Chapter 11: Forgiveness
Bo's face grew pale and he began backing up.
"Your p-p.-pre." Bo stuttered.
"Bo, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I knew you wouldn't like it." I said trying to over come the tears.
"Whe-Whe-When is it d-due?" he asked.
"Spring." I said as I looked at the calendar. It was early winter now.
"Spring." he repeated as if the word were alien.
"Bo, it's okay." I said trying to get him to calm down.
I helped him sit down on the couch and got him some water.
"Ariella… What…What…" he tried to say. "What kind of father would I be?"
I remembered are argument we had had.
"Bo. You'll do great. You had Dale and he was a great father." I comforted.
Bo didn't answer. His eyes seemed distant and he looked sick.
"I shouldn't have hid this from you for so long. I'm sorry." I said as I stood up.
Lunch wasn't going to make itself.
I left Bo in his thoughts on the couch and went back to cooking.
Soon Pascal and Perry were here for lunch.
It took us a while, but we got Bo off the couch and at the table.
He slowly an quietly ate.
"So I guess you told him." Pascal said as he ate his sandwich.
"Yeah." I answered. I feel bad that he had to be the last one to know.
"I guess he didn't tell you about the robbery." Perry said.
"What robbery?" I asked.
Perry told me about the robbery earlier that day.
"Roshu…" I said under my breath.
"What?" Pascal asked.
"Oh nothing…" I said. Was this what he had meant by Roshu's revenge?
After a relatively quiet lunch, everyone went back to work. Even Bo.
I went out to the barn and brushed Bear's soft mane.
"Oh Bear… What am I going to do?" I asked.
He didn't answer of coarse. He just sat there and ate his apple I had given him.
I went back in the house and made fried fish and white rice.
Bo came in only a few minutes after I had finished.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked.
I nodded and followed him into the bedroom.
"I'm sorry about earlier. But like I said, I never really had a father growing up. My Aunt raised me." Bo said. "Dale didn't really have to do much. He didn't raise me. But he did take me in."
He looked up at the ceiling for a minute, and then continued.
"He and Luke took me in. Treated me like I was family. Over time, they grew on me. Their kind of my adopted family." Bo said.
He turned to me and smiled.
"I think Dale will help me." he said. "Raise our kid."
His eyes sparkled when he said, "our kid."
I smiled, and gave Bo a kiss.
"I love you, Bo." I said. "You're the best husband a girl could ever ask for."
"And you're the best wife in the world." he said.
I stood up when I heard the door open.
We went into the kitchen and began to serve dinner.
He really was the best husband in the world.
And I was the luckiest girl in the world to have him for a husband.
Author's Note:
I know it's kind of cheesy. But it's still sweet. Kind of sad though that he was the last one to know about the baby! ^.^
Happy St. Patricks Day everyone! I hope you wore green!