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? Kimâs p.o.v?
âI donât know what transpired between you both but I want you to do right thingâ Tyler advised and I nodded.
âKim?â.
No reply.
âKim, are you even listening to me?â He asked again and I nodded.
âKim,look at meâ he said raising my head up with his hand. I looked elsewhere but him.
I felt bad.
I am a horrible person.
âNo I donât want to look at youâ I told him before bending my head again.
âLook here Kimâ he insisted raising my head again and my eyes finally met his. This time he didnât let me divert my eyes. âI am not mad at you. Why would I be mad in the first place?â He asked.
âBecause I am a horrible person and a liarâ I mumbled and he shook his head immediately.
âNo,you are not any of the things you mentioned.â
âBut I lied to youâ I told him.
He sighed. âYes you did but there was a good reason behind the lieâ he paused. âI feel bad too,I feel really bad about all this. I wish I didnât pressurize you to come with me, if you havenât,none of this would have happened. I wish I paid more attention to why you didnât want to come here other than what I already know. If I have looked past my selfish reasons,I would have been able to detect something but I didnâtâŚâ He trailed off and I shook my head immediately.
âNo this is not your fault tyler,you have done nothing but look out for Charlotte and I since I knew you.â
âI know it isnât my fault. Kim,all these is bound to happenâ he paused before looking elsewhere. âI am sorry but you canât keep the child from her father forever. She is bound to meet him,if not now she would definitely meet him later and that would be more harder than it is nowâ.
âIâŚI donât⌠donât think I want to do this nowâ. I stuttered.
He placed his two hands on my shoulder. âI know this is hard. Like really hard right now but I want you to know that I am going to support you on whatever decision you make. And you should think of Charlotte too in whatever decision you are going to make,just go with whatever makes you happy. I am here for youâ he assured me.
I donât deserve him,I honestly donât.
âI donât deserve you.i honestly donât deserve youâ I told him amidst tears.
âEasyâ he cooed using his thumb to swipe the tears on my cheek. âYou do deserve me, we are family now and family stand by each other. Just promise me you would make the right decision for you bothâ. He said again.
âIâŚIâŚwouldâ I promised and he nodded before engulfing me in a tight hug.
That was exactly what I needed right now.
Three days ago.
âWhere is MY child?â Ashton asked barging into my office.
âWhat child?â I asked him after I found my tongue. I was trying my best to stay calm inside but it was not working.
âMY child,that little girl Is mineâ he said again.
âOkay Ashton,I expected more than this from youâ I told him and he raised an eyebrow. âClaiming someoneâs elseâs child can lead to a lawsuit these days forget how wealthy and popular you are. You canât just barge in here and talk like you own the whole place,who let you in,in the first place?â I said before stretching my hand to take my telephone.
âDonât feed me with lies Kimberly. That child is mine and you know I am telling the truthâ. He said again.
âFor heavenâs sake,I remember telling you I already got married. I moved on already Ashton,you should too and stop bringing in flimsy excuses. My daughter has a father which Is definitely not youâ I said exasperatedly.
âYou arenât married for heavenâs sake and you should also stop making flimsy excuses. That child is mine and she needs to know I am her fatherâ.
âBecause we had something together in the past doesnât mean the child you saw some days ago is yours. This is an assault Ashton and i am not gonna take things easy this Time,I wouldâŚâ
âI ran a DNA test and the results shows that I am the father of the childâ he explained.
âHow dare you?â I asked angrily as I recalled him ruffling Charlotteâs hair more than once. âThis is an assaultâŚâ
âIt isnât because the child is mine. The little girl Is mine and keeping her away from me isnât the right thing to doâ.
âYou donât tell me what to doâ I snapped.
He sighed before running his hands through his hair. âI am not telling you what to do Kim,but you canât keep the child away from me. She needs to know she has a father and I want my daughter tooâ he said softly.
