Loving the High School Bad-Boy

Chapter 24

My smile faltered a little and I looked up at Jackson, he looked at me with watering eyes as he stroked the little girls hair.

I looked at her more closely and saw the similar has shape, the same lips, the same eyes. But everything else was different. She had plump cheeks and an olive skin tone. He hair had the same color as his but was curly and long.

"When were you gonna tell me?" I whispered. Looking back at him.

He sighed, "I was fifteen, my father had left, mom had began drinking, I wasn't okay. I was at a bar downtown and I met this girl, her name was Evelyn. She had blond curly hair and big blue eyes that could make you fall in love. And I did. That was my first mistake. We went out on dates, she was sixteen, only a year older than me and we were in love. Or I thought we were. She started wearing less clothes, more makeup, straightening her hair. She wasn't herself. One night I found myself surrounded by empty bottles, a naked Evelyn, and no condoms." He closed his yes and sighed, "I didn't see her until two months later, she showed up at my door, crying saying her dad kicked her out for being a whore and she had no where to go. I let her in. That was my last mistake. She took everything I had. And when Evie was born, she took her away from me too." His hands turned into fists and his jaw clenched. "So I fought, I got shared custody with her, but Evelyn got most of the time with her. I pay her for the little time I have with her and even that's not Enough. I miss her so much..." he mumbled.

"I took up unground fighting so I could pay for my time. That's all she wanted. Money. She wanted money. She just wanted fucking money. And now that Evangeline is two, shes still not old enough to decide. And it sucks. I just wish there was something that I could do. Tell them exactly what she's like. Tell them how she is. But the truth is, she's a wonderful mother. She's caring and loving and she's a wonderful mom to Evangeline." He sighed.

I grabbed his arm and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I looked at a sleeping Evangeline. "She's beautiful. And you will make a wonderful father. You already are."

He half-smiled, "Thanks Amy."
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I woke up to the doctors and nurses rushing around my hospital bed and checking vitals and my IV.

"What's going on??" I whispered my voice small. I suddenly felt drowsy and black spots began clouding my vision.

A nurse came up next to me, "Ms. Locks. You need to keep talking, okay? Just keep talking."

"Im sleepy..." I said, my eyes getting heavier with more black-spots appearing.

"No, no, no, no! Amy stay with me baby, stay with me." I heard Jackson from the doorway.

"Hi Jackson..." I whispered, waving my hand around lazily in the air.

"Stay with me Amy, I can't loose you agin." I saw his eyes cloud up with tear.

I opened my mouth to say something, but it never came.

The blackness took over and my eyes rolled back and I dropped to the pillow