Call Me Daddy 3

4

Sitting with my lawyer, I try to work things out.

"Have they set a bail yet?" I questioned as I signed all of the contracts needed to keep him as Jason and I's lawyer.

"Yes. It is exactly one-thousand dollars."

"Yeah...I don't have that at the moment," I sighed and slid the contracts over to him before putting my head in my hands.

"It's okay. Today is the court hearing and you are needed to take the stand," Jeff, my lawyer spoke.

"What's the point? They're not gonna drop the charges or believe me," I leaned back in my chair and cross my arms, "this whole thing is ruining my family."

"Don't worry," Jeff spoke and wrapped up Jason's file, "he'll be out soon. He didn't do anything. Let's go."

Nodding my head while I stand up sighing, "yeah."

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I held up my right hand, swearing to say nothing but the truth even though my whole story is a lie.

"Emily," Jeff spoke as I sat in front of everyone in the court room, including Jason, "what happened on the night of August twenty-second, 2013?"

I swallowed the saliva in my throat and my eyes flickered over to Jason as he sat in cuffs, "my manager told me to lock up the store. I walked home at around twelve in the morning."

Jeff looked down at his files and looked back up, "my files tell me that you and Jason were already seeing each other at the time. Is that correct?"

Nodding my head, "yeah. We were about two months into our relationship."

Lies.

"And why didn't your parents know of this?" Jeff asked yet another question.

"I was afraid they wouldn't accept him."

Lies.

My eyes landed on my mom as she slowly shook her head while glaring at me.

"Why so? What was there to hide, Emily?" Jeff tauntingly asked. I know this is only his job but what the fuck?

"His looks and the way he acted. At the time he was cocky and ignorant. He hadn't matured and he had tattoos covering every inch of his skin. I was afraid. My mother is a criticizing bitch, why wouldn't I be afraid?"

"Were you by any chance afraid because you knew that Jason was the reason you were gone for so long?"

"No."

Lies.

"The day you came home, you were five months pregnant. Was that part of Jason's plan to keep you with him and not rat him out?"

"He didn't fucking kidnap me! I showed up pregnant because we had decided to start a family. I finally came home because I thought, 'my mom can't reject me pregnant' and she didn't!"

"No further questions, your honor," Jeff gave the judge a polite smile and packed his brief case up.

"Jason McCann is set on a bail of one-thousand dollars. Court dismissed."

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Setting my purse down on the kitchen counter, I looked at the dirty dishes as I slip my heels off.

How do you get through something like this?

How do you look at your children without seeing your husband in them?

It's so lonely without Jason being here. My family isn't complete without him here.

He's always here to help me with the kids. With the dirty dishes. With the laundry. With the dirty house. With everything and now he's not even here to give me a kiss.

I miss him.

Tyler misses him.

Noah misses him.

Kyler misses him.

Everyone misses him and they ask about him. What am I suppose to say? I don't know when I'm going to be able to afford his bail and that makes me sad. If it were me in his position; he'd have me out the next day and I can't even think of a way to get him out.

Hearing my front door open, I look up and see Pattie walking in with Tyler's car seat in her hands and the other two walking in front of her, "hi my babies!"

"Mommy!" Noah and Kyler both ran towards me and hugged my legs.

"I missed you guys," I wiped my eyes and kissed the both of their heads.

I got Tyler out of his car seat and said by to Pattie before putting the kids to sleep. Of coarse Tyler has to be in one of his moods.

"Tyler," I sighed and tried to keep my patience. If I go crazy on him; get ready to call the cops on me.

He continued to cry and I couldn't take it anymore. I stood up and walked him to his room before lying him down and cracking his door shut.

Soon after I heard the home phone start to ring and ran to the living room to answer it, "hello?"

"Emily? It's Jason," I heard his raspy voice speak out. He's been crying.

"Jason?! Babe is that you?" I quickly questioned and sat down on the couch. Tyler's cries were heard in the back ground.

"Yeah. How are the boys?" He asked.

"Noah and Kyler are sleeping and Tyler is in a bad mood so I just lied him down and he won't stop crying. This is so hard without your help," I heard my voice crack as tears weld up in my eyes.

"I know baby, I know. I'll be home soon, okay? You can do this. You're so strong baby," he whispered and I heard him sniff.

"I know," I lightly smiled, "how am I gonna get you out?"

"I don't know baby. Don't worry about it, okay? I'm doing my time."

"No no no...don't say that Jason, I love you and I wanna help," my tears started to fall.

"I love you, too. I gotta go baby," he spoke.

"Okay bye."

"Bye."

A:N - this book is gonna get goooooooood!!

Xoxo - Alexa!