Chapter 25

NICOLE

HETEROPATERNAL SUPERFECUNDATION, that's what the doc had explained and upto now I still couldn't grasp anything.

Old me would have laughed at my situation, at the odds of my life turning into the telenovela I used to watch on Telemundo.

New me however was terrified to the core. Lucas was Connor's father and he knew about it and he wanted us back. The thought of going back to him irked me worse than drinking pickle juice.

My hands brushed Connor's hair while Jr snored to my left. How did things go so downhill?

How did my life end up like this? And my sons. God knew things had changed so drastically.

Lucas was a monster and I'd be a fool if I let him get close to Connor or Jr for that matter.

The car we were in moved at a slow pace and I watched the trees swing at a carefree tempo and at the moment I envied that.

I envied the freedom the barks of wood had. Swinging with the breeze, doing whatever the fuck they wanted.

But this was freedom right? What I had at the moment was freed