Love Always Wins

Chapter Eighteen

Three months later, Brie and Marco were stronger than ever. Lance was sent to prison for five years as they found out he had done the same thing with his previous girlfriends. Once they heard he was in jail, they came forward and supplied evidence of the things he did to them. They also found drugs in his apartment. Being a first offender for drugs, he got four years for drug possession and a year for forgery and fraud. Brie was enjoying her pregnancy. Marco loved laying with her in bed rubbing her expanding stomach. She was five months along and they would learn the gender soon. They decided to find out what it was so they could get everything needed before the baby came. She was sitting at her desk at work. There was a knock at the door. She looked up and didn't expect to see the person standing there.

"Chris?" Brie asked.

"Hi Brie, how are you?" Chris asked.

"I'm doing good, what are you doing here?" Brie asked.

"I just got back into town from being overseas for my job and I heard about your ex," Chris said.

"Oh you mean the one who ran you off," Brie said.

"I'm sorry about that, he blackmailed me," Chris said.

"What do you mean?" Brie asked.

"He found out something my father did and used it against me because he somehow knew I would do anything for my dad," Chris said.

"Oh," Brie said.

"I'm sorry I let him do that but if it came out, my family would have been destroyed," Chris said.

"What did your father do?" Brie asked.

"Cheated on my mom, for four months," Chris said.

"Oh my," Brie said.

"He told my mom and she forgave him, I just didn't want her hearing it from someone else, it had to come from my dad," Chris said.

"Oh I'm glad it all worked out," Brie said.

"So what have you been up to?" Chris asked.

"Well after my ex chased off the next guy I dated, I was done with guys until Trisha's brother came back to town and he and I got together and he didn't run away when my ex tried to get him to, I'm five months pregnant with his child, we are very happy and in love," Brie said.

"I'm happy for you, Brie, I just wanted to come by and apologize for leaving you like that," Chris said.

"You just wanted to protect your family," Brie said.

"I wish I could have just taken him out," Chris said.

"He wasn't worth it," Brie said.

"I wish you all the best, congratulations on the baby and finding the love of your life," Chris said.

"Yours is out there somewhere," Brie said.

"Yeah I hope to find her," Chris said.

"Hey sis, what's up?" Trisha asked. Chris looked at Trisha who looked at her.

"Trisha, this is Chris Thompson, I dated him before Lance," Brie said.

"Uh hi," Chris said.

"Hi there," Trisha said.

"You guys go," Brie said.

"What," Trisha said.

"What," Chris said.

"I see how you guys are looking at each other, go have a coffee and talk," Brie said.

"Shall we?" Chris asked.

"Yeah," Trisha said. They left and Brie went back to work.