After Everything
Chapter 22
Days later
I knew Lucas so well at this point. When he purely happy. Joyful. Quiet. Reserved etc.
We had officially picked a date for our wedding.
I was ready to become Mrs. Scott. But when Lucas sat me down.
At his home. In the living room.
I saw him take a breath. And look in my eyes.
I reached out to him. Taking his hand in mind.
(Whatever it is we're going get through it together.) I insisted.
(When I got home from my outing with my guys.)
(A few days ago. I found Peyton on my porch. She handed me this letter she had written.)
(Explaining everything she claimed.)
(So when I got inside. I opened the envelope and started to read. )
(As you know her and I were together when we were 19.)
(Before I proposed we had alone time. Unprotected which is on us both.)
(After getting rejected when I proposed I left ending our relationship.)
(She revealed to me. That encounter. Resulted in a pregnancy.)
(When we all returned to town at 22. She had put it all behind her.) Lucas said. Swallowing hard.
(She had gotten pregnant. And gave the baby up for a closed adoption.)
( My name not on anything. Which in the eyes of the law gives me no rights or say.)
(It was all about revenge. Punishing me for breaking up with her.)
(I have a son. Out there.)
(He's 5 years old. Being raised by the only family and parents he knows.)
(I don't know what to do.)
(I want to know where he is how he's being treated. But it feels wrong. Like I'm intruding where I don't belong.)
(What should I do? How could she do this to me.) Lucas confessed. His voice thick with emotion.
I hugged him tightly. Tears welling up in my eyes.
She had broken him.
Eventually he looked to me.
(I love you and I support you wanting to find him or not. She has this information.)
(Whatever you decide you have me. No judgement.)
(Just love and unconditional support.) I proclaimed.
Meaning every single word.
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