Paul now was being ignored for sometime by both Lilly and Christina. What was worse was the fact that he couldn't even visit Amanda, which devastated him. Yet in addition, he was now facing a divorce after a bitter fight.
Still, he knew that he had to sit down to tell all. It was the only way, but on the other hand didn't want to bring forth anymore emotional pain. Just three days later, he arrived at Lilly's apartment knowing that what he was about to say, would hurt her deeply.
Of course, the two argued a bit since it was hard enough for him to even go about telling her the truth. That seemed to rattle Lilly up even more, " I get it, you're not my real father or Chris's for that matter. It makes perfect sense, to why there wasn't any child support nor divorce."
Nevertheless, she continued onward," Just tell me is that what you've been keeping from us all these years. It could explain why both my sister and I don't have the same last name as you."
That's when Paul could no longer put up with her anger," You want answers Lilly, you already had figured out that your mother and I weren't married," as he sat down on the couch. Once she was sitting on the loveseat, Paul started from the beginning. As much as he didn't want to relive the past; he couldn't deny Lilly nor Christina the truth.
" The truth is that I am your real father, but I'm not sure about your sister. I had suspected that your mother was cheating on me, but never could actually prove it," which was what Lilly knew he was going to say.
Even in the letter that he had written to her, never mentioned Christina. Nor did he ask when she found him years later. Indeed there was something very wrong with this picture, but all signs told her that he clearly wasn't Christina's father.
Still she wanted proof," I think you should have a paternity test, just to make sure. It can't hurt to find out if you are in fact; Chris's father and mine."
That made Paul immediately look over at her," Do you really think that I'm not Lilly? I know that I am!"
" I'm not buying the story about you two having a fight and you missing both our births. Are you forgetting that I'm a cop, I know when someone's lying to me."
As much as Paul knew that Lilly was his daughter, he knew that the Paternity test wouldn't be such a good thing. He just didn't want either of them to push him away, but then again the two wanted answers. The only way for them to believe what he was saying was to go ahead and have the test done.
Being as stubborn as he was, he put his foot down on that. Once he did that, Lilly already knew that this was going to happen," Why not find out the truth, unless you already know?"
" It's not worth me doing Lilly!", Paul yelled, seeing that Lilly wasn't too happy with his response," This isn't what your sister needs right now."
" Why should you care, you're probably not even her father?" which set him off yelling even louder, to the point that she had it, " Just leave, and don't even come back. Not even to see my sister, and whatever truth that you know about you rather keep from me."
Just an hour after he had left, Eddie arrived. It was good timing, noticing the look that was on her face. Of course the fact that Lilly had just thrown the kitchen towel down onto the countertop in anger, told him that things didn't go well.
As he gently rubbed her back, she sighed deeply, " I thought by finding him I'd feel better. He thinks that he's not Chris's father, but refuses to take a paternity test. Something tells me that he's not mine either."
Eddie knew all about growing up in a broken home, he himself had grown up in one far worse than she had it. However not once did he ever think about his own childhood, it was something that Eddie never wanted to revisit. On the other hand, knew that it was time for him to tell her, " Feeling Abandoned and unloved as a kid, I can relate to that."
She turned, looking up into his eyes; knowing already that they had both grown up in the same neighborhood," Always thought you grew up in a big loving family."
"Far from that, I had it worse."
Once they were sitting on down on the couch, Eddie began opening up more," I was disowned a long time ago. Parents didn't care too much about me. Got beat, hit and screamed at constantly. Dispite your mom being an alcoholic, she still loved you and Christina."
Lilly knew that part was true, " I know it was her drinking that made him leave, but he never opens up about where he went. Doesn't have any criminal record, but the thing that bothers me the most is that he never mentioned my sister. Yet came back and took us both to the beach, it hurt Christina deeply. She just wanted be loved by him. Even cried that night when he dropped us off at home."
Yet as she allowed her head to rest down on his shoulder, Eddie exhaled deeply," I don't he realizes the total damage that was done. At least he cleaned up his act, stopped drinking. At least you two never had any bruises from him."
Inside Eddie felt the darkness returning; making him feel depressed," I just wanted to have a family who loved me. Tried everything, but my mom would yell. I'd hide out in the park or on the roof of my apartment building just to get away. Felt miserable the day that I graduated the academy, knowing that nobody cared for me."
Touching his hand, Eddie knew that Lilly loved him, " I don't have a problem with you raising Amanda, won't ruin the relationship. We could spend time doing things with her."
" Just don't want Amanda to feel unloved if it doesn't work out. It's bad enough that Christina isn't stable enough to raise her, I know that she loves her."
Eddie nodded softly, but for awhile there was silence between them. Yet, they both knew that they deeply loved one another. An hour later, the two were fast asleep on the couch. When morning had arrived, he got up early; kissing Lilly on the cheek before leaving.
Yet when she awoke; she knew that she had to tell Christina. By all means her sister deserved to know about what Paul had said. Of course, the upcoming argument that Lilly would have with Scotty would have them both not speaking to one another for two long weeks.