He then heard his wife's voice, "I'm filing as soon as I get back, Adam."
"I'm not against it." Adam answered sternly. "We'll sign them and move on. What will we do with the house?"
It was Christmas morning, and Adam had called Becky in order to wish his son Merry Christmas. They were in Florida with his soon to be ex-in-laws.
"Sell it." Becky said. Her decision had been made a couple days ago. "I'm moving to Florida with my son. I don't know what you're going to do and I really don't care."
She knew it sounded harsh but at the moment she was filled with hatred.
"Um, what? You can't take him away from me, he's my son too." Adam controlled his tone.
At the moment, he was in the kitchen. Fiona was changing as he already had. They were going to open presents soon.
Tapping his fingers on the countertop, he began to feel anxious, "You can't take him away."
"I technically can. I am the mother and you aren't even the biological father." Becky bluntly spat out, "You're also going around acting all willy-nilly with Fiona, having no care in the world. Why call you the father when you aren't even acting like one?"
Adam gulped and stayed silent as Becky continued to speak, "You haven't bothered to call him for two days, when he has been asking me where's dada dada dada. And you're just over there having sex with your friend? Mistress?"
"I'm sorry." He muttered as the words continued to beat him down, "but we raised him together." Adam added with a calming voice.
"And we're no longer together. I'm keeping him down here with me in Florida, you can fight for custody but I don't want him around you. I don't want to be around you." Becky sounded stern but at the same time sad.
"Have a Merry Christmas." She muttered before hanging up.
Adam set his phone down and looked straight ahead, his eyes focusing on nothing. He was going to lose the person he didn't want to lose at all; Joseph.
He had screwed up with Becky, and he genuinely felt horrible but Fiona was for him. But Joseph was his son.
Not biologically but he had raised him. Heard him say his first word. Video taped him crawling and taking his first steps.
Adam would try to fight for custody, but in the back of his head he knew there was a slim chance of gaining full custody. Becky was the mother, and he technically wasn't the father. He had also cheated various times and works late shifts.
Overall, in court they always ruled for the mothers. He simply didn't want to lose his baby boy. One of the things that always brought joy to his life might be taken away from him.
The past months, he could admit that he hadn't been around as much. The only reason was the bickering was overbearing and Joseph couldn't be around that, so Adam was willing to give away the time with his son for some peace.
It was selfish in a way, now he regretted it. Adam already lost Becky, and might lose his son but he wasn't willing to lose the person who had made his world turn upside down.
Because he loved her.
"Beauty takes time." Fiona laughed lightly as she approached the kitchen.
She had taken a while showering and applying make up. Her outfit took some time as well, even if at the end she opted for a red sweater and black skinny jeans. They had plans of going out after opening gifts to Eli's house.
"Everything alright?" She approached Adam and his arms wrapped around her instantly.
He nodded, even if it was a lie, and kissed the side of her head, "I love you. Merry Christmas."
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"Adam, it's gorgeous." Fiona squealed.
She had opened Adam's gift after opening the others she had received; purse, watch, heels, boots, and a pair of sunglasses.
Afterwards, Adam had went back to the room and came back with a small wrapped box. Inside, was a sterling silver ring. Engraved in the inside was 'Pinky Promise ur my princess?" It also had a bow, clearly made of diamonds.
"I, uh, when I heard you were coming back in town a couple weeks ago I went to have it made. I wasn't sure if I was going to give it to you or not because I wouldn't know if you still had feelings for me..." Adam grabbed the ring and slipped it on easily onto her finger.
"If you had said no with being with me, I would of kept it." He looked into her eyes. They sat on the ground, besides the Christmas tree they had set up a couple days ago together. "Luckily you said yes, so here we are now."
Fiona smiled brightly and cupped his face before leaning in to kiss him lovingly. The man before her was the one for her. Unfortunately, the gift she had bought him didn't compare.
As they pulled away, both of them smiled. "And to think, I only got you a t-shirt and beanies." Fiona laughed lightly and handed him a wrapped box.
Adam laughed and shook his head, "It's alright. You're the best Christmas gift I've received."
Fiona was overly content with joy. She wouldn't have thought Christmas was going to be spent with Adam than Leo. She did feel some guilt because she had gotten over Leo rather quickly, but at the moment she didn't care.
"Come on, it's early." Fiona smirked and tugged on his collar, "We've never done it on the couch before."
Smirking, Adam picked her up to take her to the couch. Fiona giggled as he towered over her and they shared a sweet kiss.
