Chloe had seen Lex's car parked across the street so she had been prepared for him to be waiting for her. She knew as soon as Lionel had gone back to Lex with everything that he had learned Lex would show up here. When she opened the door to her house Leah went flying out at her, so Chloe picked her up and kissed her cheek.
"I missed you." She said and hugged Chloe's neck.
"I missed you too baby girl." Chloe hugged her back and then set her down. When she looked back up Lex was standing there staring at her. Then Jessie came out and smiled at Chloe.
"She was very good today. If you don't mind I really have to leave for my other job."
"No it's fine thank you for watching her." Chloe smiled at Jessie as she watched the woman leave her house. Then Chloe crouched down and stared at her daughter. "Why don't you go upstairs to your room and play for awhile?"
Leah looked at her mother and then she looked at Lex. "Okay." She told Chloe sadly and walked up the stairs.
Once Leah had left Chloe stood up and stared at Lex. "You don't look surprised to see me." Lex told her softly he was still unsure what he should say to her.
"Well let's see you had your father come here yesterday to see what I was up to. I kind of figured you would have come here although I don't see why." Chloe glared at Lex she held pure hatred for him because he hadn't cared enough to come and see his child.
"Chloe I swear I didn't know about her all those messages that you said you sent I never got any. If I had known I would have been here sooner."
"I kept copies of all the letters I sent you. I thought that they might have gotten lost somewhere. I stopped sending messages when I hand delivered one message to Gary and he promised me that he would give it to you. When I didn't hear from you I figured you want no part of her life." Her eyes stared accusingly at him. She wasn't about to let him trick her.
Lex looked at Chloe and shook his head. "I didn't know Chloe. I never got them and I'm sorry for that I'm sorry that I've missed so much of her life and I want to make up for it."
"You can't Lex don't you see that she doesn't need you anymore? She has a father and a good one at that." Chloe thought of how David gave Leah all of his time and treated her with such kindness.
"She does need me Chloe that man that you are seeing isn't her real father. Maybe he is a good influence in her life but I am her dad and she needs to know that."
"Don't you get that it would just confuse her? I started letting her call him daddy when I gave up on you. She needed a father and he is a great man." Chloe glared at Lex she just wanted him to leave her house and leave their lives for good.
"I'm not about to miss another day of her life. I'm going to come here every day and see her whether you like it or not." Lex glared back at Chloe she wasn't about to keep him from Leah's life.
"Don't you have your work Lex? What time do you have for a child?"
"I've missed three years of her life already. Work will always be there she won't." He meant that too he would give up everything if he could just be with Leah.
"That's funny that you say that Lex seeing as you couldn't take time off of work to be with me." Chloe grabbed a piece of doll clothing and held it in her hands to keep from punching Lex.
"I took time off to be with you." Lex said astounded that this is what she was accusing their break up for.
Chloe looked at him as tears started to brim in her eyes. "At first you did and then you just decided it was time to go to every boring party on earth and that you could go on business trips and leave me alone for days at a time. Sometimes you never even told me about these business trips and I was afraid that something terrible had happened to you. How dare you tell me that you took time off to be with me when you didn't at least not in the end."
"I'm sorry that I hurt you Chloe but I will be here for her."
"I don't want you here Lex." Chloe told him sternly just wanting him to leave her house she had too many emotions right now to deal with this.
"Fine I will go to court then." Lex looked at Chloe and started heading for the door.
"No don't go to court. You can see her alright but I still need my time with her too." Chloe didn't want Lex going to court she knew what would happen he would get full custody and that would destroy Chloe.
Lex turned around and looked at Chloe. "I can come when you are at work that way you don't have to pay for a babysitter and you can still have your time with her."
"Okay but I'm not telling her that you are her real father at least not right now and I don't think you should be left alone with her for the first few days."
"Why? I wouldn't hurt her."
"I know but she barely knows you she might get scared." Chloe secretly didn't want to take the chance that Lex would take off with her.
"If we have any problems Chloe I can call you." Lex looked at her his eyes begging her to let him have this time with his daughter.
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Fine but the minute she starts freaking out you call. Also before you go I want to give you something so wait there." Chloe went up the stairs and Lex waited for her to come back. When she came back down Leah followed after her. Chloe then handed Lex a stack of letters. "This is to show you that I did send them."
