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About her father has turned up and now wants to be around her. How am I going to tell my daughter that?
Chapter 12 Luke
I can feel my heart racing as I pull up outside Elle’s house. When she called me earlier today, I didn’t know if I was more surprised that she had found my number, or that she was calling me. She said that she would let me come to the house and see Amy but to go by her lead. She has given me a lot of conditions, which I have to keep if I want to see my daughter.
I know I said I wanted a DNA test, but in my gut I know that Amy is my kid. The timing of everything is just too coincidental for it to be someone else. I don’t know why Elle is trying to be vague about it, but I intend to ask her about it.
And I plan on seeing my child.
Even as I’m looking forward to this, I can feel myself shaking. My heart is racing, and I’m definitely sweating. Never did I think I would encounter a child of mine after being intimate with a woman years ago. Becoming a father back then hadn’t even been on my mind, and it was only just coming into my thoughts more recently. To know I had a kid all this time and I didn’t know about it…
I don’t know how to feel about it, although I’m definitely feeling hurt. Elle had to have her reasons for keeping Amy from me. I can only hope she can trust me not to do anything bad to them. I would never do that to them.
I could never hurt them.
I ring the doorbell, and wait. It feels like forever before the door opens, and the man from before fills the doorway. He leans his arms on the doorframe and looks me up and down with a sneer.
“So you did come, then,” he says in a tone that doesn’t go down well with me.
“I did.” I stand there, waiting for him to move. “Are you going to let me in?”
“You think I want you anywhere near Elle and Amy?”
“I don’t intend to get in the way of you guys, but I do deserve to know.”
The guy snorts rudely.
“We were doing fine, no problems at all. Then you had to turn up. I don’t like that.”
“Ben!”
I jump at the sudden extra voice. A petite woman with spiky red hair appears behind Ben and tugs on his arm, moving him away from the door.
“Stop it. You’re acting stupidly.”
“I might have reluctantly agreed to him coming in, but I still don’t like that he’s here.”
“And it’s not up to you. This is Elle’s choice, so get away from the door and find another room to sit in if you can’t be polite.”
Ben glares at her.
“You would banish me in my own house?”
“All of our names are on the title to the house, and if you’re going to behave like a brat, then you’ll be treated like one.” The woman points towards the stairs. “Now go.”
They glare at each other for a moment before Ben turns away and storms up the stairs. I flinch when I hear a door slamming shut. The woman turns to me.
“Sorry about that. Ben’s been rather on edge about this since you turned up.”
“That’s Elle’s boyfriend, is it?”
“What? Good God, no! Elle’s never done anything with him like that. We’re just good friends.” She gave me a smile and beckoned me inside. “Come on in. I’m Carly.”
“Thanks.” I step into the house, and hover in the hall. “I’m sorry about yesterday. When I saw Elle, and realized she had a kid…”
“Emotions overflow, and you don’t know what to do. That’s understandable.”
“Really?”
