Falling again (sequel to NGLS)

41.) The Secret's Out

Bria's POV:
I heard the front door slam shut and after a few minutes Nash yelled up to me that the coast was clear and i could come down.

I gingerly walked down the stairs and saw Nash cradling Theo. I walked over to him and took Theo. "Shh it's ok baby, mommy's here." I kissed his forehead and hugged him tightly.

"So what did Jack want?" I asked worriedly. Nash and Cam looked at each other before they looked at me and my heart sunk into my stomach.

"Nash..." i raised an eyebrow at the two of them and waited impatiently for one of them to answer, but they looked to the ground instead of at me.

Finally Cam spoke up, "He said he had to leave before he could tell us anything."

I felt my eyes welling up as usual. "Never trust anyone." I whispered to Theo and tightly shut my eyes to keep any tears from escaping.

"I have to go." I said with my voice breaking at every word. I turned around and walked out of their house. I walked back to the apartment and when i arrived i put Theo down in his crib. He had no clue what was going on and I couldn't have been more thankful.

I sat down on my bed on the corner so i was right by Theo's crib. I watched him fall asleep peacefully and effortlessly as I silently cried to myself. I wished I was that young again. Not having a care in the world, not having to worry about boys or school or anything for that matter. The only thing that I had to worry about was sleeping, eating and someone changing my diaper. Those were the good ole days.

I took a deep breath and then slowly let it out. I decided to give up trying to make Jack love me. He's his own person and Theo and I will do fine without him. After all we survived a long time without him, so i think we could handle eighteen more years.

All i could do was stare at Theo. I was too nervous about Jack to sleep, and i had zero energy left in me. All the fight had left my body and i felt drained. My body felt weak to the point where moving my arms hurt and made me feel weird.

My phone rang, startling me. I quickly grabbed it from the kitchen counter before it woke Theo up. I saw Jacks name and answered.

"Hello?" I heard moving in the background and i tried to figure out where he was.

"Hey, we need to talk. Meet me by Pine Court around four." He sounded rushed and as soon as he finished his sentence he hung up.

I stared blankly at my phone. "At least he wants to talk." I tried to reassure myself.  I was hoping for the best but i could sense it would be the worst. I walked back into my room and plopped down on my bed. I groaned loudly to myself before i realized that Theo was sleeping. I mentally face palmed myself before sitting up to make sure Theo was still sleeping. Luckily he was.

"You know T, your dad might leave us, and it will be hard but I promise you that you'll have the best life that I can possibly give you. You and I against the world little buddy." I spoke softly and I could have sworn I saw the tiniest smile creep onto Theo's face, which made me a little happier.

I hummed a song to Theo, but the more I hummed the more I realized I was really humming for myself. I was humming Bleeding in Love by Leona Lewis and I didn't even realize it at the time.

Jack was cutting me open and I was surely bleeding in love.

I decided to keep myself busy to distract my mind from overthinking. "He won't leave." I kept repeating. "He can't."

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Nash's POV:

"Bria is going to kill someone, and i have a feeling that it's going to be us." Cam was pacing back and forth across the living room panicking.