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She looked at me like I had committed a grave offense. Then her face loosened up a bit.
“That doesn’t matter. She is a young girl. She is bound to be easily convinced. If you both liked each other, how come I never saw you both together? I doubt your words. You could have even raped her and made her swear to tell nobody. It truly is a cruel world out there.”
I said nothing and offered her a seat. I sat, but Claire's aunt remained standing, bent on wreaking havoc where it wasn’t necessary. I observed her lean, small frame and wondered what made her think that she could do anything to me. I was probably bigger than both she and her niece put together.
That train of thought made me imagine silly things. Once, my mind wondered what would happen if I just got up and smashed her like my bitch. As far as I was concerned, I had the capability to, and maybe it would shut her up a bit. I’d always known that she had a subtle crush on me. She was jealous that I had gone for her niece, not her.
“So what are we supposed to do about this now? You have impregnated my niece and now her parents, wherever they are, would be so mad at me simply because they put me in charge of her and I screwed it up thanks to you and your perverted self.”
I wished she would just stop. I hardly said anything and had been watching her quietly. I could hardly control my breathing as I watched her drop word after word, and then I felt it was enough.
“Look, it’s okay! She is not a child anymore. I respect your judgment, but I did not rape her. I didn’t take advantage of her either. She simply wants to be with me. You should be happy for us and looking for a way to protect her instead.”
“I said it! You’re a jerk. You took advantage of her, and you still have the boldness to say you didn’t. If she was so interested in you, why did you not just come for her hand in marriage? You guys were not even dating!”
“Oh, but you are wrong. We dated a little bit, even though it was nothing concentrated. But we had time together, and not once did I ever try to take advantage of her, especially not without her consent.”
“So you are claiming to have had consensual sex with a girl that young?”
“Well, yeah! And don’t get me wrong. I am sorry it happened and would like to make it better. But yeah, it was consensual.”
She waved her hand at my face and I caught it mid-air. She had intended to slap me! That was crazy, and I was angry that she even thought of doing that.
“Look, I respect you. But I will not condone disrespect in my house! I may have paid to live here, but that alone makes this my shit for the time being. And I would like to tell you that I am not happy with how you are disrespecting me in here!”
“I wonder how happy you would be when I eventually call the cops.”
“You can’t be threatening me now. Are you?”
“Well, you will soon be able to see that for yourself.”
“When will you calm down and let us talk about this?”
“I don’t know. But what I do know is that you have just ruined the life of my niece and you have to pay for it!”
“But she does not mind.”
“She is a child!”
“Oh, alright. That doesn’t seem so obvious anyway, but you can say what you want. After all, I am the one in the wrong. Am I not?” I said without conviction. I was waiting patiently for the part she would flare up and storm out of my house so that I would have some space for respite in the middle of all the issues she was posing at me.
“So what are you going to do about it?” she asks.
“Nothing! I will keep the child because it is rightfully mine. I know she wants to keep the child too, so I don’t want to hear that anything happened to the child. That is my child, and I would protect it till the end!”
“Your plan will not be successful. I don’t want you anywhere near my child, and I want you to forget that you have another child anywhere. Focus on Will because that is realistically the only child you have. Maybe next time, you should focus on getting a mother for him. A proper one though. Not a little girl you are old enough to father you, stinky pervert!” She spits.
Watching her speak and spit made me think about the Barbarians who were said to speak in their many thousands. She was never like this before. Ever since I knew her, she was always cool, calm, and collected. It made me have some interest in her at some point, but it was not appropriate for me to date her, so I overlooked her.
I checked my watch to see the time. Will wasn’t back from school yet, and he was the last person I wanted to meet in this drama. It was almost time for him to arrive home, and she was still there, ranting as if she would never stop. Finally, she said a few insulting words and left my house in anger. With all my efforts to pacify her, none ever really worked. I was angry after she left though. I could not wrap my head around the disrespect she had just dished me.
My son came home nearly an hour later and I was happy to see him, especially since he took his time to come after she had left. I was not sure I would be able to explain the situation well enough to my son, and he didn’t seem like someone who would care to understand anyway.
I left the house later that evening. Will had eaten his meals and had done his homework, so I let him go down the street to meet his friends. I would have loved to stay and talk with him more, but I was worried he would not understand if I started to talk about how he was expecting a sibling from a different mother. He would find out some way, somehow, eventually. I was just unsure of how he would react.
As I made my way down the street, I decided to call Claire. Something told me she had not yet been told about her aunt's sudden visit to my place. The phone rang a few times before it finally got picked up. I initially didn’t hear her voice properly.
“Are you okay, baby? You sound so low and tired,” I asked out of concern. I was already having feelings for her, and they only got stronger by the day. Now, it was not just about the baby. It was about her and the baby.
