When the day met the night Part 2

Chapter Eleven

The next few days passed quietly. I'd finally relented and agreed to go to the beach, I was petrified that someone might recognize us and snap some photos. We had gone to the beach that I had first taken Jared, I sat there letting the memories wash over me. So much had changed since then, my life was now so different. If someone had told me back then that things would end up like this, I never would have believed them. We sat on the sand and watched Bluebell play at the waters edge, Marco had his hand on my belly feeling the baby kicking. He would almost jump with excitement when it would move, I laughed at his wonder of it. "I want to come and watch when you give birth" he said seriously, "I don't know if you'll be able to cope sweetie, there's lots of blood and do you really want to see all my bits?" I said laughing, he grinned, "I've seen all your bits Harper" he laughed, "not like this you haven't" I said shaking my head with a grin. "Well as long as Jared doesn't care, I want to be there too" he said, I stopped laughing, feeling a sudden pang of anguish. What was I going to do, how could I give birth without Jared there. He was my rock, how could I do it alone, I didn't want to imagine going through it without him. "I'm sorry bella, I didn't mean.." said Marco, quickly realizing he'd hit a sore spot. "It's okay, um, I might go back to the house, I'm feeling hot and tired" I said quietly. "Let's all go, I'm hungry and it'll be nice by the pool" said Antonio saving the day. As we drove up we noticed a car parked in the far end of the circular drive. "Are you expecting company?" I said to Antonio. He shook his head, looking at the car curiously, "no, I don't think so, I wonder who it is, lucky Josie was here to let them in" he said as we walked in through the front door. Josie was their housekeeper, who at that moment appeared to help take all of our things inside. I heard Antonio start speaking to her in Italian, no doubt asking if there was someone here. As she nodded and explained, he turned towards me, a look of terror on his face. At the exact same moment I heard Bluebell's screams of excitement, "mama, mama!! Daddy's here!!" I whipped around to see Jared standing there. He'd come strolling in through the open patio doors, grabbing her as she threw herself into his arms. He picked her up spinning her around and then hugging to his chest, kissing her over and over. "I missed you daddy" she cooed, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I missed you too sweetheart" he said gently. I turned menacingly to Antonio, "how could you?" I cried, "Harper I didn't I swear...." he started to say in a panicked voice. "Don't blame him, he didn't tell me" said Jared coming towards us. "How did you find us then?" I snapped at him, he raised an eyebrow at my tone. "Bluebell told me" he said smugly. I looked at him confused, she was ignoring us all, too busy cuddling him, no one else existed when he was around. "You were in the shower, I rang and she answered it" he said in explanation. I shook my head in disbelief, I had been so careful, keeping my phone away from her. Giving her different excuses as to why she couldn't speak to him, it had worked, but obviously I hadn't been careful enough. I exhaled frustratedly and walked off, heading upstairs to my room. "Wait Harper" I heard him call out, but I ignored him and kept walking. A minute or two later I felt his hand grab my arm, stopping me mid stride just as I got to the door. "Would you stop and talk to me?" he said, I could barely look at him. I pulled my arm away, "no, I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to see you" I said shaking my head and walked in trying to close the door on him. "For fucks sake let me explain" he growled, pushing it back so he could follow me in, closing it shut behind him. "Explain what? How can you possibly explain several girls in your room, one who answers your phone while you're waltzing around in a bathrobe?!" I hissed furiously. "Just give me a chance, why wont you even try and listen?!" he said, I could tell he was struggling to stay patient. I stood at the window with my back to him, "fuck you!" I spat over my shoulder. Suddenly I felt his hands grab my arms spinning me around. "I'm going to talk and you're going to listen" he said sharply. "Jamie, his friend who's name escapes me, because I don't care enough to remember, came to my room with those girls, they wanted to ask me to go out with them" I looked away while he kept talking, "the reason I was in a bathrobe was because I was about to get in the shower before he turned up. I was exhausted, I wanted to get cleaned up and ring you. I told them to leave and I had gone back into the bathroom when you called, when I walked out to answer it, I realized they hadn't left, I don't know why she grabbed it, she was drunk and probably wanted to cause trouble because I told them to get the fuck out of there" he finally finished. I stared at him for a moment and let out a sarcastic laugh. "Why are you laughing?" he said through narrowed eyes. "Because it's so fucking funny that you think I would believe that tripe!!" I yelled. "It's the truth!" He yelled back, "you must think I'm stupid, well let me tell you Leto I'm not!! Go and find some stupid slut to fuck and suck your cock and leave me the hell alone!!" I said in a low menacing voice. "Are you kidding me?! You don't believe me?? What the fuck Harper, I would never do this to you, I couldn't bear to lie to you" he said running a hand through his hair. I gasped, those were the exact words he uttered to me in my dream. My head started spinning, I knew if I didn't sit down I would faint. I felt myself start to shake and grabbed onto the window sill, looking for somewhere to sit down. He must have realized and grabbed my arms, helping me over to the bed. I put my face in my hands and I started to cry. He knelt down in front of me, "Harper, Jesus please, take some deep breaths calm down, your going to make yourself sick" he said desperately. He tried to take hold of my hands, but I pushed him away, "don't!! don't touch me!" I cried. He cursed loudly and stood up. I looked away as he headed to the door and walked out. I didn't care, he could disappear for all I cared. I was broken and it was all his fault