Marrying my best friend (MMBF)

The truth

TW Mention of blood and people being shot.

Tyler was jailed for six years for kidnapping and a bunch of other felonies. Tia was still on the run. I got a call from my mother this morning as I was making Myka pancakes.

"Tyler's bond has been paid." She explained.

"What?! How? It was for a million dollars. Who paid it?" I asked.

"Your father." She replied.

"That son of a..." I yelled.

"Look, he gave Tyler conditions. He leaves you and myka alone. He paid his bond so that he could see the birth of this child." My mother explained.

"Tia's still on the run. She doesn't want to be found. Has dad lost the plot?" I remarked.

" I don't know, but I'm not happy he's done this." She replied.

"It's fine. I'll talk to Theo. Love you. Bye." I hung up the phone.

I called Theo down from upstairs. He came rushing down as fast as he could.

"My dad's paid Tyler's bond." I blurted.

"What. He hasn't even been in prison long." Theo remarked.

"He's been in for 6 months. My father was doing him a favour, apparently." I replied.

"I'm going to give your father a piece of my mind." Theo snapped.

"Don't. Let's just see what happens, okay?" I suggested.

"Okay." He smiled. Dropping his shoulders.

I felt bad for Theo he had taken on so much the last year. He took on a single mother and her baby, then all of my baggage with Tyler, and then he had to deal with my kidnapping and our daughters abduction. But somehow, for some reason, he stayed by my side.

Weeks had passed, and we had nothing from Tyler or my father. Theo had planned a day out at the park. We headed to the park. Myka had already fallen asleep. Who could blame her things had been crazy recently.

We stopped at a spot that had some ducks swimming in a pond with a tree overhanging. Theo turned to me and smiled. Then he did what I wasn't expecting. He got down on one knee and held out a ring box.

"Marry me?" He smiled.

"Yes!" I squealed, throwing my arms around his neck.

Things seemed to be looking up for us. That was until I found something that revealed the truth.

Theo had been lying to me. He was paying Tia for what I wasn't sure about yet. I needed to find out. Tia had disappeared, so I couldn't ask her.

I decided to call Tyler. My dad had bailed him out of prison.

"Tyler, can we talk?" I asked.

"Erm, yeah. Sure." He seemed stunned by my spontaneous meeting.

"Great, let's meet at the park in one hour." I replied, hanging up the phone.

I grabbed the account statement of Theos, I told theo I was running to the store and headed out for the park.

I approached the park. There he stood. The shell of a once less broken man, his hair longer and shaggier, his face gaunt, Tyler wasn't Tyler anymore.

"Just so you know I didn't come here to fight." I stated.

"Okay, so why did you come here?" He asked.

"I came to ask if Tia has been drugging you?" I blurted.

Tyler looked at me mouth agape. Shock covered his face.