𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 | 𝐉𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐀𝐔

Chapter 3 - Worst News

I happened to become to a dead standstill in front of the person in front of me. Rapunzel who was my ex-girlfriend back from Pennsylvania. Eventually, I heard that Flynn Rider is the boyfriend after I left. She appeared pale and fatigued, even standing on her feet, and to my surprise, she was carrying a sleeping toddler in her arms. "Rapunzel? H-how?" I stuttered.

"I-I will explain. But, w-we need to hide first, please?" She squeezed my arm, looking at me with her big emerald eyes. I sighed, without saying much because to see her condition, there's no more to say but maybe she'll explain how she got here. I let her walked through the door with me after I closed the door behind me.

She limped clumsily to the couch, dropping her bag beside her and clutching the child in her arms. I locked my gaze on her and the child. It was a little girl with a long light brown hair in her arms. Is that her offspring? It can't be.... She was only eighteen years old! That means Flynn Rider is the father?

"Jack, c-can you g-get the blanket?" Rapunzel asked me, sounding tired in her tone.

I nodded and dashed to my room to fetch the blanket she had requested. I approached her and handed it to her. She sat her child on the couch and wrapped her in a blanket. The girl twitched in her sleep, but she later appeared relaxed. I began kneeling in front of her. "Punzel, tell me what's going on and how did you found out where I live," I began.

Rapunzel looked at me then slowly looked down to her lap, "I-I was running--from m-my parents. They wanted my child to give someone e-else. I-I can't let that happen. Flynn told me w-where y-you are. Now, they are chasing after me," She said, her tears ricochet sliding on her cheek.

I gave her a sympathetic looks while unconsciously wiping her tears away with my thumb. Her parents are the most terrifying and powerful people since Frederic Solis was a state assemblyman. Her parents are basically the talk of the town; they were either involved in politics or worked with the civilian services, and I'm sure her father was involved in the mayor's election.

Frederic didn't approve of me when I was with her. Though I was aware of what he was up to behind the goody-goody, righteous demeanour, and that is one of things in my life had been ruined as a consequence of his doing. "Why they do that? Isn't your right to keep your child?" I asked more.

She shook her head, "I-I'm dying, J-Jack. B-before my daughter born, t-the doctor t-told me there's an s-side effect during my pregnancy but I m-managed to give a birth and s-she's healthy. I don't know how much longer I had," She sobbed and I placed my hand in her warm hands.

"No, you're not going to die. You can get through this," I told her. "You can make it for your daughter,"

She intertwined her fingers in mine, "Jack, t-there something I want you t-to know,"

"What is?"

"She-- this girl is your daughter,"

I looked her in a shock. She said that child is mine? I mean, right before I left Pennsylvania, she was straight up breaking up with me and saying she wanted to be with Flynn. It couldn't be the truth. "W-what?" I asked, making sure.

Rapunzel sighed, taking a deep breath in and then exhaling. "We did it on that night at Flynn's party b-before you leave town in three weeks. I wanted to tell you that when you asked me to leave town with you, my parents refused and wanted to threatening you and your family. My father thoughts it was Flynn's when they didn't believe it was yours, and Flynn never did anything to me."

"Then, after they did DNA tests and more, the doctors from lab confirmed that you were her father. They didn't let me go to school but trapped in a home until I gave a birth, they raised our child for two years because they knew I would die soon to raise her. They decided to give someone else. It's not just somebody. You know what actually my father does. I don't want that," She explained slowly.

As I stood up, I felt queasy. I recalled being with Rapunzel that night, and we were both wasted... We were sixteen years old at the time, and we were a wild bunch. It was no surprise that I awoke naked next to her that morning. I thought I was skinny dipping that I passed out on her bed. None of this was expected of me.

Damn. I thought I was a virgin because I had a purity ring whatever.

I'm not sure how to react to this news. I feel worthless for allowing her to raise the child alone with her parents "What did my p-parents have to say about this? Did they not know?" In a stutter, I questioned her.

Rapunzel's face became increasingly sorrowful "Jack, they're gone... They passed away a few months ago... Emma was placed in an orphanage by the authorities. I'm really sorry,"

My eyesight was already blurred between the tears are slowly formed in my eyes as I gasped in disbelief. I can immediately feel a cold on my skin. This information is simply too much for me. I simply want to collapse. This is not actually happening.

How come no one told me about it?

"Jack?"

"I-I need some air," I breathed, leaving the living room into my bathroom. Rapunzel tried to stop me but I was embarrassed to facing her for now. I closed the door behind me and leaning against the door.

"Please... This better be my nightmare," I grumbled with my fists on my face as I began to breathe deeply. I sat on the floor because my legs felt like jelly. I cried in the bathroom by myself. I betrayed my parents and Rapunzel. There's no turning back.

I'm a horrible person. I just don't know what to think anymore...

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