My Dad's Best Friend●●Wattys 2021

18

Jo's POV
September 2013
Abbotsford BC

"Hey babe, where's the diaper bag?" I ask Ryan as I feel the baby move in my tummy.

"Check the closet in the nursery. If it's not there, it's in ours." He says and I find it in the closet.

I take it out and sigh as I grab the stuff from the crib that we're taking to the hospital in a few weeks.

I'm 33 weeks now, so not much further to go until I get to hold my baby.

I smile as I see the dress that I came home in and set it in the bag as I put diapers and some wipes in there as well.

I also put some womanly things, like disposable underwear as I won't be wearing damned pads for six weeks, and a few other toiletries that are necessary.

As I zip the bag up, Ryan comes in and helps me up off the floor and our daughter starts to move again and I smile as I rub my belly.

"Your Dad called and asked if we can go to a restaurant to talk about everything with him and Avril tonight. I said I'd ask you." He says as he holds my hand, my engagement ring sparkling in the fluorescent light of the nursery.

"We can go, but the first time she starts to jump down my throat for ruining her wedding again I'm walking out." I say and he nods.

"And I'll be right behind you. If anyone ruined that shit show of a wedding, it was herself." Ryan says as he hugs me.

I decide to get dressed for tonight and decide to wear a summer dress since it's oddly warm in Canada today.

"You look beautiful baby. You ready?" Ryan asks as we both head out of the house and I sigh as I get in the passenger seat.

We drive to Max and Mina's, a small Italian restaurant in downtown Abbotsford.

We get out and head inside, Ryan's hand on my lower back as we walk in.

I see Dad and Avril sitting at the booth in a corner and we both walk over to them and sit in the booth.

"Hey guys." I say softly as I pick up a menu and see that they still have Deep Fried Cauliflower on there and decide to get an order of that as my starter. I decide to go with the Black Angus burger with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and ketchup. It comes with an order of fries or onion rings or a mix of both. I go for the mix.

We place our orders and I get my Pepsi and I sip on it as I scroll through Facebook on my cell.

"So, we wanted you guys to come here so we can get past the issues at the wedding." Dad says and I sigh as I turn my cell off.

"What about it? The fact that Avril purposely lied about being pregnant to hurt me, or the fact that you didn't even defend me?" I ask dad and he sighs.

"Josephine, I don't know why I did what I did. I don't, seriously. I was jealous that t your relationship with Ryan was so perfect and I was blinded by it. I felt like the only way to get past my jealousy was to hurt you and I realize that I was wrong for doing that." Avril says and I scoff.

"You can drop the act. I found this under the couch at Dad's when I was dog sitting for you guys the other weekend." I say as I put a bill for an abortion on the table. Dad takes them and he sighs.

"Jo, I knew she aborted the baby. I didn't know where this fucking went, but we mutually decided to abort the baby when the NIPT test showed Down Syndrome." Dad says and I look down.

"But you both still said she was pregnant, until Avril revealed it at the wedding." Ryan says and Dad sighs.

"We made the decision to keep it a secret as her family doesn't agree with an abortion." Dad says and I sigh.

"But you could have told me." I say and he nods as he looks down, but Avril gets pissed off.

"We don't have to tell you shit. Just like you won't tell us what the baby's gender is until your baby shower and blocked your father from your medical records." She says and I roll my eyes.

"It's a surprise for a reason Avril." I say and she glares at me.

"My wedding was ruined because of your pathetic attitude towards me. You still owe me a hell of an apology for that." She snarls out and I scoff as I stand up.

"I don't owe a LIAR shit. You have been nothing but a bitch to me since the day you discovered that Ryan and I were together! All because he's my dads best friend and he's older than me." I say as I go to pay for my food and Ryan comes with me and pays for the both of us and leaves.

We get home and I sigh as we sit down on the couch and I get a text from Avril on my phone.

AL: you are so petty that you can't fucking apologize to your dad and I for destroying our wedding or better yet apologize to your dad for being born. He didn't want you. Chelsie forced his hand into being a father. Don't come over here unless you're going to apologize. Don't expect us at your baby shower either.

I wipe away tears as I close my cell and put my phone beside me as Ryan comes over.

"Hey, don't listen to her ass. She's pissed that you won't bow down to her like your dad has. And if your dad doesn't have the fucking balls to come to his daughters baby shower next week, he's just as bad as Avril." Ryan says and I nod as I lay back against him.