S is for Secret Baby by Rose Annie J

Author:Rose, Annie J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Rian

It melted my heart to see Ronny and Wes together. She still didn’t know that he was her father, but she seemed to like him all the same. I couldn’t help feeling enormously relieved that Wes hadn’t fought me on that. When he had showed up at the hospital that morning, I had thought for sure he was there to confront me about what he had learned the previous day, and I had steeled my nerves for it even though I didn’t feel like I could handle that then.

He’d been nothing but kind, though. In fact, same as the day before, he had brought me food, looking out for me while I was frantically doing my best to look out for Ronny. I couldn’t tell him how much I appreciated it. It meant everything to me.

We were definitely going to have a real conversation sometime in the very near future, and I had a feeling that things were going to get emotional. But for now, things were going as good as they could go.

I wished I had a chance to think of all the things I wanted to say to Wes when we had that conversation. Last night, though, my mind had been pretty much blank. I hadn’t been able to think of much of anything beyond the way that Ronny looked in that hospital bed, the way I had felt when Angie had called me in New York, and the way Wes’s eyes had flashed with anger as he stormed out of there the previous day. Those three things played over and over again on a loop in my head, making it impossible for me to get any sleep.

I felt like shit today, and I wasn’t sure that I could explain anything to Wes. I definitely wasn’t ready to have a conversation where we discussed our daughter’s future and how he would be a part of her life. At the same time, I knew it was all a conversation I had been putting off for way too long now. It was about time to come clean on everything and work toward a setup that would work for both of us.

I considered Wes as he joked with Ronny. He was good with her, I had to admit. Not that it was difficult; Ronny was the kind of kid that everyone seemed to get along with. Still, it was good to see the two of them bonding, even if we had to be in the hospital for it to happen.

Ronny fell asleep not too long after that, worn-out still from the pain and the stress of it all. I stared down at her for a long moment, Wes’s arm tentatively draped around my shoulder. “I think I’m starting to understand how you feel,” Wes murmured. He held up a hand before I could say anything. “I know, I know, not entirely. You’re the one who got to watch her grow up. She’s closer to you than anyone else in the world.

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