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I’m back.”
     
    MiKayla laughed at his comment as a way of covering her pain. Since he’d been back she’d been trying her best to process it all. It just seemed to be much too much for her. A part of her was happy that he was back, because at least he wasn’t dead, but another part of her wished that he would’ve stayed where the hell he was. His return had definitely turned her life upset down just when she felt that it was safe for her to move on and finally be happy.
     
    “Say something,” Chad said waiting for a response since all he got was an awkward laugh.
     
    “I have nothing to say,” she said and started down the hallway.
     
    Chad was right on her heels. “Baby, please. I had to leave. I was protecting you. I was protecting me. I didn’t want anything to happen to you, so I left. I’m sorry. Please, forgive me.”
     
    MiKayla ignored him as she entered her bedroom. She went straight over to the dresser drawer and opened it. Chad just stood back wondering what she was about to do. She then pulled a piece of paper out of the drawer and proceeded to open it up as Chad just shook his head as an indication that he knew what was on that paper. He couldn’t say a word as she started reading the contents written on it.
     
    “This key is to secure your future. Take care of yourself, my love. I’ll always be with you and our son. I love you more than life itself, Chad.”
     
    After reading that aloud, she then glanced away from the paper in her hand and back over to him. “You knew that you were leaving that day, didn’t you?” She said as the tears started falling. “You left me there pregnant with our son and didn’t look back. What kind of man does that? What kind of man has a heart like that?”
     
    “This kind of man,” Chad honestly said. “I was doing everything in my power to protect you. I wasn’t a saint babe. I’d done things that weren’t legal. I’d screwed over a lot of people in the process of coming up and in the end; there was a price to pay for that. I had to go away to keep you and the baby safe.”
     
    “But, you didn’t keep us safe, Chad. I lost our baby from the stress of losing you. I lost my whole world loving you.”
     
    Chad disappointedly shook his head. He was hurt for her, but he didn’t think that she’d be this hard on him. What he expected was to show up and she’d take him back and not care what had happened. However, after the initial shock that he was back had worn off, MiKayla was now questioning his past actions and she wanted to know what happened. Fuck being happy to see him. She wanted to know why he fucked her over the way he did.
     
    “Chad, if you can’t give me more answers than that then I need you to leave.”
     
    “Babe, I left you all of that money to make sure that you were good. Shouldn’t that count for something?”
     
    “It counts for nothing. You left me hanging. Our son died and you weren’t even there to console me. Tell me, did you even know that he’d passed away?” She questioned with tears in her eyes.
     
    Chad stood there not knowing what to say.
     
    MiKayla shook her head. “Oh my God, you did know.” She softly cried.   
     
    Chad walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. “I’m sorry, babe. I couldn’t come back. I would’ve put you in harm’s way. I never would do that no matter how bad you feel or how much you hate me right now.”
     
    “You don’t get it, Chad. I had a rough time this past year adjusting to my new life. I moved miles and miles away here to Augusta to get away from all the pain that was there. I needed to be closer to my family. I don’t know what was going on with yours. After I lost the baby, your mom and your brother kinda just stopped calling and coming around. It was like they had no more use for me.”
     
    “Don’t talk like that. My mom has always been fond of you. She didn’t know anything.”
     
    MiKayla looked at him and rolled her eyes. That was