The Player's Losing Hand - (Love Island the Game FanFiction)

Chapter 35: Showing Your Cards PART 1

So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away

Skye leaned back into the cascade of pillows cocooning her in the bed and sighed, finally feeling the pain meds take the edge off.

Following the surgery she'd spent several hours in a recovery room as the nurses kept a close watch on her. By late afternoon, satisfied she was doing well they moved her back to her room.

It had been a long day, both physically and emotionally. Henrik had been bouncing back and forth between checking on her and staying with the girls... right now he was with the latter, giving Skye an opportunity to talk privately with her parents for the first time all day.

Sitting at her bedside, she was deep in conversation with them... having brought them up to date on everything, including her suspicions regarding Senna's paternity.

Looking out the window toward the hallway she caught a glimpse of Bobby's red-rimmed eyes and tormented face as he paced back and forth like a wounded and trapped animal.

"That boy has some serious demons Lark..." her mum said thoughtfully, pulling her out of her own ruminations. "Are you SURE you want to open this Pandora's box?"

"You're not even sure about the child... just a gut instinct..." Hamish nodded, agreeing with his wife.

"Ah think you should wait till the paternity tests come back. Both he and Henrik had their blood drawn for the testing awhile ago... no need tae deal with this now child."

Shaking her head she looked at her parents, the full weight apparent in her eyes. "No... you didn't see her eyes. The blood test will only confirm what her eyes already do... those amber eyes are 100% Bobby."

"So all the reason more to stay quiet honey... What do you expect him to do with that knowledge? We all know he's not well..."

"Mom... that's not fair." Skye interrupted sadly. "I mean, yes he's been completely obsessive and beyond extra in EVERYTHING that has had to do with me since... well, since ever... but I KNOW there is something underneath it all."

"Why is that your problem?!" her dad huffed angrily. "He's a cocky, self-absorbed, asshole prick of a bastard Skye! He doesn't play by the rules so why should we?? I say lets take a page from HIS book and pay someone to doctor the lab results to say both girls are Henrik's and call it a day!"

"DAD!!" Skye whisper-yelled at him, "I'm not going to start my child's life off with a lie! There's no way that won't come back to bite me in the butt, and it's just NOT me!"

"Darling," her mom soothed, laying a comforting hand on her arm... "we just think you need to REALLY think about this before you do something you may regret...."

Skye swallowed a lump in her throat, suddenly feeling a veil of embarrassment, she covered her eyes with her hands, willing herself not to cry. "I'm so sorry mum, dad... you must be so embarrassed by this whole thing."

"OH SKYLARK..." Aihe looked at her husband broken hearted at Skye's admission, then back at her daughter she leaned in and enveloped her in her arms.

"Oh honey no.... none of this is your fault. You didn't ask for any of this... It's all just been poor timing coupled with an odd twist of fate. You brought two little angels into this world, and you have a wonderful man who loves, adores and cherishes you..."

"And a crazy sonofabitch that obsesses over you..." Hamish muttered the addition, quickly feeling silently chastised as Aihe glared at him through serious side-eye as she eased back, letting go from the hug and sat back down.