âWe donât want you in our life. Whatâs so hard to understand there? Ashton you are just going to complicate things by coming into Charlotteâs life,she doesnât need a dad. We have been doing just fine without you since all this while please donât complicate our lives the moreâ I said trying to make him reason with me.
There was no point in lying at this point. He knew the child was his.
âKim I know you are still hurt about everything that transpired between us,but you canât do thisâŚI know I hurt you but you canât make me pay by keeping the child away from me. You donât need me in your life, fine. But what about the child? Think about her tooâ
How dare he imply that I am selfish?
He was the selfish one here, wanting everything for himself.
âI am not being selfish and we have been doing just fine without you and I see no reason why that should change. I donât think Charlotte needs you in her life eitherâ. I told him.
He came closer âplease just give me a chance. Just let me see her once. Just onceâ he begged and for the first time he wasnât able to cloud his emotions because there where all over the place. He looked vulnerable and he was desperate.
But I was desperate too.
Charlotte was the only thing I had right now and I donât know what would become of me if he takes her away. Charlotte is my life and Ashton shouldnât be part of that life because he was just going to complicate things.
âNoâ I deadpanned. âYou should stop insisting because it is not gonna happenâ. I told him curtly.
âYou shouldnât be doing this. This child is mine tooâ he said exasperatedly.
âBut she doesnât want you in her life and you are just being selfishâ at this point I was shouting but I didnât care anymore,he needed to get this straight and throw all stupid notion of meeting Charlotte away because it wasnât gonna happen. âShe doesnât want to have anything to do with you and thatâs finalâ.
âI think you are the selfish one here. You should let go of whatever hatred you have for me and think of the child,the child needs a father and to think that you have been keeping this child away from me for four years now isnât helping at allâ he paused. âI am not asking for much,I just want to see her again. Just one more timeâ.
âAnd I said it isnât gonna happen. You are not taking my child away from me,you have taken enough already. You should be on your way nowâ.
âYou need to have a rethink Kim. This isnât just about us,it isnât about the hatred you have for me or something,this is about our childâs future and you shouldnât punish me this way even if you are still mad at meâ he said with his voice cracking at the end. âAll i am asking is for one meeting with her,if she doesnât want me after that..I wouldnât bother either of you againâ.
I canât risk that one meeting,what if she falls in love with the idea of having a dad and she decides to be with him.
That would not be good. Charlotte already warms up to him without even knowing who he is what would happen if she gets to know he is her dad?.
He might decide to take her from me.
Ashton and his family are rich and popular and they might have ruined my life when I had nothing but they wouldnât take what belongs to me this time.
âNo. You should leave nowâ
âKim you have to listen to me this timeâŚâ
âOr what?â I asked angrily. âThe whole bustamante would take me to court and collect the child forcefully right?â
âI didnât say anything like thatâŚâ
âAshton please leaveâ I cut him off harshly.
âKim I am only asking for one more chanceâŚâ
âLeave my office Ashtonâ I cut him off again.
âYou canât just make decisions like this and expect me to beâŚ.â He was saying until the door slid open to reveal Tyler with a flat look on his face.
I hope he didnât hear our earlier conversations. The probability of him hearing is very high because only his office and mine are on this floor.
He wouldnât have heard right? But what was he doing here if he didnât hear anything. He didnât look too happy but none of us here was happy either because I mightâve wiped a stray tear from my eyes more than once.
âYou didnât inform me you were gonna be coming to my company today Mr bustamanteâ Tyler said.
âI am on my way out Right nowâ Ashton said.
âIs everything alright?â Tyler asked again.
âOf course. Excuse me pleaseâ he said making his way to the door not without passing me one last glare.
He shut the door after him and Tyler and I were the only ones in the room. It wasnât good this time because I didnât want to explain anything to him or anyone on this issue.
I felt like a bad person.
I couldnât help but think I was overdoing things, Ashton sure looked hurt but I am hurt too.
