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“We can go after breakfast. It’ll be a lot of fun. There are even sharks there Jer,” Liam said as he turned to face the boys.
It was really nice to see Liam interacting more with Jeremy, even if it was just a conversation. It was a start, and I knew he was going to keep going with it and build a relationship with Jeremy like he had done with Christian. I focused on getting the pancakes ready as the boys all interacted.
“You like sharks?” Jeremy asked.
“I do. I really like whales too. We’ll have to take a day to go whale watching,” Liam answered.
“That sounds like fun,” I commented.
“I like whales too. I can show Jeremy the best tank,” Christian offered.
“I think that would be a great idea. There are a lot of amazing things to see at the aquarium. You can even pet stingrays,” Liam said with a warm smile.
I focused on making breakfast while the boys talked. Once the pancakes were done and eaten, the boys headed off to get dressed, and I took advantage of the few minutes we would have alone.
“How do you want to handle Jeremy?” I asked.
“What do you mean?” he asked as he brought the dirty dishes over to the sink.
“I know a lot got dropped onto you last night, but when were you thinking of telling him the truth?”
He was shocked and that made me confused and concerned. Did he not want for Jeremy to know the truth? Maybe he was having second thoughts since last night.
“You want to tell him?” he asked completely taken aback, and it was doing nothing to ease my own concerns.
“I figured we would. Is that not something you want?”
“No, of course I want him to know. I just know we didn’t discuss it last night, and I wasn’t too certain when you would want to do that. If you didn’t want to do it. I know he’s three, and it’s a difficult age for him to understand something like this.”
He would have a hard time understanding that Liam was his father and not Adam. It was going to take some time, and it was going to have to be a delicate process that we handled together. We definitely needed a plan for it.
“I do want him to know the truth. I think it would be for us to figure out how we want to tell him and what we are going to say. He is young so it’s going to be hard for him to actually understand what we are telling him. But I think if we both agree to the way we are going to tell him and stick with it as he asks and gets confused along the way, then it will be easier for him to adapt to it.”
Consistency was going to be key. Jeremy was going to be confused for a while, and he was going to be making mistakes and asking about Adam. We needed to stick together and to the plan in order to ensure he is getting the same information each time.
“We can figure that out. We can talk about it later and get the dialogue laid out. For today, I think we should all go to the aquarium and have some fun. We can grab some lunch afterwards before coming back home.” He moved over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. “Let’s just be a family today. We can worry about everything that comes tomorrow.”
“Sounds perfect.”
We had a lot we needed to deal with, but for today, I was more than happy to relax and have a good time with him and the boys.
Liam
Ithadbeentwodays since our first family outing to the aquarium. The past couple of days had been nice, but now I was being forced back into the harsh reality that was my life. I was not looking forward to this at all. Today, I was going back to court to try mediation between Ellis and I. I highly doubted this was going to work, but I understood where Judge Allen was coming from. He was hoping that we would be able to work this out ourselves without him having to make an official ruling to one of us. It was typical with family court judges. They would prefer the parents of the child to be adults and to act in the best interest of the child. That was easier said than done. I had a feeling today was not going to go over well at all, but it was a step that had to be taken whether we wanted it to or not.
“Are you ready?” Alvin asked as I approached him inside of the courthouse where we were set to meet.
“As I can be. How bad is this going to be?”
“It’s a toss up. The best thing you can do is be calm and don’t get angry or be unreasonable. There will be a court appointed mediator, and their job is to try and keep everyone on task. They will be taking notes though for Judge Allen. If he records anything that the Judge isn’t going to like, that can hurt you in the case,” he warned.
“I will stay calm,” I promised. I wasn’t going to jeopardize Christian at all.
“How are you feeling about the news you have recently learnt?” he cautiously asked. He knew I discovered the truth about Jeremy. I had informed him of it yesterday, but we didn’t get much time to speak on it with his busy court schedule.
“I am processing still. But the news is out between us, and now we can move forward and do what we need to ensure Jeremy is with us.”
It was a lot I was still trying to digest, but I was getting there. It was nice to be spending time together as a family.
