Knock Me Out

Chapter 85

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"What? What do you mean?" I ask confused. I hope this isn't what I'm thinking it is.

"Drew is not my biological daughter." He says clearing it up.

"But.... you mean..."

"Yes... she cheated on me and got pregnant with Drew." He says covering his face with his hands.

The man I see before me is not the happy man I once saw playing with his daughter in a dollhouse that is too small for him. It's a broken man who loves unconditionally, while blaming himself for something that isn't all his fault.

"Two years after our marriage I went on a trip for two months. When I came back she had the audacity to tell me that she was three weeks pregnant. The way she spoke to me after I got back, was like nothing happened. She spoke to me like she didn't cheat on me while I was away. When I figured it out I told her to get the fuck out of my house..."

"But eventually you forgave her and took her back, because you still loved her." I say finishing his sentence and he nods. A few tears roll down huis face.

"I regret taking her back. If I hadn't she'd probably be alive right now. Drew would know what it felt like to grow up with a mother." He says and then it turns silent.

Eldridge sniffing and blowing his nose are the only things that can be heard.

"What happened after that? What led her to take her own life?" I ask breaking the silence after a while.

"About three months later she uum... she didn't stop coming to my house. Said she wanted to talk. I agreed after those three months. So I asked her what she wanted. I offered her a divorce. I told her that she shouldn't feel like she has to be with me even if she doesn't love me. I didn't want her to be with someone she doesn't want. I loved her that much and I would respect her choice, but she refused.... so..."

"Why would you even consider getting back together? What happened to the guy who got her pregnant? Wasn't it obvious that she was using you to cover her bad behaviours?... I mean..." I say rushed. Scream actually.

"I don't know. She didn't even know the guy and her using me was not something that ever ocur. Anyway.... I told her that if she still wanted to be with me there were going to be a lot of changes. Changes she would probably not like and she agreed to anything. That's when I turned into the overprotective man I am. I never let her leave the house unless I was with her. She wasn't allowed to talk to anyone unless it was a greeting or a thank you. She wore what I wanted her to wear. She'd do whatever I told her to do. I started mistreating her, in a way that a human being should never be treated. I decided what she did with her body. If I said no moaning or coming during sex, then it was no moaning or coming. If I wanted to fuck her, I would do it wherever, whenever and however I wanted. I turned into the opposite of what I once was..."

"A monster. The monster she created. Fuck!... this shit is way over my head." I say shaking my head.

"The thing is. I still loved her equally as much as I did before I married her. I never reminded her of the things she did in the past. I forced myself to forget them. I always treated Drew like she was my own flesh and blood... But she couldn't take the torture anymore. It was Drew who found her on the bathroom floor in a pool of her own blood. Thanks to me she had to witness all of that."

"I... I don't know what to say." I say with the big lump still in my throat.

"It's okay. I understand." He answers looking at his watch. "Shit!  I'm gonna be late." He says jumping off of the floor.

"Late for what?" I ask confused.

"To pick Drew up from school." He answers in a duh tone. He stands in front of the mirror and wipes his face clean. "How do I look?"

"Well... human." I answer honestly. "Why do you have to look good to pick her up anyway. You won't even get out of the car."

"Can't a father look good for his daughter?" He asks. Slapping and pinching his cheeks.

"And what's that for?" I ask still finding this weird as we walk out of the house.

"To get some color in my face. Can't be looking like a zombie. After a week with her you'll understand me." He chuckles. "I'll send everything over okay?"

"Yeah that's cool. Should I wait for her or come pick her up later?" I ask.

"Can I bring her myself? Tonight? I wanna take her on a date and just have some fun. She needs a reason to miss me." He says and I laugh.

"Of course Eldridge. She's still your daughter. Just notify me when you're coming."

"Cool." He says as I get into my car.

After that I drive to school to pick Megan up. I wonder how she got to school today.

When she gets into the car her arms are folded over her chest and she's pouting. She doesn't even greet me.

"What's it with you?" I ask.

"You forgot to pick me up this morning. I waited for so long. You didn't even call." She says.

"Oh honey I'm sorry. I slept in and then Chris called."

"You're such a friend-whore." She says putting her seatbelt on.

"I'm a what?" I ask chuckling.

"A friend-whore." She repeats.

"That word doesn't even exist." I laugh.

"Well now it does. Whatever. Where's Drew?"

"Her dad's bringing her over tonight."

"Hmm okay. You wanna go clubbing tonight?" She asks. "Everyone else is going, but I won't go if you don't and I really want to go, which means you have to go." She says in one breath.

"I don't know. You know Drew is moving in today and..."

"Your mom and Cordelia and John will be there. Or just take her with you." She says cutting me off.

"I can't take the kid to a club and I don't want to ditch her with the lid people." I tell her as we pull out of the parking lot.

"See what I mean? Friend-whore." She says rolling her eyes and folding her arms against her chest again.
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