Life Unexpected by J S Baker

Author:J S Baker [Baker, J S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798651807949
Published: 2020-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Thursday was Daddy day for Sarah since Ben was off work from Wildfire. Whenever his daughter had been with her mother overnight, their routine usually involved Destiny bringing Sarah to Ben’s apartment after breakfast, but it was after eleven before Ben finally got the knock on his door that day.

“About time, Destiny,” Ben scolded.

Sarah ran into his arms. “Hey sweetie! I missed you so much.”

Destiny barged into his apartment without regard to either one of them.

“Benji, we need to talk.”

Ben set Sarah down and told her to go to his room and play. She happily obliged. When the toddler was out of earshot, Ben turned to Destiny. She was standing behind the couch picking at her fake fingernails.

“Last time you said we needed to talk, you told me I was going to be a dad,” he remarked callously. “Even though I know that’s not the case this time, should I sit down?”

Destiny nodded. They sat on opposite ends of the couch and faced each other.

She drew in an exaggerated breath and giggled. “This is going to be harder than I thought.”

“What’s going on, Destiny? Just say it,” Ben urged.

“Victor and I are engaged!” she announced happily.

“That’s great news for you!” Ben quickly replied. “But what does that have to do with me?”

“Well, you’re Sarah’s father and I know you have always been there for her. Things have been pretty easy between you and me since we found out about her. But you and I both know we weren’t going to live across the hall from each other forever.”

“Destiny get to the point,” Ben said with annoyance. He didn’t like where this conversation was headed.

“You know I could have moved somewhere nicer since Victor can afford it, but we chose to live here in my apartment when we got together because of my arrangement with you. But, well, Victor has a job offer in California.”

The air was instantly sucked out of Ben’s lungs like someone shoved a vacuum nozzle down his throat. Destiny, of course, didn’t seem to notice his flushed face.

“We talked about it and he’s going to take the job. It’s an incredible opportunity for us and I wouldn’t even have to work anymore. I hate my barista job anyway and only did it because I had to. It’s like destiny,” she giggled at the mention of her own name with something so kismet to her. “Victor’s already found us a really nice house and Sarah would have a bedroom and a playroom. It’s even in a gated community, and she would have a huge backyard,” she continued to ramble selfishly. “Victor’s really excited about us starting our own family, too, so there is room in the house for more kids. Wouldn’t it be great for Sarah to have a brother or a sister?”

Ben was speechless. His mind wrangled with a thousand different thoughts, most of which involved Destiny’s untimely demise. It took him a moment to gather his composure. Understandably.

“So, you’re moving Sarah to California? Do I

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