The Choice

.24

Previously
"I'm going to fight for full custody of Bella."
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no. he had to be kidding.

"w-what?! you can't do that. she's both of our daughter Joel. you can't just take her away from me." he couldn't do this. he couldn't.

"Bella honey why don't you go up to your room? I'll be there in a bit." Joel patted Bella's head. Bella ran off upstairs.

"Joel! you cant do this?! are you listening to me?! you can't take my daughter away from me!" the blood in my veins was boiling.

"you did it. you took her away from me Erika. for four fucken years. I missed her birth, her first step, her first birthday, her first word. you took all that way from me. so don't come fucken tell me that I am the bad guy here. and don't think I'm doing it to get revenge on you, I'm doing it because I want my daughter with me all the time."

"I won't let you take my daughter away from me." tears were falling down my face.

"leave Yoandri. stop playing with his feelings. and mine. you know I never understood you. you always say you love me. you said it a couple days ago. and all of a sudden you're making out on my front porch with my best friend? like please explain it to me, is that your way of showing you love me?" his eyes began to get watery.

"I-" I didn't know what to say.

"who do you love Erika? I just need you to answer that, so I can move on with my life."

"I-I don't know Joel. I don't know. I'm really confused. I think I love you both." they have always been there for me and despite Joel cheating on me I couldn't deny what I felt for him. but I was also beginning to develop feelings for Yoandri.

"well you have two days to decide how you actually feel." he walked past me and up the stairs. Yoandri came out from the kitchen. Seeing him just made me break down into tears.

"it's okay. everything will be okay." he pulled me into a warm hug. I sobbed into his chest not being able to control myself.

"what happened? what did he say?" he wiped the tears away from my cheeks with his thumbs.

"Yoandri, he's threatening to take full custody of Bella. he can't do that. she my daughter. he can't take her away. she needs her mother."

"we'll fight for her. we will. he won't take her. I promise." he pulled me into a hug once more.

"Yoandri. I-he's making me choose in between..you and them. if I choose to be with him he won't file for her custody but if I don't, he will." I couldn't care to look at him in the eyes.

"What? is he fucking kidding me? he's bribing you Erika. you can't let him do that. You can easily go to a judge and tell him this. he will definitely not give him custody!"

"Yoandri! I haven't decided anything. I need to think. I have two days before he does anything." I walked towards him, his back facing me. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders.

"Yoandri...I think-I think I'm starting to love you." what the fuck was wrong with me. why did I just say that.

"w-what?" he quickly turned around, facing me. "What did you say?" I looked down at my feet. his hand lifted my chin up. my eyes meeting with his dark brown chocolate eyes.

"I think I love you." he let out a small chuckle.

"do you know how long I've been waiting to hear that." he let out a small chuckle, tears were rolling down his eyes.

"Yoandri..."