Ruthless Revenge

Chapter 13

Holden's POV

I sat on the park bench. My face felt itchy. The news about kieran was waying heavy on me and I'd neglected shaving. I didn't know why I chose a park to meet the Walkers. It was sort of ironic. Here I was about to receive confirmation about whether or not Kieran was mine and I was surrounded by families and giggling children. Fathers and their sons.

 I wondered if Kieran and I could have a relationship like the ones I saw all around me. Would he be a monkey bars kid? Or would he like the slide more? What about me? Would I play with him on the playground? Or just sit on a bench, scrolling through emails and social media until he was tired?

I had so many thoughts racing through my brain and the longer I waited for the Walkers the deeper they became.

This was crazy. I was being crazy. I mean look at me. I'd let my paranoia about being a father drive me into hiring two Private Invegators....

 He probably wasn't even mine. Katiana broke my heart but even she wouldn't do something as cruel as hide a child from me. Would she?

No. She wouldn't do that.

Douglas Walker approached. I could see Mrs. Walker just behind him. She had an envelope under her arm. Mr. Walker smiled and waved when he saw me and stopped so his wife could catch up. It took a few seconds but they were both with me at the bench.

I gave the families at the park a final glance and then gave my full attention to the Walkers. Mr. Walker could sense my anxiety and gave me a pat on the back. "It's too beautiful of a day to look so glum, Holden.

I looked at Mrs. Walker and she smiled and nodded her head. "No matter what we tell you, just know that the sun rose today and it will rise tomorrow too." I shook my head. Mr. Walkers words were kind and probably needed, but I was focused on the envelope under Mrs. Walker's arm.

"Is he mine?" I blurted out. The Walkers looked at each other and chuckled. "First things first... what do you want?" The question hit me like a semi truck.

What do you want? I had no clue how to answer this. In all my thoughts, all my theories, I'd never asked myself what I wanted the ideal outcome to be. Kieran seemed like a great kid... he was smart and he had good taste in cars that's for sure... and then there's Katiana.

If Kieran was my child she and I... no. 

There was no she and I. 

That chapter of my life was closed for a reason. "I can't say, Douglas. That's the truth. But what I will say is that I like my life... and my money. I don't want Katiana to surprise me with a child and try to change either." 

Douglas nodded. "That's understandable." He extended a had to his wife and she gave him the envelope.

"Well, the answer to most of your question is right here." he pushed the enveloped towards me and I accepted it but made no effort to open it. 

"I realize it's a little unusual, conducting this kind of business in the middle of a park." I glanced at the couple beside me then looked back at the children hanging from the monkey bars. "For obvious reasons I'd love to keep this between us. I hope you don't mind." Not like they had a choice anyway. I was paiding ten thousand dollars to get the information I needed, not that I was complaining. They took a risk breaking into Katiana's apartment and for that I'm forever grateful.

"That's what you pay us for. Privacy and discretion." Douglas Walker replied. Douglas was a retired FBI agent turned PI and his wife, Aniyah was a former tech criminal mastermind. With his FBI training and her tech skills, they were a force to be reckoned with. That's why they were my first choice in getting down to the meat of the matter and finding out the truth about Katiana.