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his phone. And when he read call me in caps, Logan decided he’d better make contact in case something was going down at the brewery.
He kissed Jessie on the tip of her nose and said, “I better call my father back and see what’s up.” He walked to the kitchen to avoid waking Michael.
“Hey, Dad, you called?”
“Son, your mother and I need to speak with you.”
“Hit me with it.”
“In person.”
“Okay, tomorrow then.” Logan was getting a bad feeling.
“I’d rather you come out to the house now.”
“Damn, Dad, it’s ten o’clock.”
“Sorry, old man, it’s important.”
“I’ll be there in twenty.”
Logan told Jessie where he was going, but before he left, he carried Michael to his bed, tucked him in, and kissed his forehead.
Michael woke and whispered, “I want you to be my daddy.”
The straight-shooting words drew a gasp from Logan’s throat. He inhaled raggedly and whispered in Michael’s ear, “I want that too.” Feeling a catch in his heart, Logan patted Michael’s head, and he resumed his light snore.
Logan stood staring, shocked at how the boy had situated himself so deeply into his heart.
He kissed Jessie goodbye, not saying anything about his words with Michael. And drove in silence to his parents. He entered through the gates that had been left open for him and parked at the estate’s artistic fountain. His mother waited at the door. When he reached her, she kissed his cheek.
“Thank you for coming.”
“Of course, Mom, but you guys are scaring me. What’s going on? Is somebody sick? Hurt?”
She motioned for him to follow her into the kitchen, where his father was sitting on a bar stool drinking a soda. She clucked her tongue. “I told you no more sodas, Cliff.”
“Cat, surely you can make an exception right now. Please stop nagging me.”
She pursed her lips.
Logan recognized the pattern established years earlier, but the anger that used to color their arguments was missing.
His father nodded at him and patted the stool beside his. “Why don’t you come sit?”
Logan perched on the stool next to his father, laid a hand on his arm. “Dad, are you okay?” Maybe he was the one who was sick. Maybe that was why Mom was back in the picture.
“Yeah, boy, everything’s fine.”
“Okay then…What’s on your mind?”
His mom left the kitchen, and Logan wondered if that was to give them privacy. His father set intense eyes on him. He fidgeted a bit as his mouth opened and closed, but after a deep breath, the words tumbled out.
“I had an affair with your mother. That is, your biological mother. It had been going on for a while. I’d guess about two years. After you were born, we broke it off.” He exhaled through clenched teeth. “Catherine knew, but turned a blind eye, as society women are wont to do. I’m not proud of my actions, but I could never regret the affair.”
Logan didn’t know how to react, didn’t understand why his dad was telling him this now. He scrambled for words. “Did my father know?”
“No, he didn’t. I want you to know, Dave was a good man. You know your parents were our friends. I don’t even know why or how it happened, but it was like your mother and I had to get together for a higher reason. Lord knows we tried to deny the attraction, but our attempts were futile. I now know why.”
“Dad, what the hell did you put in that Coke?” Logan picked up the can of soda and sniffed it.
“Just Coke.” He shook his head. “Before you were born, Anne and Dave had been married for six years and she’d yet to get pregnant. She desperately wanted to be a mother and when she found out she was expecting, she was over the moon. God, she loved you with everything she had. When you came along, she said you saved her life. She doted on you like nothing I’ve ever seen.”
Logan swallowed the lump forming in his throat. He listened intently to what his father had to say. In the back of his mind something wasn’t adding
He kissed Jessie on the tip of her nose and said, “I better call my father back and see what’s up.” He walked to the kitchen to avoid waking Michael.
“Hey, Dad, you called?”
“Son, your mother and I need to speak with you.”
“Hit me with it.”
“In person.”
“Okay, tomorrow then.” Logan was getting a bad feeling.
“I’d rather you come out to the house now.”
“Damn, Dad, it’s ten o’clock.”
“Sorry, old man, it’s important.”
“I’ll be there in twenty.”
Logan told Jessie where he was going, but before he left, he carried Michael to his bed, tucked him in, and kissed his forehead.
Michael woke and whispered, “I want you to be my daddy.”
The straight-shooting words drew a gasp from Logan’s throat. He inhaled raggedly and whispered in Michael’s ear, “I want that too.” Feeling a catch in his heart, Logan patted Michael’s head, and he resumed his light snore.
Logan stood staring, shocked at how the boy had situated himself so deeply into his heart.
He kissed Jessie goodbye, not saying anything about his words with Michael. And drove in silence to his parents. He entered through the gates that had been left open for him and parked at the estate’s artistic fountain. His mother waited at the door. When he reached her, she kissed his cheek.
“Thank you for coming.”
“Of course, Mom, but you guys are scaring me. What’s going on? Is somebody sick? Hurt?”
She motioned for him to follow her into the kitchen, where his father was sitting on a bar stool drinking a soda. She clucked her tongue. “I told you no more sodas, Cliff.”
“Cat, surely you can make an exception right now. Please stop nagging me.”
She pursed her lips.
Logan recognized the pattern established years earlier, but the anger that used to color their arguments was missing.
His father nodded at him and patted the stool beside his. “Why don’t you come sit?”
Logan perched on the stool next to his father, laid a hand on his arm. “Dad, are you okay?” Maybe he was the one who was sick. Maybe that was why Mom was back in the picture.
“Yeah, boy, everything’s fine.”
“Okay then…What’s on your mind?”
His mom left the kitchen, and Logan wondered if that was to give them privacy. His father set intense eyes on him. He fidgeted a bit as his mouth opened and closed, but after a deep breath, the words tumbled out.
“I had an affair with your mother. That is, your biological mother. It had been going on for a while. I’d guess about two years. After you were born, we broke it off.” He exhaled through clenched teeth. “Catherine knew, but turned a blind eye, as society women are wont to do. I’m not proud of my actions, but I could never regret the affair.”
Logan didn’t know how to react, didn’t understand why his dad was telling him this now. He scrambled for words. “Did my father know?”
“No, he didn’t. I want you to know, Dave was a good man. You know your parents were our friends. I don’t even know why or how it happened, but it was like your mother and I had to get together for a higher reason. Lord knows we tried to deny the attraction, but our attempts were futile. I now know why.”
“Dad, what the hell did you put in that Coke?” Logan picked up the can of soda and sniffed it.
“Just Coke.” He shook his head. “Before you were born, Anne and Dave had been married for six years and she’d yet to get pregnant. She desperately wanted to be a mother and when she found out she was expecting, she was over the moon. God, she loved you with everything she had. When you came along, she said you saved her life. She doted on you like nothing I’ve ever seen.”
Logan swallowed the lump forming in his throat. He listened intently to what his father had to say. In the back of his mind something wasn’t adding
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