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Emma sent Spinner away quickly, not even giving him time to walk her to her door. She was scared Jay would show up and then she'd have some serious explaining to do. Jay sounded angry and the last thing she needed was Spinner and Jay duking it out on her front lawn. Her neighbours would really get a kick out of that!
Luckily for Emma, Snake and her mom had gone out for the evening, sending Jack to his grandparents for the night. On nights like these, Emma usually fell asleep on the couch, waking around two or three when her parents finally rolled in from whatever get together they had gone to. But tonight, Emma was just hoping she'd be able to deal with Jay and get him out of her house before they came home.
Jay showed up shortly after, and rang the doorbell a few times. Emma could tell by his impatience that something was up.
When she opened the door and he rushed into her living room, Emma had nothing else to say but, "Hi."
"Don't hi me, Nelson! You have a lot of explaining to do!"
Emma gave him a strange look. "I don't understand."
Jay pointed at Emma. "You had a doctor's appointment and you didn't tell me about it! And what's this?" he asked, holding up the sonogram picture.
Emma snatched it away. "Where did you get this?"
"Manny had it in her coat pocket! Why does she have a picture of my kid and I don't?"
"You have to stop thinking like you have all of these rights, Jay. Manny has the picture because she borrowed it to show you. I thought it was an okay idea and that you might actually like to see the picture. But I don't have to tell you every time I have an appointment. And I don't have to explain myself to you!" she defended.
Jay was getting nowhere. He should have known that Emma wouldn't just roll over and admit that Jay was right to be upset. That was not Emma Nelson.
Jay plopped himself down on the brown suede couch and put his head in his hands. Emma stood there, waiting to see if Jay was simply distraught or if he was actually crying. When he raised his head, his eyes met Emma's.
"I've decided to tell Manny...everything. I want to be in my baby's life. I want to be able to take you to appointments and brag about the progress of my kid. I'm telling her, tonight."
Emma joined Jay on the couch and suddenly felt weak. She was about to lose her best friend, but gain the most important ally. Was Jay worth losing Manny? Her head was swimming with the extent of this.
"Emma?" Jay asked, looking concerned. "Are you okay? You look a little pale."
Emma smiled weakly. She was suddenly very tired and just wanted to lay down. Her vision blurred and she found herself straining to make out Jay's face, which was now right in front of her. She knew he was talking, but couldn't make out his words. He sounded very far away and muffled.
And then there was nothing...
I hope this gets you started on the path to understanding where I'm headed with this... Please read and respond.
