Willa-
I finished getting ready and then dressed Mya. She smiled while I spoke to her.
"You sure you want to do this?", my dad asked as I was buckling in Mya.
"Yes, he should know why I left. He and I both need that", I said.
"What about Roman?", he asked.
"I'm gonna talk to him dad, just, I don't even know what I'm going to say to him yet", I said.
He nodded. He handed me his car keys and I buckled in Mya's car seat. I drove to the address Nikki sent me. It was a beautiful home. Getting to the front door, I knocked. It opened and Nikki smiled.
"Willa and baby?", she said surprised.
She looked from the car seat then back to me.
"Surprise", I said.
"Oh we definitely need to talk, get in here", she said.
I walked in and took out Mya.
"Can I hold her?", she asked.
I nodded and handed the baby over to her. She craddled her in her arms.
"She looks so much like Roman", she said.
"How do you know she's not Sami's or someone else's?", I asked.
She looked at me and then rolled her eyes.
"She has Roman written all over her. Yes you do beautiful girl", Nikki said.
She quickly looked up at me.
"Does he know about", she stopped.
"Mya, her name's Mya and no he doesn't, that's why I'm going to Houston after this weekend. I plan on telling him", I said.
She nodded.
"He is going to be over the moon, especially after finding out Rosa's baby wasn't his and you were missing", she said.
I nodded.
"She is so beautiful Willa", Nikki said.
I smiled. After killing time with Nikki, I drove to meet Sami. I arrived before he did, setting the car seat in the high chair they brought over to me. Sami came in a few minutes later. He looked around before spotting me, he smiled and came over. He looked from me to Mya. He raised a brow and sat down across from me.
"Hi, thank you for meeting me", I said.
He nodded and glanced at the baby again.
"Her name's Mya, she's my daughter", I said.
He smiled.
"She looks like him. Is she why you left?", he asked.
I shook my head no. I took a sip of my water before answering.
"I didn't know I was pregnant till a few days after I left. I was feeling sick, but I thought it was just nerves. My mom was freaking out so she made me go see the doctor, Mya surprised me too", I said.
He chuckled.
"She's cute", he said.
"Thanks", I smiled.
He took a drink from his water.
"I wanted to apologize in person, I know the way I left wasn't the right thing to do, but I was panicking. Fear took over and next thing I know I was in my mom's car driving to her hotel room", I said.
"I think we both can agree that you never really loved me", he said.
"I did love you Sami", I said.
"But not the way you love Roman", he said.
"I don't want to hurt you anymore Sami", I said.
"It's okay, I've had a year to think things over. I finally understood why you did what you did. I will admit I was angry at you, I was pissed but then I knew that if you came and asked me to forgive you, I could. I told myself, everyone told me to be careful, that there was no way I could get you to fall for me and I know you did or were starting to but then he came back and", he stopped.
He shook his head.
"I'm not mad at you. The way you felt about him was there before me and I should have remembered that instead of forcing a relationship and making you feel guilty about loving him", he said.
"I did feel guilty leaving you like that. I wanted to go back and ask you to forgive me but my mom said I should give you time, to give everyone time, especially me. I needed time to figure things out, I just didn't think I would take this long", I said.
He laughed.
"She was right, like I said I was pissed", he said.
"I should have just been honest with you. I would really like for us to be friends, we had a good friendship before this mess", I said.
He smiled.
"I'd like that too", he said.
I smiled. He looked over at Mya.
"I'm assuming he doesn't know about this beauty?", he asked.
I shook my head no.
"I am gonna tell him, but right now it's my little sister's birthday weekend. I'm gonna spend it here with her and then head to Houston. I just hope he doesn't slam the door in my face", I said.
"Hold up Mya as a peace offering", he said.
I laughed.
"Anyone new in your life?", I asked.
"Actually yes, I've been seeing this girl named Bayley. We've been together seven months", he said.
"Well good for you, you deserve it", I said.
"Anyone knew in your life?", he asked.
"Just Mya", I said.
