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My arms go lax and I release him. He pushes himself up, ready to attack, but when he sees me sitting on the floor, my shoulders slumped in defeat, he stops. He’s not about to hit me when he knows I won’t defend myself.
“I know I don’t, amigo,” I whisper as I put my head in my hands. I let her down. Forgetting my rage for a second, I think about how she’s going to feel when she finds out and my heart breaks for her. How could I have allowed this to happen? “We need to tell her now.”
“No. We can fix this before she finds out.”
I look up at him. “I know she’s your daughter, but she’s a grown woman, Alejandro. She can handle this. You at least need to give her the opportunity to.”
“I can’t bear to see her face when she sees them,” he says with a shake of his head.
“I know. Nor can I, but she deserves to know. She needs to be part of this conversation, Alejandro. As hard as that’s going to be for you, but this is her life.”
He nods his head in agreement.
“Does Alana know?” I ask.
“Yeah.”
“What did she say?”
“After she picked her jaw up from the floor, she said the same as you, that I need to tell Lucia. But she agreed to let me wait until I’d spoken to you.”
“That woman always did speak sense,” I say, standing up and straightening my shirt.
“Let’s go tell her you’re back then,” he says, gesturing to the door.
Chapter19
Lucia
“Watch me, Momma,” Matthias shouts as he cannon-balls into the pool, splashing me and my mom in the process.
“Well done, baby,” I laugh, clapping my hands.
“That was so good,” my mom adds as I grab a towel and dry off my face while Matthias and my twin brothers play.
I got back to LA yesterday and I didn’t want to stay at Jax’s house on my own so Matthias and I are staying with my parents until he’s back. I know that Jax prefers it that way too, and my son loves spending time at this house, where all but one of his favorite people in the world currently are.
He cried last night after he spoke to Jax on the phone and my heart broke for him. I told him that Harvey was sick and Jax had to stay and help look after him for a few days, but it’s hard for a kid to understand, I suppose. All he knows is that he misses his daddy and wants him to come home. I played it down to Jax though when I spoke to him later. I know he has enough to worry about trying to find out who hurt Harvey and wondering whether he’s going to pull through.
I got straight back to work to try and take my mind off things and I could see how grateful my father was for a little help. He’s been so distracted today though. I think he misses Jax almost as much as Matthias and I do.
“Dad!” Matthias shrieks and I turn around to see Jax walking out of the house with my father and my heart almost bursts at the sight of him.
“Hey, buddy,” he shouts as our son scrambles out of the pool and runs to him. Jax scoops him into his arms, not caring that he gets soaking wet in the process.
“I missed you,” Matthias giggles.
“Missed you too, little guy. Have you been good?”
“Sure have,” Matthias beams with pride.
I walk over to them both with a huge smile on my face. “What are you doing back so soon?” I ask as I reach them.
He glances at my father and something about the look they share makes my heart sink. He’s not back here for something good. “Is it Harvey?” I whisper.
“Why don’t you go play with Hugo and the twins?” Jax says, kissing Matthias on the forehead before placing him back on his feet. “And then we can all have some dinner?”
“Can we have ice-cream?” he asks with a grin.
