My Baby's father - S01 E42

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My Baby's father - S01 E42

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? Kim’s p.o.v?

“I don’t know what transpired between you both but I want you to do right thing” Tyler advised and I nodded.

“Kim?”.

No reply.

“Kim, are you even listening to me?” He asked again and I nodded.

“Kim,look at me” he said raising my head up with his hand. I looked elsewhere but him.

I felt bad.

I am a horrible person.

“No I don’t want to look at you” I told him before bending my head again.

“Look here Kim” he insisted raising my head again and my eyes finally met his. This time he didn’t let me divert my eyes. “I am not mad at you. Why would I be mad in the first place?” He asked.

“Because I am a horrible person and a liar” I mumbled and he shook his head immediately.

“No,you are not any of the things you mentioned.”

“But I lied to you” I told him.

He sighed. “Yes you did but there was a good reason behind the lie” he paused. “I feel bad too,I feel really bad about all this. I wish I didn’t pressurize you to come with me, if you haven’t,none of this would have happened. I wish I paid more attention to why you didn’t 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 didn’t…” He trailed off and I shook my head immediately.

“No this is not your fault tyler,you have done nothing but look out for Charlotte and I since I knew you.”

“I know it isn’t my fault. Kim,all these is bound to happen” he paused before looking elsewhere. “I am sorry but you can’t 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 now”.

“I…I don’t… don’t think I want to do this now”. I stuttered.

He placed his two hands on my shoulder. “I 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 you” he assured me.

I don’t deserve him,I honestly don’t.

“I don’t deserve you.i honestly don’t deserve you” I told him amidst tears.

“Easy” he cooed using his thumb to swipe the tears on my cheek. “You do deserve me, we are family now and family stand by each other. Just promise me you would make the right decision for you both”. He said again.

“I…I…would” I promised and he nodded before engulfing me in a tight hug.

That was exactly what I needed right now.

Three days ago.

“Where is MY child?” Ashton asked barging into my office.

“What child?” I asked him after I found my tongue. I was trying my best to stay calm inside but it was not working.

“MY child,that little girl Is mine” he said again.

“Okay Ashton,I expected more than this from you” I told him and he raised an eyebrow. “Claiming someone’s else’s child can lead to a lawsuit these days forget how wealthy and popular you are. You can’t just barge in here and talk like you own the whole place,who let you in,in the first place?” I said before stretching my hand to take my telephone.

“Don’t feed me with lies Kimberly. That child is mine and you know I am telling the truth”. He said again.

“For heaven’s 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 you” I said exasperatedly.

“You aren’t married for heaven’s sake and you should also stop making flimsy excuses. That child is mine and she needs to know I am her father”.

“Because we had something together in the past doesn’t 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 would…”

“I ran a DNA test and the results shows that I am the father of the child” he explained.

“How dare you?” I asked angrily as I recalled him ruffling Charlotte’s hair more than once. “This is an assault…”

“It isn’t because the child is mine. The little girl Is mine and keeping her away from me isn’t the right thing to do”.

“You don’t tell me what to do” I snapped.

He sighed before running his hands through his hair. “I am not telling you what to do Kim,but you can’t keep the child away from me. She needs to know she has a father and I want my daughter too” he said softly.

“We don’t want you in our life. What’s so hard to understand there? Ashton you are just going to complicate things by coming into Charlotte’s life,she doesn’t need a dad. We have been doing just fine without you since all this while please don’t complicate our lives the more” I said trying to make him reason with me.

There was no point in lying at this point. He knew the child was his.

“Kim I know you are still hurt about everything that transpired between us,but you can’t do this…I know I hurt you but you can’t make me pay by keeping the child away from me. You don’t need me in your life, fine. But what about the child? Think about her too”

How dare he imply that I am selfish?

He was the selfish one here, wanting everything for himself.

“I am not being selfish and we have been doing just fine without you and I see no reason why that should change. I don’t think Charlotte needs you in her life either”. I told him.

He came closer “please just give me a chance. Just let me see her once. Just once” he begged and for the first time he wasn’t 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 don’t know what would become of me if he takes her away. Charlotte is my life and Ashton shouldn’t be part of that life because he was just going to complicate things.

“No” I deadpanned. “You should stop insisting because it is not gonna happen”. I told him curtly.

“You shouldn’t be doing this. This child is mine too” he said exasperatedly.

