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Authors: Elle Chardou
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you got in trouble in the first place and we’d be blind to see you aren’t making your move toward this Drake character.”
Liam caressed Caitlyn’s hand. “We just wanted to say goodbye. Fortunately, some of us have real jobs and we only took a few days off. Just stay in touch and let us know how it is being caught in a tug o’ war with two men who desire you sexually.”
I sipped from my coffee and ended up burning my tongue. “First of all, I am not making any moves toward Drake because we’re just friends and second of all, how is my love life any of your business?”
“Your love life—as you so succinctly put it—became my business when you fucked my boyfriend!” Caitlyn said rather loudly and rudely.
An awkward silence settled between the three of us before I looked Liam’s way and his diverted to my polished hard wood floor.
“Caitlyn, darling, you and Liam going out when we had sex and second of all, since we don’t plan to indulge again, what either one of us did with one another before I became involved with Colin and you became involved with him is none of your business,” I explained, clutching the hot coffee cup in my hand so tightly, I could feel the scald against my tender flesh.
My sister stood in a fury and stared down at me as if I were a piece of excrement. “That is where you’re wrong. I’m sorry if you can’t see that Liam’s previous love life has everything to do with our relationship now. I mean…did you run away because you found out the baby you were pregnant with was his child?”
I sipped from my coffee and avoided my sister’s question. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Liam tried to calm Caitlyn down but she backed away from both him and I. “My God, that’s it, isn’t it? That’s why you ran away like your ass was on fire and I was too wrapped up in my career to notice. That baby never belonged to Colin, it was Liam’s and you honestly thought you could make it all okay by just leaving? You should have aborted that kid the moment you knew you had to play the game ‘Guess the baby daddy’. You slut! You whore! And here poor Colin is begging for you to come back and I keep wondering why he would want you at all.”
Liam glared at me then and his eyes were blue ice. “Is this true? Was that baby mine?”
“Yes,” I whispered more to myself than him. “I had no idea until my OB-GYN told me she’d gotten the dates wrong and the baby was further along than she thought. We used condoms that night and I still don’t understand it how it happened, especially since Colin and I were so reckless during our European trip.”
I stood and walked over to my sister. “I swear to God I didn’t do this on purpose and when I found out, I knew Colin would never accept raising a child that didn’t belong to him genetically. Yes, he would have been there for me and held up the charade as long as he could but it would have eventually destroyed us and our marriage. How could I go through with anything when I was starting my life with another surrounded by this…colossal lie? I couldn’t do it so I did the only thing I knew how to do…I fled.”
Caitlyn whipped around and faced me. “You never thought about anyone else, did you? What about when Liam and I decided to have children? What about Colin? How could you be so damn selfish, Deirdre?”
“Now you’re expecting me to have predicted the future? How would I have known you and Liam would become a couple? I found out after I got back from my trip to Europe with Colin, Caitlyn.” I grabbed my sister by her shoulders and shook her. “ Everything isn’t always about you! ” I screamed.
“What is going on here?” a male voice inquired and I breathed a sigh of relief when Drake walked into the sitting room.
I felt like I was on the edge of losing my mind irrevocably and completely yet he’d saved me again and I had to admit I liked it a lot. I couldn’t help but walk over to him and collapse
Liam caressed Caitlyn’s hand. “We just wanted to say goodbye. Fortunately, some of us have real jobs and we only took a few days off. Just stay in touch and let us know how it is being caught in a tug o’ war with two men who desire you sexually.”
I sipped from my coffee and ended up burning my tongue. “First of all, I am not making any moves toward Drake because we’re just friends and second of all, how is my love life any of your business?”
“Your love life—as you so succinctly put it—became my business when you fucked my boyfriend!” Caitlyn said rather loudly and rudely.
An awkward silence settled between the three of us before I looked Liam’s way and his diverted to my polished hard wood floor.
“Caitlyn, darling, you and Liam going out when we had sex and second of all, since we don’t plan to indulge again, what either one of us did with one another before I became involved with Colin and you became involved with him is none of your business,” I explained, clutching the hot coffee cup in my hand so tightly, I could feel the scald against my tender flesh.
My sister stood in a fury and stared down at me as if I were a piece of excrement. “That is where you’re wrong. I’m sorry if you can’t see that Liam’s previous love life has everything to do with our relationship now. I mean…did you run away because you found out the baby you were pregnant with was his child?”
I sipped from my coffee and avoided my sister’s question. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Liam tried to calm Caitlyn down but she backed away from both him and I. “My God, that’s it, isn’t it? That’s why you ran away like your ass was on fire and I was too wrapped up in my career to notice. That baby never belonged to Colin, it was Liam’s and you honestly thought you could make it all okay by just leaving? You should have aborted that kid the moment you knew you had to play the game ‘Guess the baby daddy’. You slut! You whore! And here poor Colin is begging for you to come back and I keep wondering why he would want you at all.”
Liam glared at me then and his eyes were blue ice. “Is this true? Was that baby mine?”
“Yes,” I whispered more to myself than him. “I had no idea until my OB-GYN told me she’d gotten the dates wrong and the baby was further along than she thought. We used condoms that night and I still don’t understand it how it happened, especially since Colin and I were so reckless during our European trip.”
I stood and walked over to my sister. “I swear to God I didn’t do this on purpose and when I found out, I knew Colin would never accept raising a child that didn’t belong to him genetically. Yes, he would have been there for me and held up the charade as long as he could but it would have eventually destroyed us and our marriage. How could I go through with anything when I was starting my life with another surrounded by this…colossal lie? I couldn’t do it so I did the only thing I knew how to do…I fled.”
Caitlyn whipped around and faced me. “You never thought about anyone else, did you? What about when Liam and I decided to have children? What about Colin? How could you be so damn selfish, Deirdre?”
“Now you’re expecting me to have predicted the future? How would I have known you and Liam would become a couple? I found out after I got back from my trip to Europe with Colin, Caitlyn.” I grabbed my sister by her shoulders and shook her. “ Everything isn’t always about you! ” I screamed.
“What is going on here?” a male voice inquired and I breathed a sigh of relief when Drake walked into the sitting room.
I felt like I was on the edge of losing my mind irrevocably and completely yet he’d saved me again and I had to admit I liked it a lot. I couldn’t help but walk over to him and collapse
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