"Do you still love him and want to be with him?", he asked.
"Like you said, I've always loved him", I said.
He smiled. We sat there and talked for a bit. Mya started getting fussy and I took her out of her car seat.
"She makes the same annoyed face that Roman does. Wow she really is his, but it's cuter on her", he said.
I laughed.
"Sami", I said.
He shrugged and laughed.
Roman-
My family was excited about Disney. The kids wanted to get on all the rides.
"How about we take a bathroom break?", my mom asked.
The kids protested.
"Yes, come on I'm sure all of you have to use it. It's bad if you hold it in", she said.
My mom and sisters took the girls in and my brother and dad took the boys in. I waited outside and sat down.
"Roman?", I looked up.
I was hoping the hat I had on would cover me enough that no one recognized me. Mr. Medina. I stood.
"Hey, what are you doing here?", he asked.
He was holding a baby in his arms.
"Visiting. I thought why not take my family to Disney and you?", I said.
"Kayla's birthday", he said.
The baby started wiggling and trying to turn her head. She whined.
"I didn't know your wife was pregnant", I said, pointing to the baby.
"Oh", he said.
The baby started crying.
"It's okay Mya", he said, he bounced her gently.
He looked around the stroller and then at me.
"Would you mind?", he asked, gesturing to the baby.
"Oh um", I didn't get a chance to answer him.
He handed her to me and something about holding this little girl hit me. I didn't know what it was. She stopped crying and looked up at me.
"It's okay Mya", I whispered.
She smiled, I smiled back.
"She looks comfortable in your arms", he said.
I looked up at him. My mom came over to me.
"Ready to go Roman?", she asked.
She smiled at Willa's dad and then looked down at the baby.
"She is adorable. Looks kinda like you when you were a baby", my mom said.
I sighed. I honestly didn't want to let her go, but I knew I had too. I looked up at Willa's dad and reluctantly handed him the baby.
"Say bye to Roman, Mya", he said.
I bit my lip.
"Congratulations", I said.
He nodded and set her in her car seat.
"How's Will?", I asked, before he could go.
He smiled softly at me.
"She's fine", he said.
"Has she asked about me?", I asked.
"All the time. Watches your games and keeps up with Dean as well", he said.
I nodded.
"See you around Roman", he said.
I nodded. I left with my family, my mom took my arm.
"You okay?", she asked.
I looked back at Mr. Medina as be blended in with the other families.
"I don't know, it's, something about that baby, I just, I don't know", I said.
She nodded.
"Maybe she reminds you of Willa", she said.
I thought about it.
"I guess but I just felt, I know this is gonna sound stupid but I felt a connection, like", I stopped.
I shook my head.
"Maybe she did just remind me of Willa", I said.
She nodded.
"You still miss her", my mom said.
"If only I knew where she was", I said.
Willa-
Trish, Kayla, and I were walking out of one of the gift shops.
"Where's my dad?", I asked.
We looked around, Kayla pointed.
"He's over there talking to that man", she said.
Trish and I turned and I saw the man he was talking too.
"Roman", I said.
I stepped back inside the store and Trish followed. We watched from inside the shop as my dad spoke to him.
"You think my dad will tell him about Mya?", I asked.
Trish shook her head no.
"He knows better", she said.
Then my dad handed Mya to Roman and Roman held her close. The nervous look on his face changing to one I didn't know, it was hard to read. My heart was beating fast.
"She looks so tiny in his arms", Trish said.
I nodded. She rubbed my back as we watched Roman hold Mya. He was clueless to the fact that he was holding his own daughter, his flesh and blood.
"Your dad is coming", she said.
We walked out and my dad sighed.
"What did he say?", I asked.
"Congratulations. He thought she was mine, but something about the look on his face told me he didn't want to let her go. His mom said she looked so much like him when he was a baby", he said.
I nodded.
"I think she knew him. She felt something too because as soon as he spoke she wiggled and wanted to look around for him. He held her and she stopped crying", he said.
"I'm gonna tell him, I just need to figure out how", I said.