“But she doesn’t want you in her life and you are just being selfish” at this point I was shouting but I didn’t care anymore,he needed to get this straight and throw all stupid notion of meeting Charlotte away because it wasn’t gonna happen. “She doesn’t want to have anything to do with you and that’s final”.

“I 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 isn’t helping at all” he paused. “I am not asking for much,I just want to see her again. Just one more time”.

“And I said it isn’t gonna happen. You are not taking my child away from me,you have taken enough already. You should be on your way now”.

“You need to have a rethink Kim. This isn’t just about us,it isn’t about the hatred you have for me or something,this is about our child’s future and you shouldn’t punish me this way even if you are still mad at me” he said with his voice cracking at the end. “All i am asking is for one meeting with her,if she doesn’t want me after that..I wouldn’t bother either of you again”.

I can’t 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 wouldn’t take what belongs to me this time.

“No. You should leave now”

“Kim you have to listen to me this time…”

“Or what?” I asked angrily. “The whole bustamante would take me to court and collect the child forcefully right?”

“I didn’t say anything like that…”

“Ashton please leave” I cut him off harshly.

“Kim I am only asking for one more chance…”

“Leave my office Ashton” I cut him off again.

“You can’t just make decisions like this and expect me to be….” He was saying until the door slid open to reveal Tyler with a flat look on his face.

I hope he didn’t hear our earlier conversations. The probability of him hearing is very high because only his office and mine are on this floor.

He wouldn’t have heard right? But what was he doing here if he didn’t hear anything. He didn’t look too happy but none of us here was happy either because I might’ve wiped a stray tear from my eyes more than once.

“You didn’t inform me you were gonna be coming to my company today Mr bustamante” Tyler said.

“I am on my way out Right now” Ashton said.

“Is everything alright?” Tyler asked again.

“Of course. Excuse me please” 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 wasn’t good this time because I didn’t want to explain anything to him or anyone on this issue.

I felt like a bad person.

I couldn’t 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.

“Care to explain what just happened?” I heard Tyler ask and I just buried my face in my hands.

present day

“Ma’am?” One of the workers called and I raised my head from Charlotte’s book. I was currently teaching Charlotte her homework.

“Yes”

“Someone dropped this for you” she said handing over an envelope to me.

“From where?” I asked looking at the brown envelope cautiously.

“I am sorry but I didn’t look at it but the security team checked it already and they said it was authentic” she said and I looked over at Charlotte who was still engrossed in her homework.

“Okay, you can resume to your duties” i dismissed her and she nodded before exiting from my view.

I tore open the envelope ✉️ to reveal another smaller envelope inside,I tore it open too before bringing out the paper inside. It was a letter from the ‘family court’ in new York.

I was expecting a summon in court so I wasn’t shocked. They were bound to summon me in court but I honestly don’t 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 wasn’t in for that.

I wasn’t 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 ‘rosa bustamante’ Ashton’s mom? She sure has guts. Here I was thinking it was actually Ashton that signed it.

Maybe he didn’t 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?

“Mommy!” Charlotte screamed and I turned to berate her for screaming so loud when I saw the frown on her face.

“What?” I asked.

“I have been calling you since but you refused to answer” she complained.

“I am sorry” I apologized. “What is it?”

“Mommy?”.

“Yes baby”.

“Are you fine? Are you not feeling well? Are you tired again? Do you want a chocolate bar…” She was staying until I cut her off.

“Easy Mom. Easy” I teased her laughing.

She looked confused again. “Am I mommy’s mom?” She asked and I nodded my head.

“Yes,you were sounding like mommy’s mom just now”.

“I don’t understand mommy”

“You were worried about mommy right?”

“Yes…I called mommy like thrice and you didn’t reply even though you were sitting not so far from me. You looked worried. Mommy did you have a bad day at work today?” She asked again.

This girl.

“Yes, 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?”

“Okay Mommy. Can I get an ice cream tube for being a good girl?” she asked beaming with smile.

I haven’t even said yes yet.

“Sure you can” I told her and she stood up to rush to the kitchen immediately. “Ask for help sweetie” I called after her. Her hands couldn’t reach where the Ice creams were.

“Okay Mommy” she shouted back.

I couldn’t help but think if she was truly happy with me alone without a dad. She has never asked for a dad but they doesn’t mean she won’t 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.

“What do you want to do Kim?” I ask myself for the umpteenth time today.

What do I do????

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