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“Mama, what about a bear?” a child’s voice pipes up.
My eyes fall on a little girl with jet-black hair and light blue eyes, her skin as fair as mine. There is frustration in Eve’s eyes, as well as despair as she meets my stunned gaze.
“Well, shit.”
My feet feel like they are glued to her as I stare at the child who looks so much like me she could be my mini me.
The girl looks around four or five. Her hair is tied in two pigtails, and she gives me a curious look. She then glances up at Eve and reaches out and pulls at her hand. “Mama, who’s that?”
Eve opens her mouth and then closes it. “That’s just Mama’s friend, Mila. Don’t worry about him.”
Mila.
The girl tugs at her hand again, half-whispering. “Mama, why is he staring at me?”
Eve’s jaw tenses. “Why don’t you go find Ron? Tell him I’ll be there in a bit.”
“Okay.” Mila puts the bear back and runs past me, completely unconcerned with my existence.
“What the fuck, Eve?”
Once she is gone, I manage to find my voice.
I see the hint of guilt in Eve’s eyes, and she crosses her arms against her chest. “What?”
“She looks like me, that’s what!” I roar, making her jump and making the cashier look over, startled at my sudden outburst.
I ignore him and anger and confusion war inside of me. I don’t know what to make of this situation. My eyes don’t lie. But I don’t want to accept it. I have the option of walking away from this situation. From the look in Eve’s eyes, that’s what she would prefer.
However, I have to know.
“Why does she look like me, Eve?” I bare my teeth in a snarl.
Her eyes flash at me, not once backing down. “Why do you think, genius?”
“That’s not a fucking answer!” I bark at her.
She looks unimpressed with my display of temper. “She’s yours, dipshit. You knocked me up.”
I gape at her. “What? How?”
I can’t finish the thought, my brain not working properly.
She stares at me. “We had sex. You conveniently forgot a condom. And here we are, five years later.”
I try to think of the right thing to say. My whole world has just been rocked and the woman across from me isn’t bothered in the least.
She was always a sadistic one.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” I try to gather my wits, hoping I sound normal and not as if I just discovered that I have a child.
Eve gives me a defensive look. “Well, I came to the club to talk to you a few weeks later when I found out. But you were busy swallowing somebody’s tongue. I didn’t want to disturb you with my irrelevant news.”
The barb is sharp, and it makes me wince as her words hit their mark.
She continues, “I also called you when Mila was born.” She shrugs her shoulders delicately. “Let’s just say I was in a generous mood. But then your squeeze of the week picked up, and she fucking giggled. She was as high as kite. There was no way in hell that I was exposing my baby girl to the kind of lifestyle you led.”
I don’t fault her for her words.