I needed to look out for myself first,I know what Ashton is capable of whenever he is desperate and I am desperate too. It was desperation that brought us together in the first place.
Would Charlotte want a father in her life?
She always looked happy and contented with me so why should we change that by making everything complicated.
I sighed before rubbing my temple tiredly.
âCare to explain what just happened?â I heard Tyler ask and I just buried my face in my hands.
present day
âMaâam?â One of the workers called and I raised my head from Charlotteâs book. I was currently teaching Charlotte her homework.
âYesâ
âSomeone dropped this for youâ she said handing over an envelope to me.
âFrom where?â I asked looking at the brown envelope cautiously.
âI am sorry but I didnât look at it but the security team checked it already and they said it was authenticâ she said and I looked over at Charlotte who was still engrossed in her homework.
âOkay, you can resume to your dutiesâ i dismissed her and she nodded before exiting from my view.
I tore open the envelope âď¸ to reveal another smaller envelope inside,I tore it open too before bringing out the paper inside. It was a letter from the âfamily courtâ in new York.
I was expecting a summon in court so I wasnât shocked. They were bound to summon me in court but I honestly donât think that would change my decision either. The child was mine and mine alone but I knew Court issues like this would be dragged and I wasnât in for that.
I wasnât gonna accept the invitation and that was final. I was about to toss the paper away when my eyes caught the left side of the paper. It was signed by ârosa bustamanteâ Ashtonâs mom? She sure has guts. Here I was thinking it was actually Ashton that signed it.
Maybe he didnât want a court case because of the lousiness attached to it and he was a
popular figure.
Or maybe he have actually given up on the child.
I felt disappointed over the latter thought but I quickly dismissed it. That was what I wanted right?
I wanted him to leave us alone. We were having a peaceful and happy life without him but why does it looks like I am making the wrong decision?
Charlotte needed me alone and no one else. She was gonna be okay as long as she has me right?
Right.
Charlotte needed me alone but am I doing the right thing?
âMommy!â Charlotte screamed and I turned to berate her for screaming so loud when I saw the frown on her face.
âWhat?â I asked.
âI have been calling you since but you refused to answerâ she complained.
âI am sorryâ I apologized. âWhat is it?â
âMommy?â.
âYes babyâ.
âAre you fine? Are you not feeling well? Are you tired again? Do you want a chocolate barâŚâ She was staying until I cut her off.
âEasy Mom. Easyâ I teased her laughing.
She looked confused again. âAm I mommyâs mom?â She asked and I nodded my head.
âYes,you were sounding like mommyâs mom just nowâ.
âI donât understand mommyâ
âYou were worried about mommy right?â
âYesâŚI called mommy like thrice and you didnât reply even though you were sitting not so far from me. You looked worried. Mommy did you have a bad day at work today?â She asked again.
This girl.
âYes, something like that but mommy is okay so stop worrying about her. You are a good girl but Mommy should be the one worrying about you and not you worrying about her okay?â
âOkay Mommy. Can I get an ice cream tube for being a good girl?â she asked beaming with smile.
I havenât even said yes yet.
âSure you canâ I told her and she stood up to rush to the kitchen immediately. âAsk for help sweetieâ I called after her. Her hands couldnât reach where the Ice creams were.
âOkay Mommyâ she shouted back.
I couldnât help but think if she was truly happy with me alone without a dad. She has never asked for a dad but they doesnât mean she wonât still ask right?
Was I making the right decision?
I knew how hard it was being raised by a single parent after my mom died. Do I want Charlotte to grow up that way too,even if her dad is still alive.
Was I overdoing things? Or am I being selfish?
I am only looking out for her right?
What if after giving Ashton a chance and he decides to take the child from me. Would I just lose everything that way?
But am I making the right decision by keeping her away from him?
I am really confuse.
âWhat do you want to do Kim?â I ask myself for the umpteenth time today.
What do I do????
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