Undercover Love

Chapter 45

Tom's POV

9pm the same day at Tom's apartment

Brrrrrrrrrring, brrrrrrrrrring

I was sitting on the couch watching TV when the phone started ringing. I sighed and squeezed my eyes shut for a minute, mentally cursing whoever was calling. I'd had a shitty day and I was exhausted so I wasn't exactly in the mood for a phone call. I decided to ignore it and just let it go to voicemail.

"Hi this is Tom. Please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep. Oh yeah, thanks for calling."

"Tom it's 9pm I know you're there. Please pick up the phone", a voice I immediately recognized to be Julia's echoed in the room. I definitely did the right thing by ignoring the call.

"Tom I gotta talk to you", she insisted but I kept ignoring her anyway. She didn't give up though. "What's wrong with you ? You've  been a total jerk to me yesterday when I tried to...well, tell you something. And after this you completely ignored me until you left. You didn't check on me today either even though I didn't show up at work. I really don't understand. I mean, it's really unlike you. It's like...you don't care anymore."

I carefully listened to what she was saying but still didn't move a muscle. She was the last person in the world I wanted to talk to right now.

"Have I done something ? I can't think of anything that could've make you mad, so please tell me at least what I've done", she continued in a more pleading tone."You'll have to tell me sooner or later you know. How long do you plan on ignoring me anyway ?"

"You can sod off", I whispered to myself, rolling my eyes and wondering when the fuck she was gonna hang up. I was slowly losing my patience.

"Tom please ! Don't be so childish ! I really need to tell you something !It's... important."

Judging by the sound of her voice, I think she was now crying. Well, I couldn't care less.

"Baby...don't do that to me...I don't think I deserve that...I really need you", she said, sniffling after almost each word. Realizing she wasn't intending to end the damn call anytime soon, I ended up picking up the phone out of extreme annoyance.

"Are you gonna fill the whole tape or what ?", I spat, clearly pissed.

"Tom ?", her voice was low and trembling but she still sounded kind of relieved to finally hear me. "Oh baby ! I gotta tell you something !" 

"Some other time. I gotta go."

"Baby wait ! I'm-"

I hung up, not wanting to hear her any longer. I let out a deep breath, attempting to relax a bit. My eyes went back on the TV screen, but I didn't pay attention to what was playing on it. My brain was too busy recalling yesterday's events and the pain it caused. 

***Flashback***

I was focused on signing files when the sudden sound of a door slamming caught my attention. I looked up, my eyes searching for the source of the noise. That's when I saw Lia running down the hall in such a hurry that she bumped into Doug on her way. It didn't stop her though, she kept moving forward as fast if not even faster. My eyes followed her until she was completely out of sight. She had probably gone outside. Puzzled and worried all at once, I stood up and started walking down the hall as well, following the path she'd taken.

The front door was already slightly open when I reached it. As I went to push it completely open, I heard two familiar voices talking from outside. I stopped moving and quickly peeked through the door. Lia was sitting at the top of the stairs with Doug by her side. I really didn't mean to eavesdrop their conversation however the curiosity got the best of me and I ended up pressing my ear against the door.

"Nobody knows except for you", I heard Lia say. She paused before adding, "I won't tell him."

I furrowed my brow at her words, wondering what she was talking about. 

"What do you mean you won't tell him ?", Doug asked, sounding as if he wasn't too sure himself what she actually meant by that.

"I'm gonna get rid of it anyway so he doesn't need to know", she coldly responded. 

I narrowed my eyes, feeling completely lost by now. 

"You're talking about...abortion, aren't ya ?", Doug spoke again.

"I am", she confirmed ever so coldly.

My jaw dropped. Abortion ? Was she...pregnant ?

I stepped away from the door, trying to process the whole thing. It took me a few minutes to put two and two together, but I eventually understood.

Lia was pregnant with what I assumed to be my baby and the first person she chose to tell was Doug instead of me. She wasn't gonna tell me at all on top of that. She wanted to get an abortion, to kill our baby without even me knowing. She didn't care about my opinion or feelings about it. 

I ran a hand through my hair, still shocked at what I just found out. I was thinking of so many questions. But mostly why ?  Why hiding It from me ? Why wanting to get rid of the baby ? Was it even mine ?

I didn't have the answers to all those questions but anyway I felt betrayed and hurt. Angry even. Really angry. How could she do that to me ? 

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My heart ached at the memory. I wish I had never eavesdropped their conversation. I wish I didn't know anything. At least I wouldn't be torturing myself trying to figure out what the fuck was going on. I mean, there had to be a reason for her not to want this baby and I could only think of two options actually. Either she cheated on me and didn't want me to find out, or the baby was mine and that's exactly why she didn't want it. Maybe I was only a fucking toy for her and she never considered any future with me. Maybe she never meant a single 'I love you'. Maybe I was just a booty call or something. 

A tear rolled down my cheek. I honestly didn't even know which option was the least worst, her cheatting or her playing around with me. Either way it hurt, because either way it meant the girl I thought was the love of my life actually didn't give a single fuck about me and probably never did. 

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Poor Tom 😞 Now you know why he's mad, but he's mistaking about many things though...

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed. Just so you know Tom's voicemail greetings isn't something I made up, it's REALLY  what it says, word-for-word (If you ever wanna check, watch episode 02×10, you'll hear it at the very end when Doug tries to call him.) I'm really trying to respect what's been  originallly said and done in 21 Jump Street, even the tiny details 😁.