Miguel had fore longed the wait too long. He had kept Maria waiting too long. Now was the time to go see her, and tell her that he was there for her.
Miguel began to walk to Kay's place; he knew she had moved this past week since Theresa had mentioned something about it. He was surprised at the address though, even with her new job he couldn't see how she could afford a house in this area.
Maybe she had a roommate helping her pay for it. (If only he knew what type of roommate, she had. He was so out of the loop when it came to Kay and Maria. They all thought that they were just protecting him.) He was beginning to get a little nervous, as he stood right in front of the house. It had just been too long since he had seen her. What would he say?
His hand shook, as he brought it up to knock upon the door. He took a deep breath as he wait for someone to answer.
"Fox…stop it!" Kay squealed as he tickled her. "I need to get the door," she said trying to get up from the couch.
"Do you have to?" he pleaded. Putting his arms around her waist, "I want you all to myself."
Biting her lower lip, "Well after we put Maria to bed tonight, then I'm all yours."
"Promises."
"I promise," she said, leaning down to give him a kiss before she headed for the door. She had a funny feeling as she headed for the door, that opening this door would change everything.
Kay's eyes widen as she noticed who was standing before her. Was this some kind of dream or was he really standing right in front of her. "Miguel!"
"Kay," he said, showing off his pearly whites. It felt so good to see her again.
"What are you doing here?" still amazed that he was actually here.
"I came to see Maria of course. It's been too long."
"That's for sure," Kay said under breath. Maria had spent most of her life not knowing who her father was.
He heard her mumble something, but couldn't quite make it out. "What did you say?"
"It's…" she began but was cut off.
"Honey, who's at the door," Fox asked as he came around the corner. "Oh, what are you doing here; shouldn't you be looking for your precious Charity?" He still was mad about the way he had abandoned his own daughter, leaving Kay to fend for them both, and work very hard to provide for her. There was no way he was going to let Miguel just come in and hurt them again.
"Like it's any of your business, but I've come to visit my daughter," Miguel said back. He couldn't believe that Fox had been the one that he had seen Kay kissing earlier. What did she see in him? He knew his rep; he didn't like the thought of Kay getting used.
"Well when it comes to Kay and Maria, it is my business," he sneered.
Miguel got into his face, "And why would that be?"
"Oh I guess your precious family hasn't told you," finding this all amusing. "Kay and I are living together; we've been dating for over 2ys now."
Miguel couldn't believe that everyone had been lying to him. Why did they think they couldn't tell him? Looking at Kay, "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
Rolling her eyes, "Well whenever you phoned all you ever wanted to know was how Maria was doing. You never once asked me how my life was going, and it's not like you really cared anyways."
He was caught off guard; did she really feel that way? "That's not true, I've always cared about you."
"Well you've never shown that." She felt like smacking him. He pretended to be this great person, but he really wasn't.
Fox couldn't believe the nerve of this guy, pretending that he really cared. He had been the one that had healed Kay's broken heart, and the one that had been there when Maria had been in the hospital with pneumonia. "Why don't you just leave, because as long as I'm concerned you have no right to be here?"
"I am Maria's father, and I demand to see her."
"You may have provided the sperm and all, but you don't know what it means to be a father," Fox scoffed.
That was it; he wouldn't stand for this any longer. There was no way he was going to let Fox Crane stop him from seeing his little girl. He had been dreaming of it way too long.
Miguel went to hit him, he had his arm pulled back, "This has to stop!" Kay yelled, getting in between the two of them.
"I'm sorry Kay," Fox said, even though he hadn't really done anything.
"Me too!" Miguel replied. He really didn't want to do anything to upset Kay. He almost had forgotten that she had been standing there to. He just hated that Fox was talking trash about him.
"Daddy," Maria yelled as she came running up the walkway. Not far behind was Fancy and Noah.
Miguel turned around the moment he heard someone yell daddy. There she was he couldn't believe how big she had gotten over the years. He was so glad that she actually knew who he was right away. He knelt down a little, so he could embrace her. She ran right past him, and he looked over his shoulder he saw her jump into Fox's arms. It felt like his heart had just been broken into little pieces. His only child thought that another was her father. He couldn't be there any longer; it just hurt too much.
Without saying anything, he got up, and left, leaving the family to be together. Tears ran down his face, as he walked down the path. He finally realized why no one had told him about Fox in the first place, because then they would have had to tell him that Maria thought of him as her father.
Kay watched as Miguel left her house, she felt for him. It must have come to a real shock for him to know that his own daughter didn't know him. However, at the same time it served him right, he had been the one to leave them both. If he had only stayed, maybe then Maria would actually know ho he was.