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I want to fucking kill Jessa for putting us through this.
“Sweetie, this is yourrealdaddy,” Jessa stresses.
Molly frowns, and that makes a man feel like shit. “Myreal daddy?”
“He’s always been your daddy,” Jessa goes on.
Her eyes pin to me. “Why weren’t you my daddy before? Where was you when I was smaller?”
Jessa squeezes her. “He didn’t know he was your daddy, and that’s Mommy’s fault.” She takes Molly’s small hand in hers. “I’m so sorry, honey.”
Wow.
Shock rushes through me at Jessa’s honesty—for her taking the blame.
We wait for what feels like forever for Molly’s response.
She sniffles, her face unreadable. “Can I have my doll, please?” Every ounce of the excitement she’s had all evening vanishes.
I frown.
Jessa nods, handing her a doll, and Molly grips it to her chest while sprinting down the hall.
“That didn’t go over so well,” Jessa whispers.
I stand and shake my head in disbelief. It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. “Way to confuse a six-year-old.”
She sighs. “It went better than I’d expected. Sure, she’ll have questions, but she’s more in shock and scared than anything.”
I stumble back a step. “Scared of me?”
“No, of the situation. I bring in a stranger and say,Hey, here’s your father, not the one you’ve called Daddy for years.She needs to spend time with you, not see you as a stranger. She needs familiarity.”
“I agree.” I sit down, drop my head between my legs, and calm my anger before lifting it. “It would’ve been much easier had you told me in the beginning.”
Her eyes downcast. “It’s over. We can’t change what happened.”
“My daughter thinks another man is her father,” I hiss. “Why did you hide it?”
“What was I supposed to tell Pete? I was pregnant with another man’s child but wanted to be with him? He would’ve left me.”
“Speaking of Pete, what about him? I’m sure he’s on the birth certificate as the father. That’s another issue.”
She shakes her head. “He’s heartbroken, and he refuses to see her. He says it hurts too much and has already filed for divorce. He’s done with both of us.”
“Ah, he left you, and now, I’m your next option. What you did was inexcusable.”
Sadness cloaks her face. “She deserves a family like she had before.”
“Let me make this clear: this does not mean we’ll be afamily.I can hardly look at you for hiding this from me, but I have to for my daughter. A daughter I hardly know because of your selfishness.”
“I’m sorry, Maliki! If I could take it back, I would.”
I only shake my head.
“I loved you, you know. Then, you left me.”
“We were young, dumb, and I had my own shit to deal with.Youhad your own shit to deal with.”
