When the Past Becomes the Future

Old Feelings Dont Die

Brian immediately made his way over to Levi who was still standing on the front porch. However as he got closer, the little boy backed up more and more. "Levi." He said softly, "Listen to me."

"No!" Levi cried out, "Are you really my dad?!"

Brian decided the best course of measure was to approach this very carefully. He knelt down in front of the small child, "Buddy I'm not gonna lie to you anymore, yes. I'm your dad."

"Why did no one tell me?!" Levi yelled but tears were still running down his little face. "I asked you!" He shouted at Brian. "I asked why I didn't have a daddy and you still didn't tell me."

"Levi.." David began to say but Juliette immediately stopped him.

"Don't." She said sternly then went to join her son and Brian on the porch. It was because of the choices she made that this was all happening. "Baby look at Mommy." She said stroking the back of her son's hair.

"I always asked you!" The small child screamed in his mom's face.

"You're right, you did and one day when you're a bit older and will understand I'll tell you why but all I can say now is I'm sorry. You are the last person in this whole world that I would wanna hurt."

Levi was still angry but took the comforting from his mom. As he hugged her he kept looking at Brian who was still kneeling beside him. Once he let go of his mom he stood still confused on what to do.

Brian who was usually rough around the edges took a different approach and took a seat on the floor. "You wanna come sit?" He asked patting his lap.

The little boy was all of a sudden acting very different around him. 10 minutes ago they were laughing and having the time of their lives but now Levi almost looked frightened of him. "How about just next to me, not on my lap. Please?" He smiled sadly.

"Ok." Levi whispered inching closer to Brian sitting next to him but making sure he wasn't touching him.

"I don't want you to be sad or angry Levi. Hanging out with you has become my newest favorite thing and I really wanna keep doing that. Would that be okay?" Brian asked.

Levi was still confused and upset but shyly nodded his head but his eyes remained fixated on the ground.

"When you're ready you have uncles and cousins who I think you would really love. And you already met your other grandparents who are dying to spend time with you too. But only when you're absolutely ready to." Brian said.

"Cousins?" Levi asked finally looking up. His mom was an only child, this is something that he never had before.

"Yup." Brian answered with a smile, "5 of them actually.

Juliette slid closer to her son and grabbed his little hand, "Baby I'm so sorry you had to find out like this but you do have a daddy and I'm sure you will get to spend as much time with him as you want." She spoke but this time locking eyes with Brian.

"If I'm not working I'm all yours bud." Brian said finally feeling his son let his guard down as he leaned into him resting his head on Brian's arm. Levi Dawson was still very much confused and upset but he had the one thing he always wanted, a dad.
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It was a long emotional day. Juliette had finally gotten Levi down. She never knew how she was going to go about telling her son the truth but hearing it blurred out during an argument was not the way he should have learned it.

Since being home she hadn't spoken to David much, she was furious. He was in the living room watching ESPN when she couldn't take it anymore. With Levi finally asleep she knew she could confront him now.