Chapter 4
The woman's heart began to beat faster and faster as she looked into a set of the most beautiful blue eyes that she had ever seen. Those of her lover, best friend and confidante all in one seemed to be looking through her at the moment rather then at her. His eyes were piercing the woman's skin with so much passion that it torn her up inside. His eyes that once looked at her with love and admiration now held a very different and distinctive gaze that abruptly made her look away instead of facing him head on.
This particular look was one that she never wanted to see, at least not from him. Pain and disappointment was the most evident of the strong emotions that was radiating from the man she loved. Immediately she regretted leaving him so long ago and taking their child with her setting out for parts unknown but she had done what she thought was best for him and she didn't have a choice in the matter. Or did she?
Not being able to stand the silence any more she said the only thing she could.
"I'm so sorry Jason" the woman spoke in a voice just above a whisper as tears ran down her face.
Jason just stood there unsure of what to say or do next. Standing before him was the woman that he loved and trusted more than anyone in the world and right underneath her hand, laying in a pink crib laced with ribbons was his child. A child that was created by a pure and untainted love that he and the girl's mother held for one another yet all he could think about was the massive lie and web of deceit that now surrounded that love.
How could she? He thought to himself as his feet started walking towards the mother and child pair. Although he was angry and wanted to lash out at the woman for making a crucial decision that should have included him, he couldn't do it, not yet anyway and not in front of his child.
Yes his little girl. The thought made a slight smile form on his face and after suffering and being teased with father hood for such a long time the man couldn't help but be happy about this revelation. Unfortunately it came along with the painful fact that Sam had lied to him. But no, a lie would mean that the subject had been brought up and denied but it hadn't.
Instead he was kept in the dark and made to believe that the reason behind the woman's disappearance was all because of what he did for a living. Ha, he should have known that was a lie seeing as how she accompanied him on many of his "task" and at some point in time she too had benefited from a life similar to his own.
Why didn't he question her? Why didn't he trust his instincts to begin with and sought the woman out sooner? Not wanting to focus on the past the man shook all of those things out of his mind and decided to focus on his daughter.
Ignoring the woman's soft cries next to him Jason slowly and carefully took his daughter into his arms and walked over to the rocking chair that sat next to the large window. Sitting in the moon light holding his little girl close to him Jason felt an intense wave of emotions come over him. Never in his life had he imaged that luck would be on his side and that he would be granted the one wish that he wanted more than anything in the world, the chance to be a father to his own child.
Sam watched the scene in front of her with a mixture of joy and fear. Joy because she was able to give the man she loved more then life it's self the one thing he wanted most in the world and fear of what he may do to her for keeping their baby girl a secret. A sickening feeling came over the woman as she thought about a hundred what ifs as far as her punishment was concerned. What if he took Jayden away from her? What if he she never saw her little girl again all because she made the wrong decision even if it was for all the right reasons?
The floor below her suddenly became unstable as the weight and severity of the situation came barreling down on her. Then without warning the world around her became too much to bare as she felt herself collapse before the darkness surrounded her and everything went black.
