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My second child, twenty odd years after Olivia. It’s definitely a weird one.
But that gives me another thought, one that scares the living shit out of me. Because thereisanother baby on the way, and there are complications with the mother again. I never really thought about having another child, but if I did I wanted to do things right the next time around. I wanted to be a much better father, and now I don’t know where I stand.
“Fuck.” I want to sink down to my knees, to give the hell up completely. The way that this has all played out is insane. Never could I ever have planned for this. “Fucking hell.”
I grab my cell phone, just because I want to reach out to someone, to talk to anyone about this, but who? Who will I choose? I can’t speak to June about this, things might be alright between us, but they’re notthatgood.
I don’t think they will ever be that good.
I can’t speak to Isabella either. She’s in the hospital, with Olivia. My daughter told me that I had to leave so she could speak to Isabella about everything without me there. She needs to tell her about the pregnancy without me there. Much as I understand the logic behind that, it doesn’t make it any easier for me. I’m way out of control and that is not a position I wear well.
I end up tossing my cell phone on the couch and continuing to pace up and down the room just because I don’t know what else to do with myself.
Ding, dong!
Shit, the doorbell? I furrow my eyebrows in shock because I’m not expecting anyone, and I really don’t know who the hell is going to visit me today. It puts me on edge because I don’t know whether I even want to speak with anyone else. I haven’t got the strength.
Ding, dong! Ding, dong!
Okay, whoever it is isn’t going anywhere. I’m going to have to see whoever it is, even if it’s just to send them away because I’m not in the mood.
I grab the door and swing it open, letting out a gasp of shock as an all too familiar face greets me on the other side of the door. “Isabella?”
“Hi.” Her lips twist up into a smile.
“What are you doing here? I thought you were in the hospital…”
“I’m doing good now. I was discharged, and Olivia brought me here.”
I try not to get too excited by this, because there is no guarantee as to what it means.
We are having a baby, but it might just be a co-parenting talk.
“Come in, let me get you some water.”
It’s weird to have Isabella here, because she hasn’t been to my home before. She spent half the vacation in my cabin, but that’s different.
But here… I like her being here. It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling to watch her walking through my halls. I feel like she belongs here with me…oh God, yeah I am getting a bit too carried away already.
“Elijah, I have something I want to tell you,” she suddenly declares, stopping me in my tracks before I can get too carried away. “I came here to let you know that…that…” Isabella pauses to suck in a deep breath. I let my impatience melt away to give her some time to recover. If this is as important as it seems then I should at least give her the space to work it through in her mind. “I know this baby is a surprise, so I don’t expect anything from you if you don’t want to have anything to do with our child.”
“Whoa, that didn’t even occur to me,” I admit.
“Really?” Isabella’s face breaks out into a smile. “Okay, well, in that case, I suppose we have some things to discuss. Since our little whirlwind became much more than a holiday romance.” She laughs, and I can’t help joining in. “Erm, I don’t know if this is appropriate to say, but I have been falling for you. Like,reallyfalling for you. The whole time.”
Now I’m the one grinning. “Really? You have feelings?” She nods eagerly, much to my relief. “Because I have definitely been developing feelings for you too.”
“You have?” She lights up like a Christmas tree. “That is…”
“I know.”
We both laugh, carefree and excited.
This is a moment we never thought would happen. I truly never did, because of Olivia, but it seems like she is actually overwhelmingly happy for us. Really surprising. The fact that it’s come to a point where we can actually be open with our feelings right now is just wonderful.
We’re falling for one another. I know for sure that I am developing more feelings for Isabella than I have ever felt for anyone in my life, and now I can grasp that with both hands and just have her.
I can keep her in my life forever.
