Choosing Hope -Moss Bluff Series Book Two

Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

Quinn

It was a horrible day. All those terrible things Fitz yelled in court at me, it was cruel, angry and so scary. He blames me for everything that's happened to him. I didn't even know he'd been injured until Laney told me. He shut me out the minute he got what he wanted from me. How is that my fault?

Caleb's testimony told me just how long this has been eating away at him. His promising career in football was gone and instead of taking responsibility for his injury, it was easier for him to blame me. It was easier to get mad then face his loss.

Everything Caleb said was all so damning for Fitz. He really doesn't care what he does to anyone else. I still had held on to hope that he cared just a little bit for me, or for Hope. But he doesn't. He doesn't even care about his friends anymore.

It's all about Fitz and who has done him wrong. What he wants, getting revenge, money that's his focus. More than anything else, it's about the money. That's not the person I thought I knew. That's not the man I slept with and created a baby with. I don't know this Fitz. I don't want to.

I'm glad I was just a one night stand to him. He would have destroyed my heart if I had really gotten involved with him. I'm glad we are out of his life, for the most part. I'll be better as soon as this is over. Then we can truly move on.

Fitz said he wants custody of Hope. That thought scares me. I don't trust him with her. He's still on drugs he could forget to feed her, to bathe her. He could forget about her completely. I doubt his new girlfriend has any interest in taking care of my baby.

I don't trust Lindsey either. Beckett and Aubrey have warned me about her. She's only out for herself. She has an ulterior motive for standing by Fitz, I don't think it's his best interest. She wants something from me. I don't know what that could be. I barely know her.

Even Leo has said she shouldn't be trusted. He's known her for a long time. He watched what Lindsey did to ruin Ethan's relationship with Brynn. Seeing the way she pawed Fitz in court today, only tells me she wants whatever money she thinks he's going to get. In that aspect, they're exactly alike. That worries me.

It was clear today that Lindsey is going to try and get him off. She's using him to enforce her own agenda. I don't know what that is? She's going to persuade the judge somehow to drop the charges. They've done everything that they can to discredit us. Beckett, Blake, Georgia, we've all taken hits from their lawyer. What's she going to try next?

"How about we stop by Brynn's and pick up Hope then head back to my place for the night?" Leo offers, wrapping his arms around my waist and holding me loosely in them.

He's been so good to us. Kissing my forehead, he nods to Breyden as he walks by us. I'm not sure I'm good enough for Leo. I don't want to hurt him. I don't want Fitz to hurt him. Maybe he's better off without me, he wouldn't have all the drama and chaos in his life if he walks away now.

I wish I had met him under better circumstances. We could have come together without Fitz in the way. Without the stress of everything Fitz is trying to do. Maybe we could have really had something good. I should let him go on with his life without me.

I wish it could be that simple. I wish I could do something that could change what's happening. I wish I could go back and never get involved with Fitz, but if I did that, I wouldn't have Hope. I wouldn't change having her.

And I don't want to lose Leo either. He's my friend and Hope loves him. I don't know how I feel. Or how I should feel. I like being with him. I like talking to him and listening to him. He's sweet and the way he is with Hope, sometimes I like to pretend Leo is her real Daddy. That we're his family. Then reality bites me in the butt and I remember that's just a fantasy.