Family Ties

Harmoni

Taking Liam to the zoo was fun I took too many pictures. But most of them are going to my sister and mom. But Oliver has been in his head all day and it was his idea to take Liam to the zoo.
"You okay?" I ask holding Liam as he stares in wonder at the lions. God this baby is so cute, it's something about him that just reminds me of someone.
"Yeah, I'm okay." He says forcing a smile on his face. When he wants to talk about it he will I shrug it off. When we leave and drive to my place Liam passes out in the car and stays asleep. I take a nap and wake up around 8 to muttering. When I walk into my living room Oliver has Liam and is talking to him in a low voice.
"What do you think about that?" He asks Liam coos and laughs grabbing his face. "I don't know." He sighs the smile falling off his face.
"Don't know what?" I ask sitting on the couch next to him scaring him.
"God, you scared me." He laughs making Liam laugh.
"Don't know about what?" I ask him again.
"What I want to eat for dinner I was thinking Chinese." He says. We watch tv and lay around doing nothing until it's time for Clarissa to pick Liam up. But of course, that's a problem. It's always a problem with Clarissa.

All Clarissa had to do was pick Liam up, take his car seat and take him home. But nnnooo as soon as she walks in she starts talking out the side of her mouth.
After I called Honesty, Oliver managed to separate us and get me in the bedroom while he deals with Clarissa.
"Go calm down okay?" Oliver, he closes the door in my face. After a few minutes, I hear Clarissa going off. When I open she has Liam in his car seat in her hand.
"That's why you ain't shit and never will be shit. And you best believe if it was up to me you would never-" she stops when she sees me smirks and goes to leave.
"What were you about to say?" I ask making Oliver turn around he's already lived his entire face red fists balled up.
"Clarissa go, I texted Honesty and told her you left for her apartment." Oliver snaps at her making her laugh.
"Don't get mad at me." She goes to turn, what type of jealous petty bitch is she.
"No, I want to know what she was going to say. She always has to do some petty shit." I walk over to the door, "Cause I'm interested in why she feels like she can talk to anybody any way she wants. Especially when she thinks so highly of herself but she's gutter. Because of you my sister met that deadbeat and is left alone as a single mother. And you're supposed to be Liam's godmother?" I spit out disgusted with her, she's the one that introduced Honesty to Liam's father. Pushed for her to date him and now she has a baby to raise alone.
"Don't get an attitude cuz. I mean it's not my fault you could never make ANY man stay loyal to you." She smiles sweetly, the next thing I know I slapped her across the face. Oliver cheated on me twice and that was a year ago he spent Valentine's day with some other girl but he said he stopped it because he realized I was the one for him. It's not like shes perfect either and she slept with my first boyfriend freshman year of high school.
"Bitch." I slam the door in her face as she laughs knowing she hurt me more than I hurt her.
"You okay?" Oliver asks after I know she left and we've both calmed down.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." I take a deep breath.
"Okay cause we need to talk." He says leading me into the living room. "I think we should break up."
I didn't hear what he just said, "What?" I ask laughing nervously.
"I think we should break up. Your graduating from college soon and should focus more on starting your career than being in a relationship with me." He takes my hands in his but is avoiding eye contact.
"After everything, you put me through you wanna end things with me?" I can't help but hear my voice crack at the end. After so many years of being together why all of a sudden.
"I need to re-evaluate my life." He says letting my hands go and leaning back.
"So your not sure if you want to be with me?" I look at him feeling my eyes stinging. Is that why after all these years he's never proposed?
"It's bigger than you Harmoni. I have to do the right thing and I don't know how to do it or to tell you." He says standing up. "Today just helped me see this." He takes a deep breath in and looks me in the eyes. "Since my senior year of high school, I've been cheating on you until just last year."
"What?" I clench and unclench my hands I look at him confused.
"The girl didn't know about you." He says.
"Five years?" I snap standing up. "Five years and you mean to tell me she didn't know she was the other girl for five years?" I scream.
"You didn't know." He points out it takes everything in me not to hit him. "The girl got pregnant last year." He says after a minute.
"You got some BITCH pregnant while you were with me?" I shove him I can't help but cry, why would he do this to me. After EVERYTHING I've done for him.
"I need to be able to be a father to my child." He says looking me in my eye.
"I've put too much time into you for you to leave me for some girl and her kid." I shake my head.
"That's my child too. Harmoni I need to tell you this. You have the right to know." He backs up to the doorway.
"What else is there to say. You got my sister pregnant or something?" I snap sarcastically his eyes avoid mine.
A deadly silence passes over us. "Say something." I can't breathe and I'm feeling sick.
"I'm Liam's father." He says looking me in my eyes.
"Your lying." I shake my head but I know he's right. Now everything is going through my mind all of Liam's tendencies that match Oliver's. The way Liam smiles he looks exactly like Oliver.
"I'm sorry but I want to be a father to my son. I want him to have the family that I didn't get to have." He says.
"Get out!" I scream he doesn't argue with me as soon as the door closes I throw up in the sink and fall to the floor and cry my eyes out.