Previously:

"You don't remember me, do you?" the man replied, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Uh, I'm sorry." Ezra said, starting to wish he hadn't woken up. "Um, who are you?"

"My name's Todd. I'm your father."

Chapter 11:

Ezra stared at the man uncomprehendingly. Surely he had heard him wrong. "I'm sorry, what?"

"You heard me right. I'm your dad." Todd repeated.

Ezra continued to stare at him in shock. "I don't...but...what are you...?"

Todd chuckled. "I guess your reaction is appropriate. Although it would be a little easier if you would finish any of your questions."

Ezra stood up and stared at the man in front of him, who had also risen from his seat. "What are you doing here?" he blurted out.

"I heard about your baby girl. I wanted to see if she was okay." Todd replied.

"I haven't seen you since I was nine, how did you even know I had a daughter? And how did you know I live here in Rosewood? And why did you decide to show up after disappearing off the face of the earth for twenty years?!" Ezra became angrier and angrier as he spoke.

"I know you're upset son but-"

"No, you lost the right to call me your son when you left." Ezra spat.

Todd sighed. "Ezra, I know you're upset with me, but there's so much that happened, so much you didn't know at the time. I didn't want to leave you and your brother."

"You HAD a choice. You could have stayed, but you were selfish and you went off with some woman who was half your age, leaving us to deal on our own. Do you know what we had to go through when you left?! Mom turned into a completely different person. It got to a point where Wes and I resented her, and she became so heartless that I moved out. Until recently we weren't even on speaking terms, you should have seen her when she met Aria for the first time-"

"Aria?" Todd asked. "Is she your wife?"

"Yes."

Ezra and Todd both turned around to see Aria approaching them, Spencer at her side. She came over to Ezra side and wrapped her arm around his bicep.

"Babe, what are you doing here?" Ezra asked.

Aria shrugged. "I woke up a little while ago so Spencer brought me back." she said, gesturing to Spencer, who had sat down next to Emily, who was beginning to stir. Spencer smiled at Ezra and Aria returned her attention to the man in front of them.

"Nice to meet you Aria." Todd said, smiling at her as he held his hand out to her. Aria felt Ezra's arm tense as shook Todd's hand.

"I'm sorry, but umm, who are you?" Aria asked tentatively.

"Oh, my apologies, where are my manners. I'm Todd, Ezra's-"

"Ezra's nothing. You're just Todd." Ezra said coldly. Aria looked at him, confused at his anger.

Todd sighed. "I hope you can forgive me one day, but I guess I'll get out of your hair for now. You seem to have enough to deal with right now." he said, leaving. After a few steps he turned back. "Congratulations by the way." he said, gesturing to Aria's clearly pregnant belly.

"Thank you." Aria replied, when Ezra didn't say anything.

Todd smiled at her and left.

The room was silent for a moment after Todd's departure. Aria still held onto Ezra's arm but she gave her friends a look. Spencer cleared her throat and stood up, pulling Emily up with her. "We're going to the bathroom." she said, walking off. When they left Aria turned to Ezra.

"Who was that babe?" Aria asked cautiously.

Ezra was quiet for a moment and Aria opened her mouth to try again but he finally spoke. "That was my father."

"You're father?" Aria asked, with the same look of incomprehension that had been on Ezra's face when Todd had said the same thing.

"Yes."

Aria sat down quietly, absorbing this new bit of information. "Wow." she finally said.

"I know." Ezra said, taking a seat next to her.

Aria shifted slightly in her seat so she was facing him. "Hey, don't worry." she said, placing her hand on his cheek. "Maybe he's here to try and make things right."

"There's no way he can fix this. Aria, I had to go most of my childhood without a father. Because of him, mom changed and became this awful heartless person. She used to be the most amazing mother when we were really small. He ruined my family." Ezra said, angrily.

"Does Dianne know he's here?" Aria asked suddenly.

Ezra shrugged. "If she does, she hasn't said anything."

"Are you going to tell her?" Aria asked.

Ezra shook his head. "I can't. If she finds out he was here she'll go crazy. She's still not over the fact that he left and I don't know what she'd do if she found out he was in Rosewood."

"But shouldn't you warn her? It would probably be better than her running into him in public." Aria reasoned.

Ezra covered his face with his hands and sighed. "I don't know what I should do." he mumbled.

Aria rubbed circles into his back comfortingly. "It's okay, we'll figure this out." she said reassuringly.

Ezra looked at her and smiled. "Thanks."

Aria kissed his cheek and wrapped her arms around him, leaning her head against his. Ezra wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they held each other until Aria's body went rigid and she gasped.

"What is it?" Ezra asked.

"Ezra, what if...what if Todd was the mystery donor?"

Hey y'all! Sorry this chapter is so late. I've been super busy with school lately, and I'm trying to post when I can. I know this chapter wasn't that great but hopefully it'll get better in the next few chapters. Don't forget to review, let me know your thoughts and if you have any suggestions for the next chapters, I'd love to hear them either in the reviews or a PM. :)

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