Loved By You

Fifty-eight

Angelo

I glanced at Maja as she stared at Richard in disbelief. "How do you know Maja Lewis?" Mr. Lewis asked. "She's my ex-wife and my good friend Kennan Lewis's daughter." He said. "According to Miss. Lewis you two engaged in a sexual relationship which in return would allow her father access to become Lt. Governor. Is that the case?" Mr. Taylor asked. "Yes and no. Maja and I were in a relationship for four months before she went off to school but it had nothing to do with her father." He said. Maja shook her head. "Liar." She mumbled.

"Maja is claiming that you forced her to do things. You left bruises and marks all over her body." Mr. Taylor said. "I like sex. I'm a very dominate man when I have sex. I may have gotten a little rough with her at times, but I never did anything she didn't like because when she asked me to stop I did." Richard said glancing at Maja.

"Why did you two keep it secret?" Richard sighed. "She was my son's ex-girlfriend, the mother of my granddaughter. I knew if my son found out he would never forgive her or me and that would affect their relationships as parents and my relationship with my son. So, we kept it quiet." Richard explained. "And what about your son you and Maja share?" Mr. Taylor prodded. "He's beautiful. He looks just like his mother." Richard said with a smile. "While I was in witness protection I got the chance to spend so much more time with him." "What!!" Maja snapped from her seat.

Maja

"While I was in witness protection I got the chance to spend so much more time with him." "What?" I asked in disbelief. His eyes shifted over to me and I could see a shadow of a smile. The door opened but I continued to stare at Richard in disbelief. "Daddy!" I heard the familiar voice say and I watched as my five-year-old son ran into Richard's arms. Demery kissed Richard on the cheek before he pointed at me. "You ran right passed your mama," Richard said before Demery looked and he locked eyes with me. My breath got caught in my throat as I looked at him. "Hi, mama," Demery said waving his hand enthusiastically. I smiled as I fought back tears as I waved at him.

"Clearly you and your son have an amazing relationship. Why would Maja say you did horrible things to her?" Mr. Taylor asked. "It may be because we ended on bad terms," Richard said. He whispered something to Demery before he sat him down and he ran full speed to me. I smiled hugging him tight before I sat him on my lap. I looked up to see Richard looking at me. "Bad terms?" Mr. Taylor asked. "She had been away at school for a couple weeks when I got a call from her. She was in tears and I still cared about her, so I went down to go check on her. We ended up sleeping together again and I knew it was a mistake. So, I left her a note telling her that this could not happen again and she, of course, was hurt but it was for her own good." Richard lied.

He came down to my school because he still was checking on me. I came back late one night to an empty apartment or, so I thought. Richard walked out of my bathroom and slammed me up against the wall catching me off guard. He threw me down on the bed where he forced himself on top of me. My head was spinning from when he pushed me against the wall. I zoned out just hoping the time would rush by, the next morning I woke up to a note telling me to behave or else.

"So, you and Maja were in a loving relationship and the bruises that she's speaking of are from you being a passionate man?" Mr. Taylor asked. "Correct," Richard said. "What about the accusations towards your son Christoph?"

"I will admit I'm guilty of being a protective father. I tried to get my son help. I sent him away at one point for almost a year to this doctor, so he could talk out why he felt the need to hurt women and get some help. The doctor told me he was making amazing progress and believed it was okay if he came home. At this point, he had never raped a woman, but he had hit a few." Richard explained. "What time was this?" "He came back a couple months before Maja was attacked." He said. "Nothing further." Mr. Taylor said.