Wow, thirteen chapters. This is a record for me.
"I'm sorry," Jason said nervously. "You must have me confused with someone else."
"You bastard," she cried. "Why haven't you come to see your son? Don't you care that you have a child!"
"Manny, is this Alex's dad?" Craig asked.
"Yes," Manny said through tears.
"Honey, what is she talking about?" Paige asked.
"Nothing, baby. She's delusional, let's get out of here."
They got up to leave, but Manny followed Jason and Craig followed Manny.
"Alexander! Don't you dare walk away from me. Not again," she caught up with him outside.
"Manny, I told you. He's a mistake and I don't want anything to do with him," Jason said cold-heartedly.
"You can ignore me, but don't do this to him. He doesn't deserve this," she said.
"He's a mistake! I wish you would have gotten the abortion like I told you to!" Jason yelled.
Manny flew at him, scratching and kicking and slapping. It took Paige and Craig to pull her off. "My son is NOT a mistake!" she screamed.
"Jason, baby, lets go," Paige pulled Jason away, mouthing the words 'I'm sorry' to Craig and Manny.
"Craig, my baby is not a mistake," Manny said, crying in Craig's arms.
"Sean, I have to tell you something," I said.
"Okay, what?"
"Uh..." I stopped. I couldn't tell him. "I'm tired, I think I'll go to bed now."
"She's mine, isn't she?" he asked.
My breath caught in my throat. "Sean...I..."
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. "Why didn't you tell me I had a daughter?"
"Sean, I was scared okay? I was twenty-one, I wanted to live a little. We had that one-night-stand and then Spinner proposed to me. I didn't find out I was pregnant until after I moved to New York with him. And then it was too late to turn back," I said.
He blinked back tears. "I didn't marry Ellie until I found out she was pregnant. The night you and I...well, the next day I was going to ask you to marry me but Spinner had beat me to it, I was really upset. And then I came back here and Ellie had wanted to talk about something. One thing led to another and we ended up sleeping together. She came back a few months later and told me about Emily. I had to do the right thing. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry for saying yes to Spinner. I figured there wasn't any hope for us."
"Why would you think there isn't any hope?"
"Is there?"
"There always has been. I love you, Emma."
"Sean, I love you too." I kissed him.
"Jason, do you have a kid with Manny?" Paige asked, trying to stay calm.
"Baby, it was before I met you. I'm sorry I didn't tell you," He said.
Paige nodded. She couldn't hold it against him. She'd been keeping a secret from him for years now. She hoped and prayed it wouldn't come out. If it did, it would rock her marriage to the core.
"I'm sorry," Jason said nervously. "You must have me confused with someone else."
"You bastard," she cried. "Why haven't you come to see your son? Don't you care that you have a child!"
"Manny, is this Alex's dad?" Craig asked.
"Yes," Manny said through tears.
"Honey, what is she talking about?" Paige asked.
"Nothing, baby. She's delusional, let's get out of here."
They got up to leave, but Manny followed Jason and Craig followed Manny.
"Alexander! Don't you dare walk away from me. Not again," she caught up with him outside.
"Manny, I told you. He's a mistake and I don't want anything to do with him," Jason said cold-heartedly.
"You can ignore me, but don't do this to him. He doesn't deserve this," she said.
"He's a mistake! I wish you would have gotten the abortion like I told you to!" Jason yelled.
Manny flew at him, scratching and kicking and slapping. It took Paige and Craig to pull her off. "My son is NOT a mistake!" she screamed.
"Jason, baby, lets go," Paige pulled Jason away, mouthing the words 'I'm sorry' to Craig and Manny.
"Craig, my baby is not a mistake," Manny said, crying in Craig's arms.
"Sean, I have to tell you something," I said.
"Okay, what?"
"Uh..." I stopped. I couldn't tell him. "I'm tired, I think I'll go to bed now."
"She's mine, isn't she?" he asked.
My breath caught in my throat. "Sean...I..."
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. "Why didn't you tell me I had a daughter?"
"Sean, I was scared okay? I was twenty-one, I wanted to live a little. We had that one-night-stand and then Spinner proposed to me. I didn't find out I was pregnant until after I moved to New York with him. And then it was too late to turn back," I said.
He blinked back tears. "I didn't marry Ellie until I found out she was pregnant. The night you and I...well, the next day I was going to ask you to marry me but Spinner had beat me to it, I was really upset. And then I came back here and Ellie had wanted to talk about something. One thing led to another and we ended up sleeping together. She came back a few months later and told me about Emily. I had to do the right thing. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry for saying yes to Spinner. I figured there wasn't any hope for us."
"Why would you think there isn't any hope?"
"Is there?"
"There always has been. I love you, Emma."
"Sean, I love you too." I kissed him.
"Jason, do you have a kid with Manny?" Paige asked, trying to stay calm.
"Baby, it was before I met you. I'm sorry I didn't tell you," He said.
Paige nodded. She couldn't hold it against him. She'd been keeping a secret from him for years now. She hoped and prayed it wouldn't come out. If it did, it would rock her marriage to the core.