“What do you mean, you have a kid?” I screamed back at her.
“Well let me explain it to you, honey. When a man and a woman really love each other, well they fuck like bunnies and make a baby. Ours is a little girl and Jaxon just left us so he could go play house with you. Great man, isn’t he? Are you proud of yourself? He’s all yours - you won.”
I just stared at her. I couldn’t speak. This couldn’t be true. They have a kid, and Jaxon just left them. Because of me?
I ran back to my jeep, climbed in, and headed home. When I got to my house Jaxon was sitting on my porch, waiting for me. I parked and as I started walking toward the door I noticed how sad he looked. If I hadn’t been so mad at him for lying to me, I would’ve almost felt bad for him.
“What are you doing here?” I asked.
“I was waiting for you; I need to talk to you about something.” He looked up at me from under those beautiful long eyelashes.
“Stacy already told me. I know all about her.” I said while trying to keep a tear from welling up in my eyes. I couldn’t look at him. I was on the porch, trying to get in the house without him seeing how bad I was hurting.
“She told you?” he asked.
“Yes, she did. And I think that it’s time for you to go home to your family. You belong with Stacy. She’s your wife. You need to go home with them,” I said in the most unfeeling tone I could muster up.
“She told you everything and you want me to leave? Are you fucking kidding me?” he asked with a weird look on his face, like I had just surprised the shit out of him.
“Yes, I think you need to stay with your wife. I’m fine here. I have my family and my life that I need to get back to. This was fun, but I think we both knew it wouldn’t last.”
Jaxon stood up and walked toward me. “What the fuck are you saying, Loralei? You just want me to leave? You don’t want to give me the chance to explain?”
I turned and faced him. “There is nothing for you to explain. This, whatever the hell this was, is over. You have a family to take care of. So go do it!”
He stomped off toward Jake’s truck. When he got in the truck, he slammed his fists down on the steering wheel. He was mad. He was yelling, but I couldn’t hear what he was saying. He started the truck up and peeled all the way down the lane.
I watched him drive away. He was angry, but he didn’t even put up a fight. No matter how much I didn’t want to admit it, I really wished he would’ve.
I went in the house and called my mom. I asked her if she could please pick the kids up at school and keep them until tomorrow. I lied and told her I felt like I was coming down with something and just needed to rest for a bit. I was sure she didn’t believe me, but she agreed anyway.
I ran a hot bath, climbed in, and tried to wash all my worries away. Well, that didn’t work so I had to come up with a Plan B. A plan that didn’t involve me messing up Jaxon’s life. He and Stacy were married and they had a daughter. They needed to be together. Their daughter needed her father.
I was hoping that Jaxon could be a father to the twins, but he needed to take care of his child, and he needed to be with Stacy to do that. I couldn’t interfere and ruin their family, no matter how much it hurt me to see him drive away today.
Jaxon
I couldn’t understand what was going on. I was so pissed off. But at who? Loralei? Stacy? Or myself? It was a definite toss-up.
Stacy told Loralei about the DNA test and she still wanted me to leave. God damn it! She must have felt that this would be an easy way out for her. I was so in love with that woman that I couldn’t see straight and she gave up on me. Just like that.
She made the decision that she wanted me to leave. She wanted me to go to my wife and raise a kid that’s