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I expected my brother to be happier about this. To be just as psyched as I am.
I guess I was wrong.
Standing, he places his hands on my shoulders, looking me in the eyes. “You don’t have time for a baby and her momma right now. We have less than two weeks left in town, and then off we go again for who knows how long. So, you force your way into their lives only to leave them again. How is that fair for Lucy and for the little one?”
What about what is fair for me? Is this life even what I want anymore?
6
Lucy
It’s been a week since Apollo showed up on my doorstep. No call, no text, no contact at all since.
I guess closing the door to his face did the job of keeping him away just right.
Thing is, I’m not sure I want him to stay away. But I know I’m not enough to keep him coming back. And I’m not sure if Aurora is ready for a pop-up daddy who is gone more than not.
Is that even good for her? Or is it better for her to have no dad at all, like she has had all her life?
Yes, because of a choice I made, but still.
Kissing Aurora goodbye, I head off to work. “I’ll see you this evening, precious angel.”
“Be good,” she tells me, then blows a kiss at me.
“You too,” I laugh as I leave the apartment, locking the door behind me just in case the babysitter forgets.
As I’m reaching my car, feet pumping down the street as they approach have me looking over my shoulder.
Apollo slows to a walk and then stops in front of me.
“You’re back.”
“I am. We were supposed to be leaving town this week. But I want to stay here for a bit longer. Now, everyone is mad at me, but I don’t care.”
“Why do you want to stay?” I need to hear him say it.
“I… I want to get to know our daughter.”
“Why? You are never around anyway. What good would that do?”
“She is my baby too! I should have known.”
“Why? You were going on the road.”
“So, you knew you were pregnant when I left to go on the road?” Pulling off his sunglasses, his eyes hold mine. “And don’t lie.”
“Well, I…”
“I see.” Snapping his jaw shut, he clenches his mouth. “You knew and chose to lie to me then, like you are choosing to lie to me now. The only thing I don’t know is why. Why can’t you be honest with me? What have I ever done to you to make you think that I don’t care about you? That I wouldn’t want to know about our baby girl.”
“You were about to leave, to start a band. You had a life to live that could not include a pregnant girlfriend or a baby.”
“You don’t know that!”
“I do!” Hugging myself to keep it together, I add, “If I had any room in your new life, you would have kept in touch. A call, a text, anything. Yet, all I got was… nothing. So, yes, I do know that.”
“What about Ares? He was your best friend. You could have told him.”
