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were now
dull and lifeless, as if she were carrying the weight of the world on
one shoulder. I pulled her into me, hoping to restore what had
been lost.
“Lex. I am not asking you to make any type of decision.
And I’m not making any choice here between you and my son.
You are going to be my wife. You are the one I want to share my
life with. Something inside of me knew that the day I met you
alone in that club. But I do have a child, and I will be a part of
his life with you there beside me. There is no question about that.
All I need from you is a little faith and understanding. I’ve never
been in a situation like this before so I’m not experienced in how
to handle it and make it work,” I said, gently cupping Lexie’s face
in my hands. I pushed her tears aside with my thumbs. “Then why the secrecy, Brian?” she sobbed.
“Lexie, I just didn’t know how to bring it to you. But rest
assured, you are the one I want to be with. Shelly has no choice
but to accept that. At the same time, you are going to have to
accept the fact that I will have to deal with Shelly on some level
because she is the mother of my son and I’m not giving up on
him. I lost one child, I won’t lose another.”
At the mention of the baby we lost together, Lexie dropped
her head and cried out. I held her close. Close enough to let her
know without words that I was here to stay. As I held her, my cell
phone rang. At first I was going to ignore the call but decided to at least see who was calling. Still holding on to Lexie, I pulled the phone from my pocket and the display read Shelly. Despite the circumstances, something told me to answer the call. Shelly’s
anxious tone clipped my hello.
“Brian, I need you. BJ’s sick and I need you now. I’m at my
old apartment. Please come right away, sweetie. Your son needs
you,” she whined and hung up the phone.
The deadpan look on Lexie’s face revealed that she had
heard every word Shelly said.
Chapter 10 Shelly
I was happy that Brian was finally on his way over to my place. It took a couple of days to get my old apartment back in order, but boy was I glad I had decided to rent it instead of sell it. I guess I always knew that I would have a need to return to it one day. I had to begin to seriously work my magic to get my life with Brian back.
I checked on BJ to make sure the allergy medicine I had given him was doing its job. When I peeked into his new room, I saw that he looked terribly drowsy as he sat on the floor attempting to play with his toys. One more warm towel should do the trick, I thought. My timing was perfect. By the time my doorbell rang, BJ was half asleep and the warm towel had made his head feel like he had a fever. I held my tired little boy in my arms and whispered to him, “Don’t worry, honey. After a while, Mommy won’t have to do these types of things.” I quickly scanned the room to make sure I didn’t leave any incriminating evidence around.
“Coming!” I opened the door for Brian and practically fell into his arms with BJ.
“What’s happened, Shelly?” Brian asked.
“It’s BJ. I’ve never seen him like this before,” I said as if I were about to cry. “He’s so lifeless. And he has a high fever.”
“How high is it? Brian asked,” looking alarmed.
Like I knew how high his fever was. What was I supposed to do, take the towel’s temperature? He was asking too many questions. All I needed him to do was be really concerned, not interrogate me.
“I don’t know. I don’t have a thermometer here. I guess I forgot to pack it when I left Long Island.”
“Give him here,” Brian said, reaching for BJ. “Hey, little man. What’s wrong? You’re not feeling well?” he said while stroking the boy’s large curls. Then Brian placed his cheek against BJ’s temple to gauge his fake fever. “He’s just a little warm now. Maybe the fever’s come down some. I’ll run to the pharmacy and get a thermometer so we can see how high his fever is. And if we
dull and lifeless, as if she were carrying the weight of the world on
one shoulder. I pulled her into me, hoping to restore what had
been lost.
“Lex. I am not asking you to make any type of decision.
And I’m not making any choice here between you and my son.
You are going to be my wife. You are the one I want to share my
life with. Something inside of me knew that the day I met you
alone in that club. But I do have a child, and I will be a part of
his life with you there beside me. There is no question about that.
All I need from you is a little faith and understanding. I’ve never
been in a situation like this before so I’m not experienced in how
to handle it and make it work,” I said, gently cupping Lexie’s face
in my hands. I pushed her tears aside with my thumbs. “Then why the secrecy, Brian?” she sobbed.
“Lexie, I just didn’t know how to bring it to you. But rest
assured, you are the one I want to be with. Shelly has no choice
but to accept that. At the same time, you are going to have to
accept the fact that I will have to deal with Shelly on some level
because she is the mother of my son and I’m not giving up on
him. I lost one child, I won’t lose another.”
At the mention of the baby we lost together, Lexie dropped
her head and cried out. I held her close. Close enough to let her
know without words that I was here to stay. As I held her, my cell
phone rang. At first I was going to ignore the call but decided to at least see who was calling. Still holding on to Lexie, I pulled the phone from my pocket and the display read Shelly. Despite the circumstances, something told me to answer the call. Shelly’s
anxious tone clipped my hello.
“Brian, I need you. BJ’s sick and I need you now. I’m at my
old apartment. Please come right away, sweetie. Your son needs
you,” she whined and hung up the phone.
The deadpan look on Lexie’s face revealed that she had
heard every word Shelly said.
Chapter 10 Shelly
I was happy that Brian was finally on his way over to my place. It took a couple of days to get my old apartment back in order, but boy was I glad I had decided to rent it instead of sell it. I guess I always knew that I would have a need to return to it one day. I had to begin to seriously work my magic to get my life with Brian back.
I checked on BJ to make sure the allergy medicine I had given him was doing its job. When I peeked into his new room, I saw that he looked terribly drowsy as he sat on the floor attempting to play with his toys. One more warm towel should do the trick, I thought. My timing was perfect. By the time my doorbell rang, BJ was half asleep and the warm towel had made his head feel like he had a fever. I held my tired little boy in my arms and whispered to him, “Don’t worry, honey. After a while, Mommy won’t have to do these types of things.” I quickly scanned the room to make sure I didn’t leave any incriminating evidence around.
“Coming!” I opened the door for Brian and practically fell into his arms with BJ.
“What’s happened, Shelly?” Brian asked.
“It’s BJ. I’ve never seen him like this before,” I said as if I were about to cry. “He’s so lifeless. And he has a high fever.”
“How high is it? Brian asked,” looking alarmed.
Like I knew how high his fever was. What was I supposed to do, take the towel’s temperature? He was asking too many questions. All I needed him to do was be really concerned, not interrogate me.
“I don’t know. I don’t have a thermometer here. I guess I forgot to pack it when I left Long Island.”
“Give him here,” Brian said, reaching for BJ. “Hey, little man. What’s wrong? You’re not feeling well?” he said while stroking the boy’s large curls. Then Brian placed his cheek against BJ’s temple to gauge his fake fever. “He’s just a little warm now. Maybe the fever’s come down some. I’ll run to the pharmacy and get a thermometer so we can see how high his fever is. And if we
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