Lovers Scars (OLD VERSION)

Chapter 13

EDITED BY trymenow

Dedicated to: Aiman__13 !! Thank you for always being there for me. You are the best friend anyone could ever have. You’re truly amazing. Thank you for helping me with everything. Aiman came up with Tyler’s mom name. You’ll find out what her name is in this chapter. Thanks again, Aiman. I love you :)

Tyler’s POV

        My eyes widen as I see Sam standing right there. I feel Chase poking my arm so I look down at him.

        He whispers, “Dad? Ith thith the girl you talk about with me and mama? Ith that Tham?”

I ruffle his hair and say, “Yes, that’s Sam. Why don’t you go with mama and play with your toys in your room?”

He stands up and says, “Ok!” then looks at Sam, “Hi Tham.” I smile at him and he leaves the room with my mom.

I look at Sam and clear my throat. “Why don’t you come in and sit down?”

“Just answer this. Is he your son?”

I sigh, “Yes, Sam, he is. But please let me—”

“Save it.”

She turns around and starts to leave but I grab her arm. “Let me explain, Samantha. Then you can leave.”

I know she’s thinking this over and she hesitates but she gives in and walks with me inside the house and we both sit on the couch.

I sigh and look over at Sam. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about Chase before. I just…I was afraid how you were going to take it.” I sigh again. “When I turned fifteen, my friends threw me a party. Everyone from school was invited. The girl I liked was also there. My friends pushed us into a room. We started talking and one thing led to another.” I look up at the ceiling and then at the floor. “She got pregnant. She wanted to have an abortion but I couldn’t let her.”

I whisper, “I couldn’t let her. Not my baby boy.” I gulp and fight tears away. “She knew abortion was expensive so she was planning on having it and give it up for adoption. I fought her for that. I wanted Chase to be with me. She finally gave in and said she wanted nothing with Chase. I agreed on that, even though I wanted Chase to have a mom. A couple of days later,” I breathe in and my voice starts to break, “my dad killed himself.” I hear Sam gasp and she places a hand on my back, rubbing it slowly. “He never left a note so we don’t know why he did it. Everything seemed to be fine.” I sigh again. “The neighbors and friends started looking at us with pity and my mom hates pity. We wanted to start anew. So we moved here and you know the rest.”

Sam’s POV

I know it was hard for him to tell me all of that. I feel for him and I can’t believe that girl didn’t want Chase. I only saw him for a minute and I already know I’m going to love him. He’s so cute.

"I guess I understand where you are coming from but—”

“That’s not all,” Ty interrupts me. “Chase has leukemia and we barely have money. Mom works during the night while I sometimes work to save money for his treatment. That’s why I can’t stay with you during the night. I need to watch my son. I hope you understand.”

He looks down and I gently grab his face and kiss him. “Babe, I understand. It’s ok. I’m glad I stayed to hear your explanation.” I smile softly at him and kiss him again. “Can I meet him? Can I meet Chase? Pretty please?” I practically whine.

Tyler laughs. “Of course, baby girl. Come on.”

Tyler’s POV

We go to Chase’s room to find him laying in bed almost asleep for his nap.

“Daddy! Mama thayth to go to thleep but I don’t wanna. I wanna thay night-night to you and Tham.” He grins and I just have to laugh. Sam is smiling. “Come give me a hug, dad.”

I go over to Chase and give him a big hug and kiss his head. “I love you, Chase. Good night.”

“Night-night, dad. Tham, hug!”

I look over at Sam and I can tell she wants to jump up and down and squeals like a little girl. I can also tell she already loves Chase. I smile at that thought.

Sam gives Chase a hug and he kisses her cheek. I never thought Sam would smile more than she did when she hugged Chase. When he kissed her cheek, her whole face lit up.

Chase looks at me and says, “No funny buthineth, dad.”

My mom, Sam and I laugh and I say, “How do you know what funny business is?”

“Mmmm, I don’t. Mama thayth it to you tho I can thay it.”

We all laugh again. “Good night, Chase.” I leave his door a little bit open and head to the living room with mom and Sam.

“So, you are the famous Sam.” Mom says.

“Mom!” I practically yell. “She doesn’t need to know that.”

Sam laughs. “Awww. You talk about me? That’s cute.” She kisses my cheek and looks at my mom. “I don’t believe we’ve been formally introduced. I’m Samantha.”

My mom smiles and says, “I know, sweetie. I’m Sarah, nice to officially meet you. I hope you don’t hurt my son. He has been through a lot and still is going through a lot with Chase’s leukemia.”

“I understand, Sarah. I love your son. I’m going to be here for all of you. If you ever need me to babysit Chase, you can count on me. I won’t mind.” I told her, feeling a strong sense of compassion for them.

I hug Sam and say, “Thank you.”