"I believed you Chloe it is you who doesn't believe me." Lex looked at the stack of letters in his hand and started to hand them back to her.
"Read them alright they were meant for you anyway." Chloe turned and looked at Leah. "Would you like it if Lex came over and watched you instead of Jessie?"
Leah looked up at Lex and thought about it for a minute. "It's okay."
"Alright then I guess you should be on your way then Lex. See you tomorrow at eight?" Chloe looked at him she knew that it took about two hours just to get here and she thought that maybe he would back down.
"That sounds good to me Chloe. Goodbye Leah." He told her with a smile.
"Bye." She said
Chloe opened the door for him and let him walk out of the house. Once he was out of the door Chloe shut it and pressed her back to it. She sunk to the floor and cried. Leah went over to her and brushed a tear away. "Why you sad mommy?"
"It's nothing honey." She tried to smile at her daughter but she couldn't it was too hard talking to Lex. She remembered when it was so easy to talk to him about everything. Chloe grabbed her daughter and pulled her onto her lap. "I love you so much Leah." She whispered in her ear.
"Love you too." Leah said in a happy voice.
"Do you want to go lay down with mommy?" Chloe asked her turning her around.
Leah shook her head so Chloe lifted her up and carried her up the stairs. She thought about what she was going to tell David and she knew that he wasn't going to be happy that Lex had come back. Maybe he really didn't know Chloe thought as she got into her bed and held Leah close to her. After all who wouldn't want to be a part of their daughter's life? She knew however that there were people out there who didn't want the responsibility. After all raising Leah was probably the hardest thing she had ever had to do. David made it easier though he was always willing to help out and Chloe guessed that was why she had stayed with him.
Chloe was awakened when she felt something being pulled from her arms. She opened her eyes for a moment and stared sleepily at David. "I'm just going to go put her in her room I will be right back." Chloe shook her head a little at him and fought to stay awake she knew that she had to talk to him. After a few minutes David came back and got into bed next to Chloe.
"I have to talk to you." Chloe told him turning on her light that was on her bed stand. She looked into his deep chocolate brown eyes. He had dirty blonde hair that was always cut short; he said he kept it short because he had been in the army.
"That's never a good thing." He told her as he looked into her green eyes.
"It's about Lex I told you he would probably come over today…"
"And he did." David interrupted "Leah mumbled something about it."
"Yeah and he wants to see her." Chloe looked at David and she could tell he wasn't happy
"You are going to let him?" He asked in a stern voice not believing that Chloe could have told this man that he could see Leah.
"I have to David otherwise he will take me to court, and you know with the amount of power he has he will get what he wants. I couldn't stand it if he got full custody of her." Chloe looked at him her eyes pleading with him to just let this happen. She wasn't about to let Lex take her to court.
"When does he want to see her?" His heart was aching he loved this little girl and he didn't want Lex near her not after all that Chloe had told him Lex had done.
"He is going to come while we are at work. He is coming tomorrow."
"And you think that is a good idea? She doesn't even know him. How can he think that he can just show up here and start being in her life right away? And why on earth did you agree to it?" David glared at her he knew that she loved Leah more than anything so she had to have known that Lex being in Leah's life wasn't a good thing.
"No of course I don't think it's a good idea but he claims he knew nothing about her. He said that he didn't get any of the messages I had given him. So what if that is true I can't just keep him from his own child." Chloe looked at him her eyes starting to tear up.
David became calmer seeing that this wasn't what she wanted but it was something that she had to do. "I don't believe that he didn't know about her you sent so much to him."
"I know but I think deep in my heart that he didn't know. And we know that Leah takes to most people I will make sure to check up on them a lot tomorrow. A part of me is afraid that he will take her but another part knows that he would never do that to me." Chloe looked at David her eyes were tired she could feel herself starting to zone out.
"Go to bed we will talk more tomorrow." David gave her a weak smile and then reached over her and turned off the light. He moved onto his back and started to go to sleep. Chloe looked at him for a few minutes before she too drifted off to sleep. She hoped that everything was going to be okay and that Lex only had good intentions about seeing Leah.
To see what Chloe wrote in some of her letters stay tuned for the next chapter. Hope you all are still enjoying this story please leave me feedback good or bad and how I can improve. Thank you all for reading.