Christopher

Chapter 11

"Dad she is my daughter." Christopher was exhausted and trying to get Aries to open the door for him.

"You scared the crap out of her Christopher, what did you expect?"

"I know..." he knocked again "Aries please open the door..."

"No!"

Christopher let out a deep breath and felt his eyes sting. He looked up for inspiration and then he felt like an idiot for not realizing it earlier. He walked down the hall to the room where Rosemary had always slept and knocked softly and walked in. Rosemary was laid on the bed sleeping she was facing up so her belly was visible. He felt his heart stir and couldn't help himself he walked slowly to her bed and placed a hand on her belly and rubbed softly. He could feel and see her moving slowly up and down as she inhaled and exhaled.

"This should be my baby..." he kissed her belly softly.

Rosemary was staring at him she couldn't see his face clearly and she couldn't bring herself to show him she was awake. Did he really just say that after everything and making her feel the way he has could he really be saying that. She closed her eyes and moved slowly just to make it look like she was stirring.

Christopher straightened quickly and leaned down he saw her still sleeping and kissed her forehead softly. He put his hand on her shoulder and shook her softly.

"Rosemary..." shook her a little harder. "Hey Rosemary can you wake up please."

She looked up at him and saw his face bruised and where the blood was clearly now. She couldn't help but sit up quickly and rub his face softly.

"Are you okay." She was checking his face softly.

He leaned into her touch and just leaned against her and breathed her in. "I miss you so much Rosemary I didn't think it was possible but I feel hollow without you... I thought I could never want or miss anyone like I am missing you but I do and it doesn't matter what..." he took a deep breath remembering that as much as he wanted her she was having his brothers baby. He cleared his throat. "Arabella is in her room crying and won't open the door for me but I am hoping she will open it for you."

Rosemary was shocked just like that he changed the subject she stood and put her robe on. "I can't wait until the day you stop being a coward about the way you feel about me... when you do I like to think that things will be less complicated between us." She walked out the door.

Christopher stood in the room just staring after her. How dare her say that he was the one complicating things. He jumped out and followed her out.

"How dare you say I am complicating things!"

she turned and looked at him shocked.

"Wh..."

"No it is my turn... we were starting to have something and you go and have sex with my brother and get pregnant and you say I complicate things. You know what I think happened is you are money hungry and you tried to get with me and it seemed to hard and so you went with my brother and when you saw he was broke you changed your mind but you got pregnant and so it back fired. I should have known you were like the rest nothing but money hungry whores."

He looked up and saw her eyes full of tears at the same second he felt her slap him with all her might he could see that she was shocked she had don't this but did not regret it. "Take that as my resignation... I will repack my stuff and be gone in the morning after I talk to Arabella."

He stood there shocked as she turned and knocked on Arabella's door told her it was her and Arabella let her in, he caught a quick glimpse of his daughter puffy tear covered face.

He turned to his parents who were sitting there shocked and full of rage. His father stood first. "You are not a man; you are a coward... if you only knew the..."

His mom softly placed his hand on his dad's shoulder and turned to Christopher "Oh son if you only knew the grave you just dug yourself." She walked to him and kissed his cheek. "goodbye son we are going home, please let us know when Arabella is better maybe we can come get her and have a grandparents day with her."

He watched them both walk down the hall and a few minutes later heard the door open and close. He knew his mom would lock the door but he couldn't get her words out of his head. What did it mean did his mom know he was in love with her? In love with her is that what he was. He sat there thinking about it just sitting on the floor. He felt his mind go thru everything all of her laughs her excitement everything and he could not help but to realize that yes he was in love with her and he had been in love with her since almost the day they met she had blown him away from the beginning. What did he just do, his mom was right he was going to regret this but wait he realized she is having his brothers baby she was ruining things not him.

He leaned against the door and heard the end of their conversation.
"so you can't say anything my little Aries but that is why we will always be family even if I don't work here anymore."

"you promise?" he heard his daughter sob into Rosemary. 

"yes baby... now let's get you to sleep."

Christopher stood and walked into his room. She wouldn't really quit she wouldn't leave Aries not after all these years no matter how much he hurt her. He went to his room and laid down on his bed fully clothed feeling the weight of guilt and regret over him, tomorrow he would make everything better somehow.

When Christopher woke up in the morning he felt horrible not just emotionally but physically his face hurt and his ribs hurt. He could only imagine how his brother felt. He turned in his bed and saw on his night stand a glass of water some Advil and a letter. He took the pills and took the envelope in his hands. The front of the envelope said 'Christopher' in Rosemary's hand writing. His heart stopped skipping and he panicked and jumped up not caring how much it hurt as he ran to Rosemary's room throwing the door open to find it completely empty of all of Rosemary's belongings. His heart seemed to stop and he realized that he lost her no matter what he did she wouldn't come back. He turned and stared and Arabella who had walked out of her room.

"Aries..."

"I am mad at you daddy." She walked down the stairs with her blanket following to watch cartoons.