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Chapter 7

Stan's POV

As soon as I get dinner started, Wendy joins me in the kitchen. I'm surprised she's home. "Stan, we need to talk." She tells me directly.

"I want to talk to you too. I have something for you." I grab a box and hand it to her.

She opens it and I see a hint of a smile on her face. "Oh Stan..."

I smile in return. "It's a locket. Julia's baby picture is on one side, the other side is for our son."

Wendy tears up a bit and closes the box. "I can't accept this." She hands the box back to me.

I'm completely taken aback. "Why not?"

"I want a divorce Stan."

My jaw drops. "I...I don't understand..."

"I want a divorce. I don't want to be your wife anymore."

"What did I do?"

"It's nothing you did honestly, it's just that-"

"We can go to counseling!" I interrupt her. "I know you've seemed unhappy with me for awhile, but I want to work on making things better. Don't give up on us yet!"

"Stan, I'm in love with someone else..."

I slowly sit down at the kitchen table. I feel like she just stabbed me in the heart with a knife. I close my eyes and hold my head back. "What have I done that was so terrible that pushed you into another man's arms?"

"It's nothing you did. It just happened."

"Do I know him?"

She nods. "It's Cartman..."

My eyes widen, I swear I misunderstood her. "Cartman? You cheated on me with my friend?"

"We love each other..."

"I love you too!"

"I know you do Stan, but I don't feel the same way. I love you as a person, but I'm not in love with you. You're a great person and a great father! You deserve a woman who loves you as much as you love her."

"I can't believe this..." I'm starting to feel a sharp pain in my chest.

"I'm really sorry Stan. I love Cartman and I want to be with him. I'm sorry."

I lose control and burst into tears. "What about our family? We have Julia and a son on the way!"

She shakes her head. "My son may not be yours..."

"Are you kidding me?"

"It's a very strong possibility that the baby is Cartman's. We're having a DNA test done on Friday."

At least there's still hope this baby is mine. "So what if he's mine?"

"I'm still going to be with Cartman. You can visit him anytime you want."

"I can't believe this is happening. My whole life is falling apart..." I continue sobbing.

She puts her hand on my shoulder."I hate seeing you like this Stan, but I have to follow my heart."

"Why can't your heart lead you to me?"

"Because I feel excitement and adventure when I'm with Cartman. He keeps things new and fresh. With you it's simple and routine. I feel so...dead with you Stan."

The knife keeps going in deeper. "I never knew you felt that way..."

"I've felt that way for a long time Stan."

"Why didn't you tell me this before? I could've made things right." I stand up and hug her tightly. "I can still make things right! Please Wendy, at least give me that much. Whatever you want me to do to be more exciting, I'll do it!"

She pushes me away. "That's not how it works. I don't have to tell Cartman how to be exciting, he just does it and it's always amazing. You don't have it in you. You're just so…dull. Dull and boring."

I sit back down in the chair and put my head on the table. "So there's nothing I can say to make you change your mind?"

"No, I've thought long and hard about this. I want to spend the rest of my life with Cartman. I deserve to finally be happy. You don't make me happy."

I lift my head up and nod. "So does that mean you're planning to move in with him?"

She shakes her head. "We're going to sell our houses and buy a bigger one. We need room for all three kids plus any future kids we decide to have."

"So where does that leave me?"

Wendy shrugs. "Well since your name isn't on the deed and I'm planning to sell this place, you're going to have to move. Maybe if your credit is better now, you can buy this house from me if you're interested in staying here."

I shake my head. "Too many memories…"

"Well you can always get an apartment or move in with your parents for awhile. I can cosign to get you into a place. It's the least I can do."

I close my eyes as the tears are still falling. "No thanks, I'll figure it out."

"You may want to figure it out ASAP. I'm contacting a realtor tomorrow."

"That's fine Wendy…" I hear my voice crack. I'm still in shock and hurt by everything that's transpired. Wendy seems like she could care less.

"I'm going to go see Cartman. I figured you would want to be alone with your thoughts." She heads towards the door.

"You bitch!" Julia comes down stairs. I quickly wipe my eyes so my daughter doesn't have to see me like this. "You selfish slut! You broke daddy's heart and you're just going to leave? You really don't care about him at all, do you?"

"I do care, but I need to see Cartman."

"Cartman doesn't need you! Daddy does!"

"You be there for him." Wendy leaves.

Julia walks over to me. "Daddy, are you ok?"

"I will be…"

"I heard everything. It's ok to be hurt, you know? I know you are."

I nod slowly. "I know…" I stand up. "I guess I better start packing."

"Wherever you're going? I'm coming with you!"

I shake my head. "You need to stay with your mom."

"No way, she's a two faced whore! You shouldn't be by yourself."

"That's still your mom Juju, she needs you."

"I don't want to live with her and Cartman. Not after what they did to you. They're disgusting pigs and I hate them!"

"I'll be fine, you can visit me anytime." I try to force a smile, but I'm still in too much pain to give a real one. "Like I said I better go pack. Can you check on dinner for me?" I head upstairs, I can feel Julia watching me as I head upstairs.

Wendy's POV

"I still can't believe you did it!" Cartman tells me grinning from ear to ear. "How did he take it? Is he pissed?"

I shake my head. "He's hurt more than anything. He even cried. I feel so bad for hurting him, but I had to do what was right for me."

"So I don't have to worry about him coming after me, do I?" Cartman asks, almost nervously.

I laugh. "Really Cartman? It's Stan! He's hardly a threat!"

He shrugs. "You never know. This is the one thing that could make him snap."

"You don't have anything to worry about."

Cartman puts his arms around me. "So now what? What's the plan now that you've finally told Stan the truth?"

"Nothing's changed. We're still going to do the DNA test on Friday. I'm going to call a realtor and my lawyer tomorrow."

"I'll call a realtor too so I can get this house on the market. We need to find a place."

"We'll start that this weekend." I kiss him.

"I'm so happy things are finally going to work out for us!" He smiles.

"Me too. It feels good to finally get things out in the open! There's one more person we need to tell about us…" I remind him.

"Shannon?" He asks.

I nod. "If she hasn't already heard it from Julia…"

"I'll invite her for dinner tomorrow night to tell her."

"Good, let me know how that goes. I hope she handles it better than Julia."

"Same here." I'm actually hoping Shannon does take the news well, as it could help Julia come around to the idea as well. It would be nice to have my daughter's support in all this.