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My hand cradles my tummy, and a smile spreads over my face. I'm having this man's baby. I can't wait to tell him when we're alone, after his honest declaration of love I just know he's going to be over the moon when he finds out.
17
Levi
There I did it, I think as John and Sarah watch me in shock. I look over my shoulder at Oakley, and her eyes have softened, she's looking at me with the same amount of love I feel for her. I'm so absorbed with Oakley I don't even notice when John gets up and lands another one on my jaw. The pain shoots through my skull, but I'm back on my feet within seconds.
“This is how you want to settle this?” I challenge him.
I feel like an asshole, but I'm not going to let him beat me up because I'm in love. Didn't he just say I deserve every happiness? John shakes his head, and he glances at Sarah before turning back to me with a thunderous look.
"You knocked up my baby girl you son of a bitch. I'll settle this anyway I want."
“John!” Sarah shouts hysterically. “Calm down.”
"What the fuck are you talking about?" I can hear the incredulity in my own voice. "I didn't knock her up." Suddenly a cold sweat beads on my forehead. Was this why Oakley had been drawing back? I think back to the last time she told me we couldn't have sex because of her period. It was almost two months ago.
Shock floods my system, and my knees buckle because of it. I sit down and take a deep breath before I turn to Oakley. She's as red as a fucking tomato and guilty as fuck. She's pregnant, it's written all over her face. But this can’t be, I try to convince myself. We were so careful, every time…okay not every time, but I thought we had been for the most part.
Fuck! This is what happens when you screw young fertile girls, my conscious mocks me.
“Mom, Dad?” Oakley asks quietly at their questioning looks.
Sarah heaves a heavy sigh and shakes her head. “Your dad found the test, Oakley. He thought it was mine.”
Suddenly I understand why John had suspected I was having an affair with Sarah. He had a vasectomy five years ago. I still remember we fed him whiskey all weekend convincing him he was still a man.
“Shit!” Oakley curses and shakes her head.
"Are they telling the truth?" I ask. I know this is a conversation Oakley, and I should have in private, but since we're all being so fucking honest what's the use of asking her to take this conversation elsewhere.
Oakley nods, and I see a tear slip down her cheek. I can’t stop myself. I rush over to her and take her into my arms. She feels so small against my body as she sobs into my chest. I stroke her hair and whisper into her ear. “It’s going to be alright, baby. It’s going to be just fine. I promise.”
My words only make her sob even harder.
All of a sudden I feel John’s hand on my shoulder shoving me away from Oakley. “You’ve done enough. Get the fuck out of my house.”
My palms twitch to put him on his ass, but I know violence isn’t going to solve anything. “Back the fuck off, John. I’m warning you.”
John takes a step toward me but Oakley steps between us. “Please, Daddy. Don’t.”
“He’s a fucking old man, Oakley. What the hell were you thinking?” John demands, causing Oakley to cry even harder.
“I love him,” she cries, shaking her head. “I know you think I shouldn’t, but I love him with all my heart.”
The moment between father and daughter tears me apart. Honestly, I can't even blame John. If this were Vayda with a guy my age, I would've fucking killed him. The double standard scares me, and I promise myself I won't be as judgmental in the future.
“Sarah, are you going to say anything?” John demands, turning to his wife who is clutching her mouth with both hands, rigid from shock.
“John, what can we say?” Sarah sighs and shakes her head.
“You’re a fucking dick, Levi! We’ve welcomed you into our home. Oakley has spent how many nights at your place. Do you even have the slightest idea of what fucked up shit is going through my mind right now?”
I take a deep breath and nod. “I can only imagine. But you have my word that I never touched Oakley until six months ago. You can ask her yourself.”
John grunts. “Your word no longer means shit in this house. Oakley?”
Oakley nods and purses her lips. “He’s right, Dad. Before then nothing happened. It was an accident, we didn’t think it meant anything. But it did. I love him, and I’m having our baby.”
