INNOCENT MISTAKES

Chapter Six: Acceptance

I paced back and forth in front of Rebecca. I couldn't decide whether or not to tell her the truth about Tristan. I had been thinking about it for the past three hours and concluded that she should be the one to decide whether or not I tell him about her.

"Rebecca!" I called out.

"What is it?" She asked, coming out of her room.

"You might want to sit down for this." She did as told and climbed up onto the couch.

"Am I in trouble?"

"No, no, it's nothing like that." I reassured her.

"O….Kay, then what is it?" She asked again.

"Well remember when you asked me why you didn't have a father?

"Yes, you told me he didn't know about me, because he hurt your heart really bad, and you never wanted to see him again." I gave her a half-smile and sighed.

"Sweetie, you have to understand. Your father is a good man, he just…we just…I…" I sighed. "It just didn't work out between us, I was very mad at him when I found out about you and I swore to myself he would never get to meet you. But, he has a right to know you…………..I ran into him today and I didn't say anything about you, but I was wondering if you wanted to meet him." I finished and looked up at her. She sat quietly for a minute, lost in thought.

"Do you think he will like me?" She asked softly.

"I think there is a very good chance he'll love you." I said with tears in my eyes.

"Okay, I guess I'll meet him then." She smiled up at me. "When can I meet him?"

"Well…I should probably tell him that you exist before you meet him, so that he can deal with the shock and be prepared to see you. Umm, why don't you spend the weekend with your Grandparents? That will hopefully give him enough time to get used to the idea."

"O…Kay…Can I see a picture of him?"

"There's a box under my bed full of things he gave to me. There should be a whole bunch of pictures of him in there." I said. She took off running to my room. I picked up the phone and dialed my mothers house.

"Hello?" I heard my mother ask.

"Hey mom, it's me. Is it okay if Rebecca stays with you this weekend?"

"Of course, I love spoiling that little girl. May I ask why you need me to watch her?"

"I'm going to tell Tristan about Rebecca."

"Wow…um….wow"

"I know."

"Well, I can pick up Rebecca from school on Friday if it makes it easier on you. I'll just go shopping before that."

"Thanks mom, that'll help a lot." I sighed.

"Are you okay with all of this?" She asked concerned.

"I'll be fine." I lied.

"Are you sure? Cause just this afternoon you were saying that he didn't have a right to know her."

"I know what I said. It's just……you were right, Rebecca has a right to know him."

"Well, I hope you know what you're doing."

"So do I." I said.

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