Total pages in book: 27
Estimated words: 24356 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 122(@200wpm)___ 97(@250wpm)___ 81(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24356 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 122(@200wpm)___ 97(@250wpm)___ 81(@300wpm)
“You knew about this too Mellie?” She nodded her head and sipped on her milk like it wasn’t a big deal. Of course she was too young to understand all the mechanics of what was going on, but little man was taking it all in. I didn’t want to go swimming in those waters but if the kid had questions then I needed to answer them.
“What exactly did the kids say?” I’ll have a word with my ex mother in law later about saying shit in front of my kids, though knowing her it won’t make a difference. He shrugged his shoulders and picked at his napkin. “It’s okay dad it’s not that bad.”
“What did they say?” it took him a moment but he finally opened up.
“They called mom a bad word okay. They said she’s a bad person and that we have a broken home.” Fuck, what the fuck is wrong with kids? Can’t they stick to video games and shit?
“Your mom made a mistake guys. We’re not together anymore but she’s still your mom no matter what. I don’t want you two to worry about any of this and if anything bothers you I want you to come to me.”
“Do you not love her anymore dad?” He asked the question but his sister was suddenly all ears. “No I don’t but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you. I’ll always love you no matter what.”
“But what if we make a mistake daddy?” My little girl is a smart cookie. Her bottom lip trembled ripping a hole in my gut and I pulled her into my arms and reached a hand across the table to her brother.
“That’s a little different pumpkin. When you grow up you’ll understand there are some mistakes mommies and daddies make that make them get divorced, but when your kids make mistakes you try to teach them the right way but you don’t stop loving them.”
“So how come you stopped loving mommy?” Fuck me! “Because what mommy did…” What the fuck was I supposed to say? I thought I’d answered all the hard questions, thought they knew by now that I would always be there.
“Because mommy cheated stupid and kids can’t cheat.”
“Hey, don’t call your sister stupid, apologize.” He mumbled an apology under his breath and my sweet as pie daughter spent the next two minutes trying to comfort him because she thought he was in trouble. The good thing was she forgot her question and let me off the hook. Thank fuck.
We ate pizza and they asked questions about Casey and there was none of the crying or screaming accusations I’d half expected. Instead they were curious if a little wary of the unknown. “I have a picture if you guys wanna see.” I pulled my phone and showed them a picture of my girl.
“She’s pretty daddy.”
“Thank you sweetheart.” I kissed her hair. Typical girl. My boy wasn’t saying much of anything but he did look at the picture a long time.
I took them home after and their mother was there waiting. I didn’t say anything to her as I headed for the kitchen table; it was homework time.
I’m pretty sure as soon as I was out of earshot she’d grill them about where we’d gone but she knew better than to start shit in front of them. I bet she’d be pissed to know that her little stunt earlier had cleared the way for me to spend the night with my girl. I didn’t owe her shit and now my kids knew the truth there was no more need to hide.
I helped the kids with their homework and got them through bath time. I tried Casey again but she was still not answering and I started to think she was maybe a little bit beyond pissed at me at this point.
I wanted to go to her but my kids had had a big day and I was about to add more. It would be the first night I’d spend away from them which meant I wouldn’t be here in the morning when they woke up. I’ve been staying close the last year or so, trying to give them all the security they needed in their little lives.
I told them as I was putting them to bed and although they looked a little unhappy at the thought of me not being here they both kissed me goodnight and told me they loved me. I sat with my princess until she fell asleep and then went to look in on my son once more before leaving.
Christine was hovering around like she wanted to say something but I just grabbed my leather and walked out the door. I’m such a son of a bitch I locked my bedroom door before leaving. I didn’t want her ass sneaking into my bed while I was gone.