Passion Suicide: An Aisly Addison Novel

Ch14: An old friend.

I walked into the Midtown Café, where 'Brian' was sitting at a booth waving me down.

"Over here Aisly" He called.

As I approached his smile increased as he examined me.

I sat down and put his hands over mine.

"Lee do you know who I am?" He asked looking into my eyes with a comforting smile.

"I have an idea.." I said.

"Well Lee, if your guess is correct then you should have guessed that I am your father." He said.

"Not biological." I stated still pretty ticked off.

"So I see you've figured out that you have a sister, and that you were one of the many babies that were switched at birth." My father replied. "Did you ever look into how often that happened at that hospital?"

"I did not, but I figured you guys didn't know." I said.

"How could we not? Your mother and I created a baby far more beautiful than we imagined. And I even had the thought that your mother cheated on me, but your mother was not the type to sleep around. She was very faithful and I offended her greatly." My father said.

"If you're my father then how are you alive and where is mom, why is your hair blonde and your face so different. Why are you here... and..." I took a deep breath trying not to cry. "Why didn't you come back for me?"

"Oh- oh no, don't cry my pretty little birdie." Brian said. "Your mother... your mother was kidnapped. I couldn't pay the ransom because I was saving money for you to go to college, I knew you were a great mind, and I didn't want to take your future away just because your darling mother was kidnapped. I loved your mother, really I did, but you didn't deserve to lose everything because of your mother and my mistakes, So I was packing to go out to search for your mother, when there was a break in. they tried to shoot me.... so.. so I killed them. I didn't want it to be that way. I really didn't. But then I grabbed everything and I went out and I searched phone records to find this son of a bitch. I couldn't find him. So I was too ashamed, and would have been in far too much trouble to come back for you. So I fled the country to Russia, and claimed a new identity and got plastic surgery so I could come back to you. I had to obtain a Russian accent to fit in. that's why I sound like this, all those years of pretending. I needed to come back for you. Lee, move with me home to Russia."

I had already been crying from his story when I realised that he's going to be leaving again, and I couldn't go.

"I-I... I cannot go. I have to work." My lip quivered. "I have a family too. I have a daughter. Im in love. I just can't go."

"Wh-What? You have a baby? Who is he? I hope he's a good father. I would say I'm gonna kill him, but I have already screwed things up enough." My father said.

"He uhm. Well he wasn't what I thought. Our daughter is turning five in June. He... he's gone" I said as a tear rolled down my cheek.

"Is he in the army or something? He's okay though right." He asked.

"Yeah, he-he is fine, very much alive." I said still crying. my father put his hands over mine.

"So your just afraid of what might happen to him?"

"You see, he is alive, he is in one piece, but he is no longer a part of me. See, he got angry one night.. And he left and he uhm. Well he broke up with me, about a month ago, but I'm fine. Yes I am fine" I said controling my tears.

"So I should kill him!! that bastard!" He said standing up.

"But now I'm in a healthy relationship, and I am happy." I said.