JENNIE

"Kendal sent me a picture of her ultrasound."

"And?"

"And. Kendal wasn't lying," I hissed.

Lisa coughed and choked, shook her head in disbelief, and was looking more confused than ever. "That's impossible! Very fucking impossible. Before you and I met, we hadn't had sex in months!" She yelled, with the angriest look on her face I had ever seen. "If that's the case, then she was fucking fooling around too. Because I swear to God Jennie, that is or was not my child!"

"So what you're telling me is, you were married to Kendal and you never had sex with your wife. Got it..." I mocked. How in the hell can you be married to someone and not have sex with them? Not even to relieve what needs to be relieved?

"I'm telling you the truth, Jennie. I never wanted to have sex with her because I was not in love with her! And I tried avoiding her at all costs. For months, I avoided her!"

I looked back at my phone and tilted my head to the side as I studied the picture once again.

"I understand you're having a hard time believing anything I'm telling you when it comes to Kendal. Given the circumstances, as I hid being married. But damn it, Jennie! I'm telling you the fucking truth! And I wish to God that you will finally believe me! How in the hell can we move on with our lives if you can't even fucking believe me?"

Lisa looked at me, shaking her head, then turned and walked into the living room. She stopped walking, rested her hands on her hips, then stared at whatever she was staring at. She looked down to her feet, then quietly said. "I need you to believe me, Jennie. And I don't want to fight with you about this anymore. Yes, I fucked up by having an affair with you, but I never fucking slept with Kendal. Kendal and I only had sex within our first year of marriage. Even then, I felt ashamed of having sex with her, and she was my damn wife."

"You told me she had you in her mouth, that it happened right before I found out about you. You didn't have sex with her then?"

Her head waved. "No. And what I said to you before is what happened. And that is until she tried, and I immediately shoved her off. Nothing ever fucking happened that night. I swear. Let's just say something did happen that day. The fact is, she was supposedly already pregnant. And I'm going to repeat it. That's not my child," she insisted as she turned around and faced me. "This is just another attempt of her trying to break us up."

I sighed Lisa's right. There's no way our relationship will ever work if I can't ever believe anything she says. However, that is her fault for me not trusting her. But I must look past the past and look to our future. She has told me time after time that she would not do what she did to Kendal and I have to believe her. She's tried so hard to prove to me that I am who she wants. That I am the love of her life, and she has repeatedly said she would never be unfaithful to me. In all reality, even though she was married to Kendal, and by what she claims, she hasn't been unfaithful to me.

I set my phone down, then walked over to her and rested my head against her chest as I wrapped my arms around her. "I'm sorry. But you have to understand where I'm coming from too. With you married and having an affair with me, it makes it look believable when it comes to Kendal claiming she was pregnant by you."

"I know," she whispered, caressing my back. "But I'm telling you the truth. The only lie I have ever said to you, well, it wasn't a lie, really; it was more like I hid the truth. And that was married that I was married."

I looked up and arched a brow. "You said you had a roommate. That was a lie."

"I said roommate because that's what she was. So that's really no lie there. I just hid who that roommate actually was."

"So, what now?" I exhaled.

"I'm going to visit her tomorrow and get to the bottom of this. I will get her to admit who she was pregnant by."

"I'm going with you. I want to hear it with my own ears. And I want to see it with my own eyes, Kendal's reaction when you confront her about it."

"That's fine."

"Now that dinner is cold, shall we eat?" I giggled.

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As Lisa drove to the hospital, I thought about all the things I wanted to say to Kendal, mostly about if she were to admit the truth. I was anxious. And I know Lisa was more than anxious to confront Kendal and prove to me that she's not the liar I've made her out to be. I will admit, I'm a bit nervous to hear the truth. Because if it comes down to Kendal telling the truth. Then Lisa and I are over for good. And that's something I don't want happening. I love Lisa way too much, but there's no way I can go on in life worrying if Lisa is out there having an affair or if she's lying to me daily about who knows what.

I will not put up with that at all.

My nerves were going haywire while Lisa and I walked into the hospital. And as we got inside the elevator, she held me tightly against her. She was assuring me; everything will be okay. "The truth will all come out today. And we're not leaving until it does."

My heart was pounding, and when the doors opened, Lisa held my hand tight as we walked to the nurses' station to check-in. And before the nurse opened Kendal's door, Lisa looked at me, raised my hand to her lips, and kissed it with a smile. "This is it. This is the day we get to move on," she said quietly as the nurse opened the door.

Kendal was sitting in a chair reading a book when we walked in. "Hello, Kendal," Lisa said.

With Kendal's eyes still focused on the book, she spoke, "I've been expecting you."

"You have, have you?" Lisa mocked.

She looked away from her book and over to us, without an emotional look on her face. "I know you're here to ask about the baby you and I were supposed to have. The picture is right over there on the table," she pointed.

