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“I don’t have to give you shit.”
“I know, okay? I’m asking for mercy.”
Before I went off again, I abruptly walked away.
“Can you guys go please? I need to handle him alone.”
“Fuck no,” I heard Christian retort. “I’m not leaving you alone—”
“We’re a phone call away,” Kinley interrupted him. “Okay?”
My glare shot to Christian when he warned, “We’re not done here, Julian. It’s far from over.” He turned and left with his wife following close behind him.
Once they were gone, I got right down to the point. “Where’s my daughter?”
“None of your business.”
“Oh, trust me, kid. It’s going to be my business when I’m serving you with custody papers.”
“Are you insane? She doesn’t even know you!”
“Whose fucking fault is that?”
“Yours! You left me, asshole! What did you expect me to do? Grovel and beg you to stay for me and a baby you didn’t want?”
“I wanted you, Autumn. I’ve always wanted you.”
“Well, you had a shitty way of showing it. I’ve been trying to tell you—”
“You haven’t been trying shit. You want to know how I know? Because I still don’t know the fucking truth!”
“Oh my God! Will you ever stop?!”
“Do I look like I want to be yelled at?! Do I seem like I want to be fucked with?! Now tell me where my daughter is before I lose the last bit of patience I have with you.”
She pushed me. “Get out of my face! You have no right to make these demands! You told me you’d never love me!”
I stood closer to her. “How could you keep this from me? Christ, kid. After everything, how could you not tell me we made a baby?”
“I thought you would come back, alright? I waited for you. I didn’t think you wouldn’t come back for me and after time went on, I realized you weren’t ever coming home again. By that time it didn’t matter anymore.”
“Oh, it mattered, Autumn. How the fuck could you keep this from me? Were you ever going to tell me?”
“Yes. I was trying to figure out the right time.”
“You expect me to believe your bullshit lies?”
“I’m not lying.”
“Well, I don’t trust you.”
“Great. Don’t trust me. If you want to stand there and pretend like I’m the villain, then go right ahead. I’ll be the bad guy, if that’s what it’s going to take for you to not involve your lawyers in this. Please, Julian…”
I shook my head, eyeing her up and down as I backed away. I had to remove myself from this conversation before I said something she could use against me if we needed to settle this in court.
Unable to hold back, I threatened, “This whole time you’ve been saying I’m an asshole. Well, sweetheart, you haven’t seen anything yet.”
Fear replaced the anger in her expression, and for some reason, my mind kicked to another place and time.
