Listen To Your Heart ~ Book One.

Lie For You

(I look at Billie quizzically.) "Has to be? Billie, it could be your brother's. We won't know until tests are done."

"You don't want to raise a baby with me?"

"Of course, I do! It's just... I need to know if it's mine or not."

"What if it's one of the bastards who raped me, and I decide to keep the baby. Then what?"

"That's your decision of course."

"But the baby will need a father, David! Someone who will be there for him while I'm away doing my shit!"

"And... you're asking me to be that father?"

"YES! That way we can be together...you and me!"

"Billie...I'll try to help you if I can...but...if the baby isn't mine...then..."

"Damn it! What the hell am I supposed to do? Announce to the world that I'm pregnant because I was raped? Or because I fucked my own brother? People might sympathize with me if it's the first option...but if it's the second? We're talking about my whole life and career being turned upside down, if that story becomes public knowledge!"

(I stare at Billie, as the full realization of what she was asking me to do sinks in.)

"So that's why you had security drag me back. I mean..." (I exhale a deep breath of air.)"Holy shit. I... don't even know what to say. Are you saying that if the baby is your brother's, I'm supposed to lie and say it's mine?"

"I realize I'm asking you for a lot...and I have no right to even ask you for anything after the shit I've put you thru...but damn it, David. I don't know what else to do. My career is in your hands right now."

"I... need time to think about this."

(She leans her head against my shoulder and intertwines her fingers with mine. I kiss the side of her head.)

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yes." (She whispers.)

"If you...or even Claudia should become pregnant with my baby. Is your brother going to lie for me and say it's his?"

(She pulls away.)

"Don't do this, David."

"Don't do what? I'm supposed to help sweep what you and your brother did under a rug, and keep it covered for the rest of my life? Damn it...Do you realize what you're asking me to do?"

"Yes...which is why I need you to say the baby is yours, so we can be together. Please, David? Not for me...for us...the baby."

(I get up and begin pacing back and forth as Billie watches me.)

"This...this is total bullshit...okay? I mean, what the fuck? I'm suddenly responsible for your brother's actions? Is that what you're telling me?"

"No... but how can we be together if everyone knows I'm pregnant with my brother's baby?"

"Damn it, Billie. You know something? I feel like an ass. A complete and total ass! To think I was actually stupid enough to even fuckin suggest that you continue to fuck your brother, while I fuck Claudia...but oh wait...Now I'm expected to play daddy when he knocks you up? What the fuck was I thinking?"

"David...if you have a better idea of how we can be together...I'm listening."

"I think...we need some DNA tests done first, before I make any decision...but there's also something that you need to do."

"What's that?"

"Talk to the detectives, tell the world what happened to you. Let's bring those fuckers to justice."

"I'll talk to the detectives, and the media...on one condition."

"What condition?"

(Billie gets up, and puts her arms around my waist, and looks up at me with her beautiful blue eyes.)

"I want you with me when I tell them."

"Alright."