Secretly Waiting

Chapter 14

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"So when the hell am I supposed to see her?"

"Uhh I don't know you've skipped out on the past two months child support, Doug. And the last time you took her over night you had to call me to come get her because she wouldn't quit crying, then when I get there she has a messy diaper and was practically starved! So you tell me, when can you be responsible enough to get your daughter?"

I was steaming. Here I was having yet another argument with Doug over him getting Lilly, when I was supposed to be inside at work. If he causes a scene at my job and gets me fired I know I'll go ballistic, so I put my hand to my forehead and work on solving this quickly.

"Look, if you can go stay at your parents whom I know I can trust and promise you'll get the child support ASAP then you can go to my parents and get her."

"That's fine." he said stepping towards me and rubbing my arms in a calming motion.

"Don't touch me!" I spit out, pushing him away and looking around.

"Look baby I know I fucked up, how many times do I have to repeat myself?"

I shake my head in defeat. He will never get it. I left him the day he finally came home from God knows where, and never went back. After staying at Lacy's for a month I managed to get a small home loan and bought a nice house outside of town. It was a couple of blocks from the beach, and gated. The perfect place for me to start my small family of two. Lilly was now four months old and was the most beautiful blue eyed baby you'd ever set eyes on.

When I went back to work two months after having Lilly it was pretty hard, but my mom kept her during the day and when she's older Lacy said she will hold a spot for me at her daycare so I know that no matter what she will always be taken care of by people I can trust.

"We will never be together again Doug, and once you get it into that thick skull of yours everything will be so much easier for the both of us."

He looked really hurt by those words, but this was his fault. I can't keep putting myself in situations where I end up getting hurt. Plus, I had already created a stable environment for my daughter with a nice home and a routine. If I went back to him and he screwed up again, that would set us back.

"I just wish you knew how much I've changed, and how much I regret ever treating you the way I did Ash."

I shake my head again and turn to walk inside.

"Just make sure you make the arraignment with your parents BEFORE you pick Lilly up, or this is a no go." I tell him. Then I walk back inside and wait for my next client ignoring the looks of sympathy from my co-workers.

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Treys POV

Thirteen months of being in that hell hole and I'm finally stepping foot on American soil once more. All I can think about is getting some alcohol into my system. Then maybe hitting up one of the girls I used to talk to before deployment.

After the return ceremony, which was boring as hell by the way, I made my way back to my barrack, showered and hit up the first fast food joint I could find. Then I met the guys at our old stomping grounds.

Thirteen months and things haven't changed.

Ok I take that back. I haven't had a sip of beer or anything the whole time over there so my tolerance had lowered a little bit.

After only an hour of being there the boys and I were wasted beyond belief. I had hit on more girls than I could count and finally managed to snag one that I deemed decent enough to take home.

And that I did.

The next morning after showering and sending the poor girl home, I ran my necessary errands. The first one was to get my phone turned back on and then make plans to return home and visit my folks.

When I spoke to my mom, telling her I'd be there the next day, I wondered how Ashlyn was doing. Surely she had forgotten about me and was hopefully living her life as planned. The picture perfect family with Doug and their two kids. Ever since our last emails together I pushed all thoughts of her aside and focused on my job, but now being back and knowing I would be in Daphne soon, her pretty face forced its way to the forefront of my mind making it hard to think of anything else.

Damn. I really needed to find a good girl so I could quit thinking of her.

The day of my drive home I had to check in with my superiors and after that I went back to my room to pack. I still had a few minutes before the time I gave myself to leave so I lounged around a little bit and finally, out of boredom, went online.

I was mainly interested in what my friends back home were up to since I had a months leave and planned on spending most of that time there. I definitely wasn't ready for what I saw when I got on Facebook and one of the very first statuses on my newsfeed belonged to the blue eyed beauty herself.

After scrolling past her and looking at everyone else's page, I finally went back up to her, not being able to help myself. She looked good, same as always. Even after having the baby. I browsed the pictures she had put up since we last spoke. A few of the baby, and some of her. What hit me hardest was an activity on her page from a couple of months ago.

Ashlyn went from being in a relationship.... To single.

I sat there for a second pondering this situation. I could email her like old times and then get rejected once more when she went back to that asshole because that's what girls do. No matter what a guy does, eventually they all go back. It's either because that's what they are comfortable with or they are just scared of being alone.

Or... I could ignore this completely. This isn't anything but drama waiting to happen. She was connected to Doug forever now. Before, she could of tossed him to the side and we wouldn't have to worry about him coming around but now? Now they have a kid together. He's always going to be around and knowing him he would be pissed and all sorts of hell would start if anything happened between me and Ashlyn.

I decided to forget about her and focus on finding someone else. Pretty soon I'd be out of the marines and would be able to settle down. Might as well try with someone who would bring less drama to my life.

Before I shut off the computer though, I scrolled through her pictures one last time.