Part c.
Brett still couldn't say anything, his coffee had already gone cold without him even taking a sip, he poured it down the sink. taking in what his wife had just said and then walked over to the table and sat down next to her, she'd never handed it to him like that, and he never thought she'd have the guts to. "Do you really want me gone?" he said fairly softly.
"Well that really depends" she started.
"Depends on what?"
"Depends on weather your going to start acting like a normal husband and father would" she explained. "Brett?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Why did you marry me?" she asked, she'd never actually asked this question, she just presumed the answer. Brett didn't answer and Roo looked at her hands where they were rested on the table, one over the other. "It's cause of Martha wasn't it".
"Yeah" he replied softly, his eyes were watery, the last six years of his life had taken him nowhere, and at the end of the day, he had no real family to show for all his hard work, well he had a family, but he didn't even know them, the way he was surprised at how his wife could handle things just five minutes ago had just shown him that. "How did we get here?"
"Your asking me? Brett I was a small town girl rebelling from her father, you were rich business student" she explained, her eyes also watery, "we were kidding our selves really, but before we realized it I was pregnant".
"And you weren't willing to take the easy way out" Brett added.
"Brett I couldn't, I couldn't get an abortion, you know that, I couldn't live with myself".
"Yeah I know" he replied, it was one of the few things he knew about her.
"Why did you come back?" Roo asked after a few moments of silence between the tow of them.
"What do you mean?"
"Back before Martha was born, way did you come back?"
Brett sighed. "Honestly?"
"Yeah honestly".
"Look Ruth, as much as we didn't get along after you refused to get an abortion, I couldn't live not knowing if you and little Martha were going to be ok fending for your selves".
Roo was shocked, he'd never acted like that, he'd acted more like, like... I don't know but he defiantly didn't act like he'd chosen to stay with her. "Really?"
"Yes, really, I promise".
"What are we going to do now" Roo asked .
"I don't know, but we can only fix things if we both want to".
"Or if it's actually fixable" Roo added. "Look Brett I said it before, and I'll say it again, we were kidding ourselves. And were still kidding ourselves now, do you honestly think it's going to work?" Brett was speechless, she was absolutely right, he couldn't get any words out, he just shook his head, but it was enough to say it all. "So that's it?" she asked softly, keeping her head slightly down.
"I guess so" he said before getting up, but before he walked away he lent down and kissed her on the head lightly. "I'll pack, but don't think this means I'm not going to make sure you and Martha get everything you need, that was my intentions in the first place, and I'm not leaving that idea behind".
Roo just nodded, this really was the end this time, she was releaved in some ways but even though her burden had been lifted, she couldn't help but feel hurt.
Ok that's the end of mistake one, I'll start mistake two next month after I get back from my holiday in Queensland.
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