Back Together

Chapter 29

Chapter 29-

Andrew's P.O.V.

"Dad?" My mind is swarming. There is no way this man could be my father. Yes, he looks exactly like him, plus the fifteen years of aging he has done. How old should he be now? Late forties, at least. Why would my father chose to come back after all these years.

"Andrew? Is it really you? Son!" He smiles and tries to hug me but I step away from him.

"What the bloody hell? What are you even doing here?" My voice is loud and shaky, I tighten my jaw and ball my fists.

"That's just it... I need to-" I hear someone walk up behind me.

"Andrew? Is everything alright? Who is this?" Tessanie's calm voice relaxes me momentarily. Before I can speak, my father rushes inside to greet her.

"Ahhh! You must be Tessanie. I am Paul, Andrew's father. So nice to finally meet you." She smiles and gives him a hug, not breaking her gaze from me. How does he even know who she is?"

"Yes.... Umm, Tess, could you give me and my father a moment? We are going to go talk in my bedroom. We will be down in a minuet." I peck her lips and beckon my father to follow me upstairs.

Once safely inside my room, I turn to face him.

"You mind explaining why the fuck you are here? After fifteen god damned years? Why did you leave in the first place? You are a shit father that's why! Have you come here to apologize to me and hope that I will give you a second chance? Because if you are then let me show you the door." I spit in his face and he jumps back.

"Please... Hear me out... I have a good reason-"

"A good enough reason to leave your family? To let your son grow up without a father? To leave your wife? To abandon us? Oh I can't wait to hear this bullshit." I smirk at him and his lips draw a straight line.

"It's your brother." He says and I laugh so loud, I'm sure Tess can hear it.

"Honestly dad, I expected something better from you." A long lost brother? Yeah right. My mother was only pregnant once.

"Hear me out. I promise I am telling the truth." He begs and I stay silent. Taking my silence as a yes, he takes the opportunity to speak up. "You have a twin brother named Collin. He was abducted on your second birthdays."

"If I have a lost twin brother, the why am I just now finding about it?" I challenge and he closes his eyes, taking in a deep breath.

"Your mother, being the heartless woman she is, said that looking for Collin wasn't worth our time and we should just raise you as a single child." I can believe that. "As I was saying... The reason I left was because around the time you were five, I got a call from the person who abducted him, saying that he would kill him if I didn't pay his ransom. Of course, I paid the money due only to find out that it was a scam. I was furious. I promised myself that would get Collin back and find out who was keeping him. I was foolish to leave you behind, but I couldn't think out of anger. I got together a group of men and we have been tracking Collin down for the past fifteen years. We tacked him here Andrew. Here in California. We are working on finding a specific location, but it could take a while. It seems as if your brother doesn't want to be found." He says and I take a moment to process this new information.

"You could've called! Emailed, wrote, sent a fucking note on a birds foot! Anything! I needed a father in my life and you weren't there for me!" I feel warm tears fall down my cheeks, and I quickly wipe them away.

"I know son, I was such an idiot. I know I am a shit father and I fucked up but I am here now. I am trying. I am trying to find your brother so we can be a family again. When I heard you were attending school here, I got here as fast as I could. It just feels so good to see you again. Now I'm not asking for you to marry me or anything, I know this needs time. Time to rebuild a relationship. Time for you to forgive me. Time for you to think. Please Andrew. Let me be the father I couldn't be years ago." His eyes are glossy and I know I can't say no even if I wanted to. I'm not saying I will forgive him, but I will give him a chance.