Lisa looked at me, then back to Kendal. "Kind of hard for us to share a child when we never had sex, Kendal. Wouldn't you say?"

"You're in denial, Lisa. You're trying to make it look good for the home-wrecker," she scowled.

"She's not a home-wrecker, Kendal."

She looked at Lisa and mockingly shrugged a shoulder, looking at her like she was full of shit.

"Kendal. I would like to know who's baby you were carrying. Because you and I both know that was not my child."

She evilly laughed. "The child was yours, Lisa!"

Lisa angrily stepped over to the table and picked up the picture, looking at it. "Who are you trying to fool, Kendal? Me? Jennie? Who? Because you know damn well, this isn't or wasn't mine!" She yelled, showing Kendal the picture. "It's impossible for this to be mine! You have to have sex to get pregnant, Kendal. And that was something we never had."

My eyes roamed back and forth from Kendal to Lisa. Kendal was trying hard to make what she was saying true, but so was Lisa. And I could see Lisa was getting ready to lose it, so I stepped forward. "Who's, was it, Kendal? I've had it up to here with these sick games you've been playing on Lisa and me," I hissed, holding my hand above my head. "Someone here needs to confess the truth," I demanded.

Lisa looked at me, shocked that I spoke, then she looked over to Kendal.

"I already told you and Lisa. That was her child."

I looked at Lisa and could see her blood was boiling. Then, both Kendal and I jumped when Lisa slammed her fist on the table. "Damn it, Kendal! Tell the fucking truth for once! That was not my child! And you fucking know it!"

Lisa reached and grabbed a chair, then angrily slammed it down in front of Kendal and sat. I walked up behind Lisa, then stood still, resting my hands on her shoulders as I studied Kendal's face. Kendal was not going to give up her story, and she wanted to stick with it. She also wanted me to believe it. So Lisa had nobody left in her life.

"Jennie and I are not fucking leaving this room until you tell the truth. We can sit here all day and argue about it if that's what you want us to do."

"I guess we're sitting here all day because I'm telling the truth. You're the one here who's lying."

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and then loudly sighed as I frustratedly crossed my arms against my chest.

"I'm serious, Kendal. Tell the damn truth. You know damn well that child was not mine."

She slammed her book shut and angrily glared at Lisa. "Alright, fine! You really want to know the fucking truth?" She yelled, throwing the book across the room.

"Yes, I want the fucking truth!" Lisa yelled.

She laughed. "You won't be able to handle the truth," she mocked with an evil grin.

"Tell me, Kendal," Lisa groaned. "At this point. I can handle anything."

She looked from Lisa to me and smiled. "Fine. It's Noahs."

"Noah's?" Lisa asked. "Noah, who?"

"You know, Noah It was Noah from State Farm."

"That's not funny," Lisa snapped. "Who. The. Fuck's. Was it?"

She laughed and laughed wickedly for a minute or so. Then, out of the blue, she stopped laughing and looked at Lisa and me with a serious look on her face. "Fine. Since it's the truth you want. I'll fucking tell you. It was Nickhun's."

"Nickhun?" Lisa asked, sounding confused. "Nickhun, my brother, Nickhun?"

My eyes widened. And Kendal smiled. "I told you, you wouldn't be able to handle the truth. And yes. Your fucking brother's child. Are you happy now?"

I was shocked. But I was also happy to hear it wasn't Lisa's.

"How is it my brother's? He lives in New York!" Lisa paused, turned away from Kendal and as I saw her furrow her brothers, I could tell she was thinking hard. And when she began pulling on her lip, I knew something came to her mind. "Wait a minute," Lisa said quietly. "He was in town a while back, and I remember him calling me, wanting me to meet him. But I was busy and couldn't make it."

"Nickhun came over and took me out to dinner. He mentioned you couldn't meet with him, so he figured he would take me out instead. I had a little too much wine to drink that night, and when he dropped me off, he ended up coming inside. We talked for a while, then it happened. We were up all night fucking. You never did come home that night. And now I know why. You were with her," she said, looking at me. "After it happened, I tried having sex with you in case I had gotten pregnant. But you denied me each time. After I found out I was pregnant, I tried getting you drunk to take advantage of you. You did get drunk, but you still denied me and said you were in love with someone else."

I gasped.

She knew. That's why she kept confiding in me! She wanted me to admit to something I had no clue about. And that's why she wanted me to meet Lisa that night!

"You said you were in love with a girl named Jennie"

Holy fuck!

"Of all people. My brother. My fucking brother!" Lisa yelled, ignoring that she just admitted to knowing she admitted to loving me. "And why the fuck would you carry this around?" She asked, holding the up picture.

"Because. After you admitted to me, you were in love with Jennie. I knew it would become handy to use it against you and to try to break the two of you up."

