Okay, here we go with the last chapter!!!
When they arrived Aiden jumped out of the car and ran to the door. He knocked and waited until Beth opened it. Jim ran over to him. Then Beth opened the door.
"Grandma" Aiden said and hugged her.
"Hey Aiden… Hi Jim" she said a bit confused.
"Hey" Jim said.
"Come in." They went in. "Do you want to drink something?"
"Yes… A cocoa, please" Aiden said.
"No, I'm all set. Can I just go upstairs?"
"Sure go ahead. Come on baby. We're gonna make you a cocoa now."
Jim went upstairs and straight to Melinda's room. He didn't knock and just went in. There he saw her in a restless sleep. Again she was kicking and murmuring. He didn't want to wake her up because she really looked exhausted but her sleep couldn't be sound. So he woke her up anyway.
"Hey, Mel…" he whispered. "Melinda" he said a bit louder and she opened her eyes.
"Morning" she whispered.
"Hey… How are you?"
"We're fine" she said out of reflex.
"We?" he had a questioning look.
"I… I'm fine…"
"Mel… Is there something you want to tell me?" he wanted to know.
"Jim… I'm…" she stuttered.
"What?"
"I'm… Pregnant!"
"That's great honey!"
"No, it's not… It's not your kid."
"Why?"
"It's Gabriel's."
"How do you know?"
"Because he didn't use a condom and I'm something about five weeks along."
"But we had sex, too…" Jim said seriously what made Melinda think. She didn't say anything.
"I can't take it… We had so much trouble to get Aiden and now… This d**n bastard raped me once and I immediately get pregnant" she said crying. Then she went to the bathroom. Melinda didn't even give Jim the time to say anything. She came back 20 minutes later and was completely dressed.
"Let's go home" she said. Jim and Melinda went downstairs, took Aiden, said goodbye to Beth and drove home.
About 8 months later…
"Come on Mel… One more push and you got it" Jim said full of excitement, holding Melinda's hand. Melinda and Jim had decided to keep the baby since Melinda wasn't the type of person to kill or give away her baby. They also decided that they'd make a paternity test right after the birth. For them the result didn't really matter. It was Jim's baby. They just wanted to know it though. Melinda had been in therapy and was doing well. At night she still needed Jim next to her but not because of her past but because she and Jim were even closer now.
Now Melinda pushed and the delivery room was filled with the cries of a baby.
"It's a girl" the nurse said and examined the baby.
"You did great" Jim kissed her. Melinda fell back on the bed. She was exhausted and fell asleep. The doctors brought her to a room.
A few hours later Melinda woke up again.
"Hey honey…" Jim smiled at her.
"Hi…" Melinda tried to sit up but failed out of exhaustion.
"Lie down" Jim said.
"But…. I want to see my children…"
"Honey… We left Aiden at home with my mom."
"And my daughter?"
"OUR daughter… She's right next to your bed."
Melinda turned around and saw the little bed next to her. She looked in it and for the first time she saw her baby girl.
"Come here…" she took the baby out of the bassinet.
"Mel, we have to give her a name…" Jim said.
"I know. I'd like to call her Andrea… You know…"
"You don't have to explain anything. Andrea is just perfect."
"Hello Andrea… I'm your mommy!" Melinda smiled. The infant let out a little cry and fell back asleep. Jim and Melinda looked at each other and smiled.
A few weeks later Melinda got a letter with the result of the paternity test.
"Jim, I'm scared."
"Hey… Didn't we say that she's my daughter no matter what?"
"Yes, we did. But I don't want Gabriel to be her birthfather…"
"Honey, I'm her birthfather, okay?!"
"Okay…" she slowly opened the letter and read it. Suddenly she had a smile on her face…
"Does the result say what I think it says?" Jim wanted to know.
"Yes… She's your daughter. You can read it yourself" Melinda handed him the letter but he trusted her and didn't take it from her but kissed her gently. Then Aiden came into the room. Melinda took Andrea in her arms and cradled her. Jim hugged Aiden. They all hugged each other in a big family hug.
The end
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