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“I told you, when I went up to get him. I didn’t mean for it to happen it just did. Aaron, I just couldn’t keep it from you. Joel and I had a bad ending and we never really had the whole it’s done bit.”
“So, you decided to do it in the mountain?”
“No, I didn’t plan it. We were arguing and it just happened, Aaron. I couldn’t, not tell you…where are you going?”
“Anywhere that’s not here,” he stated walking out. She watched him go and wondered if she’d just made the biggest mistake of her life.
“Everything okay Paige?” Kendra asked poking her head around the corner.
“Fine.”
“No, it’s not Paige. You’ve been my friend long enough for me to know when you’re not okay.”
“We’re not friends anymore Kendra. That ended two years ago when I found you in bed with someone whowasn’tmy brother.”
“Alright I deserve that, but you don’t have much room to talk Paige. From what I hear you and Joel didn’t waste any time getting together.”
“But unlike you I told Aaron. So no, I’m not okay, but you can forget it. I don’t need you or your help.”
“Paige, can’t we get past this? There’re a lot of things you don’t know. Sam and I…we weren’t in a good place. About six months before we’d lost a baby, I was almost three months along and afterwards I wanted to try again but Sam didn’t, and we started arguing constantly. It’s not an excuse it’s the truth.”
“That doesn’t make it any better Kendra.”
“You wouldn’t understand Paige, the feeling you get when you lose a baby…it’s heartbreaking. I just wanted something to make that pain go away and that’s what you found.”
“You’re not the only person in the world to have a miscarriage Kendra and most of them don’t go out and cheat on their husbands afterwards. At least when I slept with Joel it was someone I knew, had a connection to, you picked up some random guy from the street and did it.”
“Why do I bother with you? If it wasn’t about Paige, you didn’t care.”
“Christ Kendra, you cheated on mybrotherand didn’t bother to tell him. He’s still as clueless today as he was two years ago. Oh, and by the way I knowexactlywhat it feels like to lose a child, I lost two and nearly died while losing the last one so don’t start the whole I wouldn’t understand because I do and if you utter one word of that to anyone, I will make sure my brother finds out what you did. Unlike you I can’t deal with a marriage full of lies.”
“Paige?” she gasped taking a step towards her. “When…who?”
“I’mnottalking about it, I’ve dealt with it and the fact that I will never have children, but I will not watch you ruin my brother’s life. That’s only a small part of why I haven’t come back. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to see if there’s even going to be a wedding.” She walked down the hall and up to her bedroom passing by her brother and Joel in the process.
“What was that about?” Sam asked going into the library and hugging his wife.
“Seems Paige has a thing about telling the truth, Aaron showed up and they spoke. She told him about the dalliance in the mountain with Joel…he stormed out and as always, we argued.”
“She told Aaron about us?” Joel said turning to leave.
“Yeah, seems he wasn’t pleased about it,” Kendra stated watching him go. “Think something’s about to happen up there?” she added to her husband.
“I’m willing to bet on it but what I really want to know is what you and Paige have been fighting about for the last two years.”
“Sam, I can’t.”
“Wait, Paige was upset because she told Aaron about her cheating on him and then you two argued…because Paige knows you cheated on me?” Sam asked. “How did she find out?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about Sam.”
“Kendra honey did you really think I didn’t know? You were beating yourself up and I couldn’t figure out why until I found a condom wrapper under the bed about a week after I got home. We haven’t used those since we were dating…”
“You’ve known all this time?” she asked tearing up. “And you still?”
“Love you, always honey. We all make mistakes; I did when I refused to talk about trying for another baby. How did Paige find out though?”
“She caught me. She was nearby, knew you were out of town and let herself in with the spare key when I didn’t answer. She heard a noise upstairs and went to check on it and found us…it was only that one time I swear. I felt so sick afterwards…”