I didn't know what to say.

I'm in shock from her admission that all I could do was stand still and think about the times she pulled me to the side, telling me she thought her wife was cheating on her. For months, I had an inkling she knew about Lisa and me, and this just confirmed everything I thought I was.

"Is there anything else I should know?"

She looked at her, slowly shook her head, then her head changed directions of the way she was shaking it, then shockingly admitted about something that caught my attention, getting me out of the state of shock I was in.

"That wasn't the first time I slept with him."

"What?"

"Nickhun and I were sleeping with each other for months before you and I married. And the night before we married, I spent the night with him. And it was exciting that I fucking your brother, I imagining you fucking me, because I know You were just forced to marry me because Nickhun told you, youre a coward"

"Wow," exited my mouth.

"But Lisa I love you so much, that won't change and that is the truth"

Lisa stood fast. "I've heard enough."

"You asked for the truth. You got the fucking truth. I hope you're happy now," Kendal retorted, flipping her chair around to face the window. "You two can go now. I have nothing else to say."

Lisa grabbed hold of my hand. "Come on. Let's get the fuck out of here."

Not a word said between Lisa and me as we walked through and left the hospital. On our way to the car, I thought Lisa was walking alongside me until I asked her a question and got no response. I stopped, turned around, and saw her a few feet back, looking down at her phone, messaging someone.

"Lisa?" I called out. She looked up, placed her phone in the inside pocket of her jacket, and sprinted to me.

"Sorry. I was sending my brother a message."

"What did you say?"

"I said she's all yours, and good luck."


LISA

"So, I hear you got Kendal pregnant?"

"I guess," he said like it was no big deal.

"Nickhun. If you and Kendal were sleeping together before we married. Why the fuck would you push me to marry her?"

"Because she's inlove with you, and I Love her, I would do anything for her" he hesitantly admitted.

I rubbed my face and sighed. "The night before my wedding? I confronted you that night, saying I couldn't go through with the wedding. You pushed and pushed. Then you called me a fucking loser and that I had no balls ever to get married. Then, I find out today she spent that night with you? With the two of you fucking all night? What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry, Lisa. I'm so fucking sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. I was In love with her, and I was scared of she's not talking to me and avoiding me, and she told me that if I let you marry her she would not avoiding me and she will still meet me and then she said she's pregnant with you"

"I thought that child was mine."

"I can honestly tell you it wasn't yours then."

I closed my eyes, breathed in deep, then slowly exhaled. As bad as I wanted to be pissed at my brother. I couldn't. I look at this situation as a blessing. A huge fucking blessing. However, it still doesn't mean I'm not disappointed in him because I am. And I let him know how disappointed I was with him. "The one thing I will tell you is this. Stay the fuck away from Jennie. And if you ever lay one finger on her, and I find out about it? I'll beat you so fucking bad you'd wish you were never born."

"Don't worry. It'll never happen. I love Kendal so I did that"

"I know it won't. Because I know Jennie, and I know how much she loves me that she would never do such a thing. She's nothing like Kendal, and I will repeat it. You can have Kendal, She's all yours, and if she's who you want in your life, you can find her in the psychiatry ward at Harmony hospital."

[End of Flashback]

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"Sorry," I said as I sat back in my chair. I laid the napkin over my lap, then smiled when I looked up at Jennie.

"Nickhun admitted to everything, then he apologized. The one good thing about learning about Nickhun and Kendal. Kendal finally figured out how, to tell the truth. And I think that's the first time she has ever told the truth."

"When I was watching Kendal. I studied all of her facial expressions and her body movements. Before she admitted the truth, I could tell she had something she wanted to tell you. And after she admitted the truth, I noticed how relieved she was to get what she was hiding off her chest. I saw it on her face, I heard it in her voice, and I saw it with how relaxed her body became."

I sliced my steak, and as I brought the food up to my mouth, I looked at her. "I saw that too. But now I know why she acted the way she did on our wedding night and throughout our short marriage. And that's because she had a guilty conscience hanging over her."

Jennie smiled a beautiful smile. One I hadn't seen on her face in a long time, and it melted my heart. "One thing is for sure. We can now move on with our lives, and now I can apologize to you."

I curiously looked at her. "Apologize for what?"

"For not believing you. And I will admit. After hearing Kendal say that when she got you drunk, and you admitted to being in love with me, I wanted to jump in your arms and kiss you until my lips fell off," she giggled. "That admission from her just proved you and Kendal never had sex and that you were in love with me way before I admitted my love for you."

I stabbed my fork into my steak, brought it up to my lips, and grinned from ear to ear as I looked at her. "I told you I wasn't lying, that I fell in love with you not long after we met. And after we leave this restaurant and get home, I'll show you just how much I love you. Which only means, you're sweet pussy, is in deep, deep trouble."

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