The Bad Boy is Mine

Chapter 13

The pic on the side is of Rylee's Dad

Everyone left.

Jace is pissed as hell at me.

It's been three months since they're been gone.

In fact, it's Halloween. Adam and Nikki and Charlotte flew in to visit me and we're taking the kids trick or treating.

I'm broken inside.

Jace hasn't spoken to me since July.

I get why. We had sex and I told him we weren't together.

I panicked.

It was a spur of the moment thing.

Kaden can crawl now. Adam is holding him and holding Charlotte's hand.

"How are you doing?" Nikki asks.

"Horrible."

"Why?"

I didn't tell anyone.

I shove my hands in my pockets.

"Remember that day everyone went to the beach and you left Jace and Kaden and I at home?"

Adam drifts back with the kids to hear the story.

"Yes." He and Nikk say in sync.

"Jace and I had sex." I look down at the ground.

"You did?" Nikki asks.

"Yes. I love him, but...I-I panicked! It's hard for me to just...jump into a relationship after Marcus."

"Does he know that?"

"Kinda."

"Does he know you love him?"

"No. To make it worse, I told him we can't be together."

Both of them sigh.

"So why don't you go after him?" Adam asks.

"Because she's been through a lot and she's scared." Nikki says.

Adam steps on a rock.

"Don't step on rocks, Daddy! Step over them!"

I'm silent, Charlotte's words ringing in my ears.

Don't step on rocks, step over them.

I can't keep letting the gravity from my past keep me from walking.

That's what I've been doing.

Jace loves me. I know he does, and I hurt him.

I'm going to go see him.

****

A week before thanksgiving, I'm packing a bag for Rhode Island.

I might be going to my family, but I'm dropping Kaden off at Mom and Dad's and running to Jace's.

Everyone moves in in February.

I don't feel good.

I sigh.

I've gained weight too. With all the stress, I haven't really been watching hat I've been eating. I'm pretty sure I'm getting the stomach flu as well, because my stomach has been hurting and feeling weird.

I go into the bathroom to fill my toiletry bag when I see it the purple box.

I stare at it for almost ten minutes, and then I pick it up, do what I need to do, and wait.