough for another cop to shoot and kill Matthew White, see that"s where my dad came in. I took a pill specially designed to fake death when one sistaines severe injury. »
« But how did you know Matt was going to shoot you? » Haley asked confused.
« I didn"t and technically, he didn"t shoot at me, he was going to shoot Colby; I just jumped in front of him before the bullet could hit its mark. »
It was obviously the first time that Haley had heard this news, « He shot at Colby? »
« Yes. » Sky confirmed.
« Bastard. » Haley whispered.
Sky nodded.
« So, you really did get shot? » Haley asked.
Sky raised his shirt to reveal a gun shot wound to the lower side abdoman. Haley couldn't help slidding her hand over the puckered wound. Tears spilled over, « You still could have died. »
« It"s a chance I was willing to take. » he answered truthfully.
« Why? » she asked, already knowing the answer.
« I would have done anything for my son, even give up my life so that he could have one. » Sky answered looking away.
Haley took his shin in her hand and turned it so he was once again looking at her, « Thank you. »
« Don"t » Sky said, « Don"t thank me for something like that. »
Haley nodded, « So, is that why your father didn"t show much emotion when you, died. »
Sky grinned, « Guy probabably wouldn"t have leaked a tear even if I would have died. »
Haley frowned, « I dought that. » she looked at her babies, « How"d they get there? »
Sky squirmed, « They took me by gun point. » he admitted.
Haley managed a laugh.
« Haley? » Sky said.
She turned and met his troubled gaze, « What? »
« How could you marry him? How could you have kids with him? Sleep with him? » Sky accused.
She frowned and looked away, « I didn"t know what to do when I was pregnant. Matt had been courting me for a couple weeks, I had planned to brake it up, but when I found out I was pregnant I agreed to his crazy idea of getting married. I slept with him once. » she admitted looking away.
Sky looked betrayed and gave her a look like give me a brake, « You have two kids with him, Haley, you couldn"t have only slept with him once. » Sky accused.
« Keegan and Kamon aren't my sons, they were my sister"s sons; she died in a car accident a year ago. »
Sky's eyes went wide in shock, « They aren"t Matt"s kids? »
« Of course not, I never even liked him. I just slept with him so he would believe Colby was his. Heck, Matt had mistresses left and right, frankly, I didn"t care. »
Sky nodded, but it hut to much to talk about the subject, « Where is Colby? »
« At the park, he"s been going there everyday since you, well, died. » Haley accused.
« I"ll go get him. » Sky said, heading for the door.
« Sky? »
Sky turned around and met Haley's troubled gaze, « What, Honey? »
Out of her pocket she took out an old crumbled peace of paper, Sky recognised it immediately.
« Did you mean it? Did you mean what you put in this letter? »
« Every word. » Sky said and left.
Haley crumbled to the floor in tears, « Thank you, thank you, thank you. »
She still had his heart as he had hers and always would.