Isadora-Tnn

14. Only option

"Good morning Amelia" crap. Mia straightens her posture and clears her throat,
"Oh, good morning" think of an excuse... "I wasn't aware you were home" the man raises a brow, "I was coming to see Reece"
"Neither of my children are here"
"Oh, I'm sorry"
"It's quite alright Amelia, come" Mia wasn't sure why Roger wanted her to come in if Reece wasn't there yet. But he was calling her Amelia, which added to the awkwardness.

Mia hated the name 'Amelia'. It was the name her father gave her, the name of the innocent child she once was, not the screw up she became. Her mother called her Amelia when she was angry or annoyed at her. Roger called her Amelia. Her father called her Amelia.

The man turned and walked further down the hallway,
"For the future, you don't have to climb over the back fence to get in" Mia was shook, he knew about that?
"Would it not be much easier to walk through the front door?" He looked back at the girl,
"Oh, um, yes. Sorry"
"Out of habit I suppose, you've been getting in like that since you were a child. My children too"

Mia wasn't sure how to reply, he knew all this time but never said anything, never punished his children for it? The man took her silence as a response,
"Relax Amelia. I'm not angry"
"You're not?" The two walk into the kitchen,
"You're not?"
"Amelia" the man sat down, "I've known you since you were very little. My children adore you, and I'm sure you feel the same"
"They're everything to me"
"You're like family, I think of you as my own" Mia started to feel a cold swirl of pain in her stomach.

"Thank you, um, can I use the bathroom?" The man nods as the girl is out of the room within the next blink of his eye.

Twenty minutes pass by and Mia was still in the bathroom. Roger started to wonder where she had got to, and decided to go find her.

"Amelia are you alright?" The girl's head snapped up upon hearing the voice. She has leant against the wall with her knees pulled up to her chest.
"Yeah, yeah I'm coming" the teen stood and looked at herself in the mirror. Mascara has run down her face and smudged her makeup. She quickly turned on the tap and tried to wipe away the black streaks down her cheek.

Mia opened the door again however it was still quite obvious that the girl had been in tears.
"What is troubling you?" Roger seemed genuine. Like he actually cared. Talking about family and how he sees Mia, right now as he speaking soft and looking down at the teenager. Mia was terrified. She had no idea what she was doing and she was scared.

Mia thought about telling him, could she? Before Reece? Roger was here now. He seemed to actually care. And Mia could really use that right now.

Despite knowing how bad Roger could be, especially to his children, mia seemed to see another side of him today. Maybe it was the desperate need to talk to someone or the 'genuine' smile on his face. Or maybe it's that she thought she owed Roger, after everything he had done for her. Or it could be down to the only father figure she had in her life and for some reason she felt as though he was in a way.

Whatever it was on that cold Sunday morning, Mia found herself in tears all over again.
"I...I'm" she stoped herself, took a deep breath and looked the man in his eyes, "I'm pregnant"

That was the least of things that Roger expected to hear. And his mind ran crazy at the idea. How he could use this information.

See, Roger had had his eye on Mia for a very long time. She was smart, pretty, useful, and his children loved her. He could use her to get exactly what he wanted, if he found the right leverage of course. And this may just have been it.

...

Mia had calmed herself a little bit as the two moved into Roger's office to talk,
"Does my son know?"
"Nobody knows" she replied,
"That's good. Have you thought about what you'll do?"
"I don't know what to do" the girl held the tissue up to her eyes again,
"You're not going to say anything"
"What?"
"No one has to know"
"But... what's about Reece?"
"Amelia" the man rests his hands on his desk, "you know I think of you as my own. But Reece is just starting to get his life together, he's looking at colleges you know" the brunette nodded, "this could ruin him, and you. You're young, don't you want to build a life for yourself before you get into all this?"
"I suppose so"
"Of course you do whatever you feel is best, I cannot force anything on you. But I'm sure you realise how hard Reece has been working recently. I just don't know how he would react to this?"
"What do you mean?"
"I'm just not so sure this is what Reece wants"
"You think he'll hate me?"
"Well there's only one way to tell" Mia's mind ran crazy with thoughts. Reece is going to hate her. She'll loose him and be stuck with a baby she's not ready for.

"I can't loose him, please you have to help me" she pleaded,
"Of course I will Amelia. I'll handle everything, don't you worry"
"How?"
"I'll take care of it. But for now you don't breathe a word of this to anyone, alright?" Mia nodded. She wasn't sure if this was the best idea, but could she risk loosing Reece? Him hating her?she knew she couldn't do this on her own. Her only choice was to trust Roger.

It was her only option, right?