Secret Mistake

38.

GIA'S DAD POV

After getting called out when I went to apologize I felt horrible. I never knew this was going on in my home. I'm trying to believe Gia but when I look at my wife I can't see that person Gia is making out to be.

Later on that night while I was in bed. Looking over at my wife who was sleeping. I couldn't help but go back in the past.

My wife and I met in our early twenties. I must say it was love at first sight for me anyway. My wife not so much. She was a very pretty young woman. All the men wanted her and she wanted me.

Now I was head strong in what I wanted career wise. So I worked my butt off to get where I am today. A lot of times I wouldn't even see my wife. And she understood what it took for me to get where I am.

At the beginning of my career I was traveling most of the time. I had hoped that my wife was holding down the house while I was away. But that wasn't the case. Even though I was away a lot she one day and came to me that she was pregnant.

Now I was excited but also skeptical cause I knew it couldn't be mine. How? I'm never home to be intimate with my wife. When I confronted her about it she admitted she had an affair with some guy she knew. That broke me. I had thoughts of leaving her but she convinced me that she would never do that again.

Trusting my wife I believed her. I stepped up and raised the baby from another man. Gia came along and I took as my own. I treated her like a princess. She was always a daddy's girl when I was home.

Very hyper and fun loving little girl she was. But all that changed one day. I came home from a business meeting and she was in a corner just staring into space. Thinking she was playing around I didn't question it. As time went on she started to act out.

Specially when Rashad was born. She didn't take to him very well. But my wife adored him. She showed him so much attention I worried she was forgetting Gia existed. As the kids got older it got harder. Gia was constantly breaking the rules and doing what she wanted. My wife had enough of her and gave her an ultimatum either she straighten up or get out.

Before I knew it gia was packing her things and left. My wife could care less anyway. I worried about Gia every night making sure she was okay. Once I found out she was with Bria her friend it gave me a sense of relief. My wife didn't like that though she wanted karma to come bite Gia in the ass.

When Gia told me about what happened to her I couldn't believe it! Right under my nose and I didn't notice it. My wife never forgave herself for what she did and I think she took it out on Gia. Never mind Gia looks actually like her real father. Maybe that's has something to do with it?.

Loosing a huge partnership with Delano to losing my daughter as well. It may look like I don't care about Gia but I do. More than her mother does anyway. I want to be there for her and her baby. But I know it's best if I stay away for a while. Nothing can make up for the times she's been emotionally abused and I know that.

The thing is Gia doesn't know I'm not her real father. I'm not going to be the one to tell her either. It's not my place. When my wife is ready to explain to gia about what happened then she'll know the truth.

I just hope whenever she does... she takes it well.