Take Me Back
When he reached America he went to see Beth. Maybe he didn't have to die lonely. Maybe he could get Beth back. He hoped it wasn't too late and he hadn't made too much of a mess.
He knocked on the door feeling depressed and nervous. If she didn't take him back he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life alone. He wanted to be loved and come home to a family. Didn't he deserve that? Or did he have to live a life without anyone to share it with? One day even Jack would leave him and then who would he have to come home to?
"Aaron," she said surprised when she opened the door and found him leaning on the doorpost a little worse for wear.
"Beth," he smiled showing the bottle of whisky.
"What are you doing here and why are you drinking? It's not like you to drink," she asked worried feeling that things must have gone badly in London.
"Take me back," he slurred. "Me make very big mistake. Should never dumped you."
"Aaron, what happened with Emily?"
He started crying and she took him in her arms and led him to the sofa. He placed his head in her lap and kept crying while she worried about him stroking his hair. She'd never seen him like this. Obviously something had gone horribly wrong.
"What happened?" she asked playing with his hair as she still cared about him even though she wouldn't take him back. It wouldn't be fair on all three of them if she did. You couldn't make yourself love someone. You couldn't live a lie.
"She don't love me," he wept. "She thinks I'm a bad parent. She took my son away from me."
"Aaron, no-one's taken Jack from you."
"Not talking about Jack. Adam..." she looked at him confused. "We had sex in Paris and made baby. He's two now and lives in London. She gave away my legal rights..."
She felt sorry for him and stroked his hair. "Oh Aaron, I'm sure she had her reasons for it," she comforted.
"She doesn't want me in his life..." he then got angry and added, "Like you don't want me in yours."
"Aaron, it wouldn't be fair if we got back together on you, me and most importantly Jack. You don't love me and we can't live a lie," she explained.
He picked up his head and glared at her while she grabbed his head and added, "Don't you dare do anything stupid, Aaron."
He glared at her and replied, "What do you care? You don't love me. No-one loves me."
He didn't hear her answered, "Jack idolises you," as he walked out.