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Her Ex-husband's Deception New York
New York CityJason’s POVI’m startled by a knock on my door. “Come in.” I say in a monotone voice. My mom steps in, holding Jared’s hand. Over the years, my parents have relented. Letting me meet my son, although they refuse to let him anywhere near Alex. And yes, we’re still together. If I want to spend a night with Jared, I have to go over to my parents house, so I spend most days at their place. Our relationship has been strained and sometimes I feel like a failure of a sin and a father. My parents decided to raise Jared with the truth about his parents. Jared knows who his mother is, and why she can’t be with him. I think he resents me a little bit for chasing her away, although he doesn’t act or say anything that insinuates that.I immediately stand to greet my mom, with a peck to her cheek. Then I pick Jared up tossing him in the air. I relish in the sound of his innocent giggles. One of the only times he lets go around me.“To what do I owe this visit, your highnesses?” I
Her Ex-husband's Deception Meeting Jason
Skylar’s POVSo far, everything has been great. We spent a better part of the summer settling down and adapting to the busy life of the city. The holidays are over now and schools have reopened. Val started attending a new school three days ago and Lorenzo causeda scene at the gate when we dropped her off. I spent half an hour trying to pacify him, before I could leave. I was nervous about taking him out every time I had to run some errands, terrified of running into Jason, but just as Emilio said, the city is large and that, is highly unlikely.Emilio had some trouble with the design of their software, thus the wait before he unveiled the product to the public, but it’s been settled. He just called to inform me that he was bringing a new partner and investor home for dinner, to better get acquainted. I and my part time helper, Lorenzo, spent the day prepping dishes for dinner. I had decided on tomato puree and cheesy toasted bread for the starter course. Although, I had been cr
Her Ex-husband's Deception Realizations and Regrets
Jason’s POVI’m sitting in my car, staring at the closed door separating me from my ex- wife. I can’t believe that I’ve finally found her. Woods. No wonder she kept slipping through our hands. I had assumed that she’ll go back to being her adoptive parents name; Jones.When I stepped into the house, the first surprise was the young children that ran up to greet Reynolds. He never mentioned children in our conversation. Then again, we did ride here in separate cars and you can’t talk much that way. I envied him in that moment, though. I wanted a relationship like that with my son. Jared’s relationship with me was more of a military thing, where he waited on me to make the first move or gesture and stuff. Reynolds little boy striking replica of Jared, just with dimples and soft brown eyes. I was just about asking if he was actually Reynolds son when she walked in.My heart stopped beating for a moment, then it went into a frenzy. She looked even more beautiful than ever, walking do
Her Ex-husband's Deception Try to be a father
The next morning, I’m not in a hurry to go to work. I decide to participate in getting Jared ready for school. I wake up to him, humming a random tune and playing with my hair.“Good morning buddy!” I greet him, earning a shy ‘morning Daddy!’ back. “Did you sleep good?’ I ask him, grabbing him and placing him on my lap. I lightly tickle him tummy, eliciting giggles from him. He takes a few over exaggerated breaths to calm down, before flashing his milk teeth at me and answering my question.“I slept the best, Dad! because you were here and mommy’s coming back!” he exclaims. Ah! How could I forget the events of the past hours.I give him a big smile. “Of course! Mommy’s gonna meet you soon, big guy!” I tell him trying as much as possible to match his enthusiasm this early in the morning. I swear, kids are the strangest creatures.I go to move him off my lap so we can get ready for the day ahead, however, the thinking look on his face stops me.“What’s running through that little h
Her Ex-husband's Deception A Shell of A Person
Emilio’s POVEver since the interaction with Jason Reynolds, her ex- husband and baby daddy, Skylar has been withdrawn. She had become absent emotionally and so unresponsive, that the kids noticed it and won’t stop bugging me with questions.I’m in my office, going through some files and making research for work, when I’m interrupted by Lorenzo coming into the office and walking up to me. He clambers into my lap and I gave to stop what I’m doing and let him settle down comfortably, I end up having to grab him and place him comfortably on my lap. When he’s settled, he looks up at me with the saddest look I’ve ever seen.“Hey there buddy! What’s with the look on your face?” I ask, instant worry filling my senses.“Uncle Em, does Mommy have cancer?” he asks me looking so distraught, it physically tugs on my heart. “Cancer? No! No, she doesn’t . Enzo, do you know what cancer even is? Where did you get that from?” I ask him back, perplexed at the question he’s asking me. Cancer. I hav
Her Ex-husband's Deception The Accident
Skylar’s POVI quietly walk into Lorenzo’s room. I take in his little form, soft snores escaping his partly opened lips as he sleeps. My heart aches as I imagine him asking Emilio, if Mommy still wants him. Tears fall down my face as I recall Emilio’s words to me earlier. I can’t believe that I’d be so blinded by my own misery, that I would neglect my own son! I can’t help but feel repulsed at my recent attitude towards Lorenzo. And Val! Oh God! The little girl must have felt so sad that her favorite Aunt ignored her. I carefully pick up Lorenzo and maneuver our position so that I’m sitting against the headboard with him in my arms. He snuggles into me and I rock us both, mumbling apologies and stroking his hair. I feel him shift a little so I look down, just in time to see him blink his eyes open.“Mommy?” he sleepily questions. “Yes, my love. Go back to sleep. Mommy’s here.” I tell him, gently caressing his cheek. “I missed you so much..” he sleepily mumbles, rubbing his fa
Her Ex-husband's Deception Hold Me
The walk to room 205 in the hospital, that Emilio is currently occupying, feels like the longest walk of my life. The atmosphere is gloomy and sad as I wonder what to say to Valentina, bout her father, and Lorenzo, bout his uncle. When we get to the door, I turn towards Jason.“I’m going to go in first. Could you watch the children?” He gives me a curt nod and I turn towards Val and Lorenzo, already sitting in the benches outside the room. They both look like they’ll fall asleep any second now. I smile softly and go to place them as comfortable as possible.Jason takes a set beside Val and picks up Lorenzo. He places Val’s head on his lap and mouths ‘don’t worry’ to me. I take a deep breath and turn to Emilio’s room door. My hand trembles as I reach for the door handle and open it. The sight that greets me when I walk into the room, makes my heart drop to my stomach.I quickly make my way to the side of the bed and grab his hand, careful of the peg that’s helping to monitor his v
Her Ex-husband's Deception It's a match!
Jason’s POVI take my time driving to the house. I still have to talk to Alexandra about our relationship. We haven’t really had a conversation with each other in months and she seems to not be bothered about it. I mentally decide to push away the impending break up in favor of giving my attention to Skylar. Maybe I should use this opportunity to talk to her and get her back.When I walk into the house, I find that the lights are off. My parents and Jared have probably retired to bed. I quietly make my way upstairs and into my room. I turn on the lights and I’m shocked to find Jared asleep on my bed. I try to do my nightly routine as quietly as I can but I end up waking Jared up when I try to climb unto the bed.“Go to sleep, buddy. It’s just me.” I whisper to him tucking him in properly and stroking his head. “Daddy?... I had a bad dream..” he says. I frown a little and pull him close. “Daddy’s here now. No more bad dreams, okay?” I peck his cheek. “Now go to sleep, hm?” When
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