decided to stay gone an extra week, I missed her and now that Henley no longer seemed to be a threat, everything could go back to the way it was. Sophia said they would call when they made it into town and dropped their luggage at Ailin's apartment, so it would be later in the day when they stopped by. Thinking I should get out of bed and accomplish something, for some reason, I really did not feel like doing anything.
Jackson walked in to the bedroom with an interested expression across his face.
"It's almost one," he said, sitting next to me on the bed.
Smiling, I scooted closer, saying, "I know, I was just enjoying laying in bed."
"Are you feeling alright," he asked.
With a slight laugh, I replied, "I feel fine. I'm just relaxing."
"Are you sure?" he questioned, leaning down to kiss me.
Laughing, I asked, "Are you feeling alright?"
Placing a kiss on my lips, he reached his hand down to my stomach before saying, "Just wondering if maybe there's a little someone in there."
Jackson made me feel goo d and bad all at the same time. Sliding over, I sat up. Leaning against my head board, I took his hand.
"Jacks, I don't want you to get your hopes up and then be disappointed," I shared.
He gave me a quick kiss, saying, "First of all, you could never disappoint me and second, I know you said it would be difficult. I also know it might not happen but Ren, if I didn't hope for things that were difficult and might not happen, I wouldn't have hung around all this time waiting to propose."
A hum of happiness radiated through me as I pulled him in for a kiss.
Jackson and I were a split second from giving getting pregnant a good try when we heard the door bell and someone banging on my front door. Both of us jumped out of bed and got dressed.
"I bet that's Sophia," I said.
"So much for calling first," he laughed, leaving the bedroom to get the door.
Pulling my hair into a loose knot, I heard Jackson say, "Hey, where's Ailin?"
When I stepped into the living room, Sophia stormed right passed him, saying, "In the car."
She had an expression that I had never seen on her face before and I could tell she had been crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked, reaching out to hug her.
Taking a step back, Sophia asked, "Who is Henley?"
I couldn't answer. Hearing his name come out of her mouth was the worst moment of my life.
"He was nobody when we saw him in Atlanta, is he nobody here too?" she questioned in a hoarse tone.
Glancing at Jackson from the corner of my eye, I noticed him look at me and scowl.
"Damn it, say something," she shouted before Jackson fussed, "Sophia!"
Turning her focus to Jacks, she snapped, "You know too, don't you."
Jackson's voice was calm as he replied, "Now wait a minute, Sophia."
"No!" she shouted before yelling, "Does dad know?"
Nodding, I barely choked out, "Yes, he knows."
Sophia nodded back and questioned, "Is that why he lives so far away? Because he can only stand to be around me once a year?"
Shaking my head, I swore, "No, it's not like that."
Sophia turned to leave.
"Wait!" I shouted, unable to find the right words but not wanting her to leave.
In a flash, she was in my face screaming, "For you to lie to me some more? You've been lying to me my whole life. I don't want to hear anything you have to say! Ever!"
As my heart pounded in my chest, Sophia left. My greatest fear had come true.
I stood in my living room trying to think. My chest hurt and I wanted to cry but I was too stunned for a single tear to fall. Just like everything else that had happened in my life, in an instant everything fell apart.
"Ren," Jackson said.
Without looking at him, I replied, "Yea?"
"You saw him in Atlanta?" he asked.
Slowly nodding, I answered, "I didn't know that's where he moved. He saw Sophia when we went shopping."
"You should have told me," he said.
Shrugging, I replied, "I thought it would be okay but then he came here."
His tone strengthened as he asked, "You knew he was here?"
Nodding, I
Jackson walked in to the bedroom with an interested expression across his face.
"It's almost one," he said, sitting next to me on the bed.
Smiling, I scooted closer, saying, "I know, I was just enjoying laying in bed."
"Are you feeling alright," he asked.
With a slight laugh, I replied, "I feel fine. I'm just relaxing."
"Are you sure?" he questioned, leaning down to kiss me.
Laughing, I asked, "Are you feeling alright?"
Placing a kiss on my lips, he reached his hand down to my stomach before saying, "Just wondering if maybe there's a little someone in there."
Jackson made me feel goo d and bad all at the same time. Sliding over, I sat up. Leaning against my head board, I took his hand.
"Jacks, I don't want you to get your hopes up and then be disappointed," I shared.
He gave me a quick kiss, saying, "First of all, you could never disappoint me and second, I know you said it would be difficult. I also know it might not happen but Ren, if I didn't hope for things that were difficult and might not happen, I wouldn't have hung around all this time waiting to propose."
A hum of happiness radiated through me as I pulled him in for a kiss.
Jackson and I were a split second from giving getting pregnant a good try when we heard the door bell and someone banging on my front door. Both of us jumped out of bed and got dressed.
"I bet that's Sophia," I said.
"So much for calling first," he laughed, leaving the bedroom to get the door.
Pulling my hair into a loose knot, I heard Jackson say, "Hey, where's Ailin?"
When I stepped into the living room, Sophia stormed right passed him, saying, "In the car."
She had an expression that I had never seen on her face before and I could tell she had been crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked, reaching out to hug her.
Taking a step back, Sophia asked, "Who is Henley?"
I couldn't answer. Hearing his name come out of her mouth was the worst moment of my life.
"He was nobody when we saw him in Atlanta, is he nobody here too?" she questioned in a hoarse tone.
Glancing at Jackson from the corner of my eye, I noticed him look at me and scowl.
"Damn it, say something," she shouted before Jackson fussed, "Sophia!"
Turning her focus to Jacks, she snapped, "You know too, don't you."
Jackson's voice was calm as he replied, "Now wait a minute, Sophia."
"No!" she shouted before yelling, "Does dad know?"
Nodding, I barely choked out, "Yes, he knows."
Sophia nodded back and questioned, "Is that why he lives so far away? Because he can only stand to be around me once a year?"
Shaking my head, I swore, "No, it's not like that."
Sophia turned to leave.
"Wait!" I shouted, unable to find the right words but not wanting her to leave.
In a flash, she was in my face screaming, "For you to lie to me some more? You've been lying to me my whole life. I don't want to hear anything you have to say! Ever!"
As my heart pounded in my chest, Sophia left. My greatest fear had come true.
I stood in my living room trying to think. My chest hurt and I wanted to cry but I was too stunned for a single tear to fall. Just like everything else that had happened in my life, in an instant everything fell apart.
"Ren," Jackson said.
Without looking at him, I replied, "Yea?"
"You saw him in Atlanta?" he asked.
Slowly nodding, I answered, "I didn't know that's where he moved. He saw Sophia when we went shopping."
"You should have told me," he said.
Shrugging, I replied, "I thought it would be okay but then he came here."
His tone strengthened as he asked, "You knew he was here?"
Nodding, I
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