Ex- Mrs Harts.

chapter 8: double damn

I have not edited this chapter, so please ignore any error. I will edit when am free. Thanks.

Julie's POV

Shit! Shit! Shit!
I told myself to stop crying, but i just couldn't. The damn tears wouldn't stop!
How dare he! He came here just like that and opened his mouth to freaking tell me he still loves me!?
Hell no!
Now i really need to stop crying because i will soon be home and i don't want Tonia to have a reason to say 'i told you so'.

I knocked on the door when i got home but nobody answered me. After knocking three more times with the same result. I dug into my purse for my keys. After opening the door, i stepped in the house.

"Tonia! James! Taylor!" I called out, but nobody answered me. After checking the whole house, i turned out with nothing. Where could they have gone?

I walked into the kitchen to take water and i noticed the note on the fridge.

"Hey babe, if u are reading this, we've gone out. we got tired of waiting for you to come home. Guess well see you later"
Then i notice a scrawny handwriting down on the note
P.S: i love you mum...
Tonia and Taylor.

I scoffed. Yea, i was barely gone!

I sigh. Now that am all alone, with nobody to cheer me up, i guess i should go and do laundry. That will keep my mind off things a little.

I was about going to my room when i heard a knock on my front door. It quickly followed by few more knocks. Who could it be? I thought to myself.

It better not be a salesman. Am not in the mood for some "goods".

"hold your horses! Am coming!" When i got to the door, i yanked the door open without checking who it was from the peephole. Maybe if i had checked, i wouldn't have opened it, i would have pretended not to be home.

Imagine my shock and surprise when i saw Tyler at my door. God! But you said afflictions shall not rise twice. Why am i so unlucky in this life! Just a day, have had doses of Tyler freaking James!

"What do you want?" I asked with a scowl.

"I need to talk to you" it was when he spoke that i realised his breathing was irregular. Like he just finished a marathon race.

"Guess what!?i don't t wish to talk to you" you might think i am immature for acting this way. But i don't care, he hurt me bad and am not about to hand him power to hurt me again.

I prepared to slam the door, but he was faster. His foot stopped the door from closing.

"Hear me out Jules. Hear me out please"

"I don't have anything to say to you Tyler, and don't you dare call me Jules! My name is Julie!"

I can tell he's getting frustrated by now. And my nosy neighbours have started poking their nose out. I can tell he noticed with the way he kept glancing around and rubbing the back of his neck. That's one of the things he does when annoyed about something.

"Fine, just let me in. We didn't finish our conversation and you promised to let us talk. " i know it was my fault for letting my emotions get in the way

I opened the door wider and he didn't hesitate to push his way in. "You better keep your hands to yourself. No funny business" i closed the door and walk back to the living room.

I saw him standing in the middle of the room, checking everything out. "This place is nice Jules, it has an homey feeling to it." i got warmed at the little compliment.

"Thanks. Have your seat." He sat on the love seat. Arrg. How dare he sit on my favourite chair.

"Water?coffee?" I asked him. Am not that bad to the point of not offering him anything.

"Just water please".

I went to the kitchen to get him water. I placed it in front of him and took a seat.

"Where's Taylor?"

"She's out with a friend" i don't want him to know Tonia is around.

"A friend? What friend?"

"A friend that i trust. You didn't think i will allow her to be with just anybody right? You are not thinking am a bad mother for letting her go out, right? Cos i swear if you sa...." He didn't let me finish. He started chuckling. I don't know whats so funny right now but all i know is that in that moment, i realised i missed his laugh. I missed his smile, i missed his protectiveness, i miss his playfulness. I miss...whoa whoa whoa. Hold up brain! dangerous zone! Abort!

I can feel a blush coming my way. And i know that an adorable look is stuck on my face for the moment. I quickly wiped all evidence of adoration away from my face and replaced it with a scowl.

"Whats so funny?" I asked when his laughter subdue..

"Nothing. You just caught me off guard"

"Caught you off guard...?" I let myself trail off. Hoping he will answer me, but he didn't supply any answer. Whatever. "Never mind! Just lets hash out things before Taylor comes back. I don't want any awkward meeting"

"She's not aware then?"

I gave him a confused look..

"Aware of what"? I asked

" That her father is here"

It was my turn to scoff "she doesn't even know who her father is, talk less of whether he's back or not"

"Why?" He asked me with a calm tone. There's a flash of something that looks like sadness in his eyes. I didn't let it bother me thou. Am not cold, i just don't care at the moment.

"You ask me why? Seriously Tyler?"

"Yes Jules, why didn't you tell me?"

I sigh. Am so tired of fighting "if i had, would you have believed me?" He wanted to open his mouth to talk, but i raised my hand up to silence him.

"You wouldn't. You would have ordered for a paternity test. And once i give birth, you would have taken her away from me. I wanted to tell you, but i wasn't about to get accused for trying to use an excuse not to leave. When you made it clear you wanted me gone."

"You could have called"

I laughed, a sad laugh to my ears anyways. "I could. But i didn't. Wanna know why? Because am selfish. Because i don't want to share her with anyone of you. because she's the only light in my darkness. Because i don't want her to grow up with the idea that her mother is a slut and a thief!" He flinched when i said the last part. "Yea, Tyler. You obviously didn't think about that hun?

Everything was silent. He was staring at me with something close to shame, anger and pain.
He opened his mouth to reply when i heard the doorbell ring. I jumped! Saved by the bell! Seems am popular today.

"Excuse me" i didn't wait for the reply before rushing to the door. I peeped this time and what i saw made me run back inside.

"You need to leave!" I whisper yell.

"What?why?"

"Taylor us back and i don't want to have to explain your presence here to her." I was frantic by now.

"Please, am not ready, please, climb a window, anything just get out of here" i out my two hand forward in a praying way. i can feel my eyelids burning. I want to cry so bad but i don't let the tears drop.

He sigh, and i thought he was about to agree. But what he said made my blood run cold.

"No" maybe i didn't hear well.

"Excuse me?"

"No Jules. I already missed out on her life, am not about to miss out more" and in that moment i heard the door opened. And the excited chatter of my daughter and friends reach my ears. I could tell the moment they spot us, because everything went silent. Nobody talked, no body moved. I was so scared of turning to look at Tonia. I know

It was Taylor that broke the silence. "Mummy, who is this man"?.

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