Not For Show

Chapter 4 - " you can't ignore me forever"

Harry's POV

I parked my car into the house driveway and slowly got out of the car. I took off the seat belt protecting Kian and helped him get out the car.

" are you going to stay?" he asked as we walked up the driveway.

" you know I can't kid" I responded.

I rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.

" can you stay a little?" he begged.

I looked down at his sparkling eyes and couldn't say no to his puppy dog eyes.

" only enough to show me your new collection that aunt Jess gave you" I said with a soft smile.

Soon enough the door opened revealing Lia.

" you have a key, you don't have to ring the door bell" was the first thing she said but I decided it was best to ignore.

" hi mom" Kian said before dragged me up to his bedroom.

For the next hour, Kian showed me all the little race cars that Jess had gotten for him from all around the world. These weren't the kinds that you could just go buy at a store here in LA. These really were collectables. Jess was his godmother. She loved that role. She gave him anything and everything he wanted.

Kian was obsessed with race cars. Not just the toys, but the real things. I had taken him once before to a race track, a couple of months ago, just to see all the real race cars and meet some drivers. He just couldn't ride one because of his age. But I promised him that as soon as he was old enough he would get to ride in one.

When I saw Kian started to yawn, I knew it was time for him to go to bed. I gave him a quick shower and put him to bed. From the day that he was born I always sang him to bed if I was with him at night, which I usually was. Till this day he still asks me to do so. So I sang one of my new songs that was going to be released soon. He was always the first to hear my songs. It was tradition. 

His eyes shut, which meant that it was my cue to head home.

As I walked into the staircase, I see Lia still standing by the door. I choose to ignore her again and walk past her out the door. But instead of hearing the door slam behind me, I heard it being open again.

" you can't ignore me forever" Lia said.

" watch me try" I responded without even looking back.

" Harry we have a child together. We have to try to be civil with each other" she said.

Disgusted by her words, I turned around and started walking back towards.

" It what was on your mind while you were sleeping with another guy?!" I glared at her.

She looked taken back and didn't respond. 

" I'm a good father. I was a good husband. I never cheated on you!" I shouted at her.

" just because you never physically cheated on me doesn't not mean you were a good husband! Your mind was always on Cailin! Do you know how embarrassing it was to watch you performing an entire album about her to the world? Do you know how hurtful it was to applaud you for it at every award show? So no, you weren't a good husband!" Lia shouted as tears started falling down her cheeks.

I shook my head at her trying to figure out what I had done with my life when it came to her.

" just because you were with me physically doesn't mean you were with my emotionally, Harry" she continued.

" but I was with you" I responded.

" you think I saw how devasted you were when you found out Cailin was having another man's child? It was written all over your face" Lia said.

" so sleeping with Zayn was your revenge?" I threw in her face.

With that I decided there was no point in giving her another word. 

She wasn't worth it.