~Sugar Daddy~

Commit - 18

Fitz's POV

I'm going to be completely honest, I know Eric has been trying to say he loved me for a while, I heard him say it when I was pretending to be asleep and when we were in the shower together I purposely interrupted him, and well, I'm scared he's going to say it and completely regret it mainly because I know he will find out it was me who did all fucked up things to him in middle school and high school.

The other reason being I haven't been the best boyfriend and something inside doesn't feel guilty about even tho every time I do something wrong behind his back I know it'll hurt him if or when he finds out, but I don't feel bad. I love him I know I do so why am I hurting him?

Lately, Eric has been distant, ever since he answered the door that night he's been a lot quieter and telling me he's fine, which we all know means he's not fine. I try to talk to him, but he covers it with a smile, and I know it's not a real smile since it's usually so cheerful and sweet. his smile always melted mine, but the one he's faking hurts me, I sink to my stomach I want to hug him tightly and never let him go, at least not until he tells.

I wake up to my alarm and groan, reach over to it, and shut it off, when I rolled over I notice the bed was empty, I sat up and rubbed my eyes then looked around, "Eric? Baby?" when I got no response I got up and checked the bathroom.

I go to the closet and still don't see him, then I go downstairs and see a note on the counter.

"Went to work early, hope you have a great day. Your lunch is in the fridge <3"

I had a bad feeling about the note but I go back upstairs to change my clothes and grab my phone then call Eric, it rang for a little before he finally picked up, "hello?" I hear his voice over the phone, "Hey baby, I wanted to check on you" I say grabbing my shoes, "oh, yeah I'm fine".

"You sure?"

"Mhm"

"Eric please tell me the truth, what's going on?"

"I already told you there's nothing. I'm fine."

"No you're not I know you're not, I can tell, so please just tell me"

"Eric? I have to go, I'll talk to you later" he hangs up, I take a deep breath in and sigh, I need to know what's wrong, what if he's cheating on me- or he wants to break up with me. I can't let that happen, I need him to stay. I need him.

I get to work and spot two females smiling at me, I smile back "hey Cameron" one of them comes up to me, "hey" I stop at my office door, "how can I help you?" I question, "well... Amber and I needed so help with a certain project" she smiles, I raise an eyebrow and look back at Amber then back at Cherry, "I'm a little busy right now, maybe another time" she smiles and wink then walks back to Amber, I force a smile off my face and go into my office.

~AFTER WORK~

I got in my car and started to drive to the cafe so I could pick up Eric, I get the doors but where he usually waited for me, but all I saw was Toby closing up, I roll down the windows and call out to you.

"Oh hey, Cameron" she turns around, "where's Eric?" I question "oh he already left," she shrugs, I frown a little and sigh, "did something happen between you two?" She asked comfortingly, "I don't know, recently he's been distant and won't tell me what's wrong no matter how many I ask" I rub my hands over my face in frustration.

She frowns a little "I'm sorry, I'm sure he'll open up soon" I shrug and look over at her, "I hope. Do you need a ride?" I ask she shook her head "I have my own car thank you though" she smiles, "alright I'll see you later, goodnight Tobi" I say and she mirrors it back to me before I drive home.

Why would he leave without telling me? It's making me anxious and scared that what happened with Poki will happen again, but not with Poki I know that for sure, she's long gone.

I get him and call out to Eric, "Babe, I'm home!" I put my keys on the counter and go upstairs, where is he? "Eric?" I call out to him again then decide to call his cell. It rang and rang then it went to voicemail, I feel my heart race as I call again but still nothing. I decided to call Mason.

"Hey, Cameron? I wasn't expecting you to call"

"Do you know where Eric is?"

"W-What? I thought he already went home, Tobi said he did"

"He's not here and I don't know where he could've gone or what's going on with him"

"o-ok calm down, Tobi's gonna call him"

"I have, it just went to voicemail"

"We'll find him, don't worry"

I sigh and run my hands through my hair, "he didn't answer.." just then I was getting another call, I look to see it was some strange number "one second Mason, someone's calling me" I answer it pulling Mason on hold, "hello?" I say.

"Hello is this Cameron McKay?" A woman on the other line questions "yes? Is something wrong?" "Yes, we have a patient here by the name of Eric Mathews and he-"I'm on my way!" I interrupted her, "oh-! Ok!" I hang up as I got into my car and texted Mason that Eric was at the hospital.

I get to the hospital and immediately ask for Eric at the front desk, "he's in room 106" I thank her and ran to the room and see him sat up in a hospital bed, he didn't look hurt so why was he here? "Baby, what happened? I was so worried about you" I ask going up to him, "nothing" he responds not looking at me, I look at the nurse in the room "what happened?" she looks at Eric then me, "since you're not his legal spouse or a family member we can't tell you if he doesn't want us to" I look back at Eric who still wasn't looking at me, "Eric please tell me what happened" I say as the nurse leaves, I turn his face so he would look at me.

He tears up and shook his head, "baby please, you've been acting strange all week what's wrong? Did I do something?" he shook his head and looks away again then wipes his tears away, "Hey, Tobi and I drove here as fast as possible, is everything ok?" Mason and Tobi came into the room, "everything's fine, but the doctor said I'll have to stay here until tomorrow" he explains, "but can you please tell me what happened?" He still shook his head, and clenched his jaw, "what happened?" Tobi asked concern, "he won't tell me, and neither will the nurses" l stayed beside him and entwined our fingers but he clearly didn't want to, it has to do with me, I did something wrong.

Throughout the day, I felt confused, upset, and anxious, I did something wrong but what and what did he do to end up here? How do I get him to tell me? I have so many question so many worries, I don't want to jump to conclusions but I keep so useless if he doesn't tell me.

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