Run Away for my Baby

Chapter 20

Ollie

That morning I took Jamie to the park and watched him sit in the sand pit with the other young children, Jake was looking after him and his daughter. I must have be the youngest dad, besides Jake but I didn't care because I loved my role as a father to an amazing boy.

There was another young father who couldn’t have been more than a couple of years older than me, he was carrying his son in red coat, around the park; he must be at least four years age. After a while he came and sat next to me on the wooden bench.

"Hi," I nodded at him.

"Hi," he said in return. "So, which one's yours?"

"In the sand pit, blue jacket," I smiled at Jamie in the sand pit.

"Nice boy, he can't be that old," he said. "I'm Harry by the way and this is Will." He bounces the baby on his knee.

"I'm Ollie, my son Jamie."

We sat there talking for a while, mostly about our kids. I found that I really liked him, he's friendly. He was also a single dad. The mother of his child left him with the baby.

After a while I went and picked up Jamie. I carried him back to the bench and sat back down next to Harry. We talked again. As the light flittered through the trees I heard a voice from behind me. "Ollie you spend too much time with Jamie." I turned and saw Alyssa standing behind me. Her face was set straight. I felt myself freeze and my skin become cool "He's not even your son."

"Dada," Jamie said clinging on to me. I've always had the feeling that Jamie didn't like Alyssa. I turned and saw Harry with raised eyebrows.

"I'll leave you two alone. I'll see you around Ollie." I nodded to him as he walked away.

"Dada," Jamie said again.

“Shut up you little brat!” Alyssa screamed at Jamie.

I felt Jamie quiver at her words and he burst into tears. “It’s okay Jamie.” Soon enough I found him calming down as I rocked him against me. "Actually Lyss he is my son," I told her finally.

"What?" she asked confused.

I took a deep breath and explain quickly the whole story of Holly and I. "I met Holly when we were on our break, two years ago. I went out with her a few times, she was my summer girlfriend and it kind of led us to sleep together. I forgot to wear a condom one time during sex, I didn’t know this until she told she was pregnant."

"You cheated on me!" she gasped

"Technically no, we were on a break."

"Yeah but you slept with her and then didn't tell me. How many times did you sleep with her?"

"I don't know a few times I guess."

"Do you still sleep with her?"

"Not in the way you think."

"How long?" she fumed.

"Since just before Jamie was born."

"Do you like her or is the only reason you hang around her is because of Jamie?"

I had to tell her the truth and all of time. "I've fallen in love with her. I'm so sorry Alyssa I was going to tell you."

"You fell in love with the bloody slut! You're a bloody asshole."

"Don't swear in front of Jamie, I don't want him to turn out like my brother."

"What about your brother?" she argued.

"He use to beat me up Alyssa, I ran away from him not my family. He took it the hardest when Dad died."

"Oh shit I'm sorry, I didn't know."

"Yeah no one knows except my family."

"Does that mean Holly knows?"

"Yeah she knows. I want to be with her Alyssa. I know you wanted to wait and we were having problems before the summer. She was like a breath of fresh air in my life. I fell for her. I thought I'd never see her again. But then she turned up here. I didn't breakup with you at first because I wanted to see if things were right between us. And then Holly asked me to stay with you, I agreed. I should have broken up with you when I first came back here."

"Yeah you're right you should have. I guess I need to tell you something about me then. I was not a virgin."

"I know.”

“What do you mean you know?”

“You felt different from Holly. Why did you tell me you were?”

"I knew this guy before you. He was everything, I loved him deeply. We'd been going out for a few years and one night we just got carried away, he left me high and dry after that. I thought he didn't love me. Then a couple of weeks later you walked into my life. But whatever it's over now. I don't want you to come rushing back to me when it's over."

"I won't but the thing is I don't think it will ever be over."

“I’m trying to find him Ollie but I don’t know how.”

“Social media, if you know his name and what he looks like then you’re sure to find him.”

“Thank you Ollie, you’ve been good to me these last two years even if we haven’t really been together for a year and a half.”

“True,” I smiled now that everything was settled between us. I don’t think we could be friends but at least we can be civil to each other. “Oh and Alyssa before you go, Holly has never been a slut, her first time was with me and it has always been with me. I plan on marrying her someday, so please if you ever come across her in the future be nice to her.”

"I guess I can be, she’s never done anything wrong to me accept steal my boyfriend’s heart,” she laughed. “Good luck Ollie. I'll see you around then."

"Yeah I guess. See you." I never want to see her again but if I do I know we'll have closure.

She walked away from me and I felt a sense of release for the first time in two years. “What happened there?” Jake asked me as he settled down on the bench with his girl.

“I’m finally free!” I happily smiled.

“You’re free from the witch?”

“She’s not a witch but yeah I’m free from her.”

“So are you going to tell Holly you love her?”

Jamie suddenly giggled as he heard his mama’s voice, “Mama.”

“Yeah I’m planning on it happening son. Anyway let’s head home, I need to meet my future mother in law.” I picked up Jamie and walked away with Jake next to me. I headed home knowing what I was going to tell Holly tonight in bed.