It's been some time and the kids are coming back from camp today. I've been holding onto this paper wondering when I'll be ready enough to talk to him.
"I'm almost at the pick up. I will call you when I have all the kids" Jude said
"Okay" I said
Our call ended and I looked at the paper. I started pressing buttons on my phone. What the hell am I doing?!
"Hello?" His voice answered
"5314 Hayvenhurst road. Right now" I said
I ended the call, regretting what I had just done. 20 minutes later, my doorbell rang. I opened it and he walked in.
"Hi" he said
"9 years ago. You owe me an explanation" I said
"I'm so sorry about what I did" he said
"Your sorry doesn't amount to what you did to me. You got me pregnant, leave me, and never call again. I gave birth to a set of twins, boy and a girl. They look exactly like you but will never know you even existed because I don't want you in their lives. Get out" I said
"Normani, I didn't want to leave you! My manager told I would either have to cancel the tour and never sing again or chase you. He knew I would pick you so he tricked me into making that stop because he knew you would get off the bus. When I got back on, we pulled off and I never seen you again" he said
"You could've called. I waited for you to call hoping you cared about me or the kids you helped create. No excuse can heal that pain" I said
"I know. I'm not excusing anything I did to you" he said
"You made me leave my only source of income to come follow around the city and when things got tough, you decided my children were better off with just me. Did you know we were forced to live in poor conditions because my job wouldn't allow me back and the new job I had sucked? No. You didn't know because you pushed that thought of me and your kids so far back" I said as I punched him
He grabbed my wrist to stop me.
"Normani, I just want to be there. I know what I did was horrible and I'm so sorry for it all. I wanted to be a father, but I didn't know how so I just never attempted to try. I'm so so so sorry for it all. Please, let me be there. I promise I won't run, or miss any calls, Miss any milestones, any birthdays, any holidays, anything" he said
"I don't forgive you because you left that pain there too long. It's going to take me time to forgive you for what you did to me" I said
"I can accept that. I just want to help you with the twins" he said
Before I could speak, my twins cane running in. He quickly let me go.
"Mom!!" They hugged me
"Hey, babies!" I smiled
They pulled away and immediately and turned to give him their death glare.
"Who's he?" My princess, Gia, asked
"Yea. And why is he so close? Do you want to get beat up, Buddy?" Graham asked him
"Graham" I said
"You tell him, Graham!" Jude cheered from the door
"I'm Austin" he said
"Graham, Gia, that is your father" I said
"This is the guy?" Gia asked
"Tell me this isn't the guy. You know what I'll do if this is the guy" my son said
"Graham" I said
"He's really the guy?" He asked
"He's the guy, Graham. Look at his left arm" Gia said
They all put their arms out and showed their identical birthmarks.
"I am the guy. I'm sorry I wasn't there" he said
"Graham hates you and Gia hates you" Graham said
"My mom is my dad too. She didn't leave us and she never will" Gia said
"I'm sorry you guys feel that way. I didn't mean to hurt any of you the way I did. I wanted to be a father but I also didn't want to ruin your lives. I hope you both allow me to be there now because I actually won't stop coming around until you do" he said
"You're going on child support, sir" Graham said
"That just means I'll have to get a few more jobs to pay it" he bent down to Graham's level
"Where did you meet my mom?" Gia asked
"Well, I used to be a singer. I met her when I performed at the place she worked at. I convinced her to come on tour with me" he said
"I don't like him, mom" Graham said
"Neither do I, mommy. Make him go away" Gia said
"Go upstairs, kids. Let me talk to your father" I said
My twins went up to their rooms.
"We'll just go. Let's go, Judah" Jude left
"Didn't picture it going that way" he said
"You can't expect them to welcome you with open arms. They know our story because I don't lie to my kids about anything" I said
"They hate me anyways so what's the point?" He asked
"Giving up already? You truly are Gia's twin" I said
"Well what do you want me to do, Normani? I can't force them to want me in their lives!" He said
"You fight for it! You let them know you are here for them and you are never gonna leave them. You show them you will love them no matter what! You give them what they never had, a father!" I yelled at him
"They hate me! How can I do any of that when they don't even want to look at me?!" He asked
"Gia does the same thing you're doing now. She gives up so easily because she doesn't want to fight for anything" I said
"Whatever" He said
He left my home.
*this will be three parts lmao*
