"Do you think he'll try to find me?" I asked no one in particular. We've finally arrived at James' and Jennifer's apartment. They have moved out of the one that we use to live in. They now live in London.
"Why would he. He didn't want the baby. So no, I don't think he'll come looking for you." Jennifer ends sounding unsure.
"Shit! I need to find that phone with that message on. It will be prove against him for when and if he decides to ask for custody or something." I say nervously. "Gosh! How did you not see him." I ask Jennifer again.
"I'm sorry, I was excited to see you guys. And I didn't look around. Besides, what were the odds of him being there at the same time as you." She apologized again. "Are you even sure it was him."
"Of course it was him. I would recognize that voice anywhere. And I would know his face amongst thousands of people." I say.
"You were really in love with him." Jennifer says after my outburst.
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A day passes. And I start to relax. Jennifer and I are discussing some wedding details. Shawn is walking around the apartment with the help of the furniture. We had made the whole place baby proof, but it's still hard to focus on the wedding planning, because he's a very busy kid. And he is now learning to walk.
I'm watching him when he suddenly tries to let go of the chair he was holding on to. He looks at me when he finally does it and I have to keep myself from jumping up and down. "Come on baby." I motivated him. But there's a knock at the door at the same time Shawn tries to take his first step on his own. I let out a sigh when Shawn falls on his butt at the sound.
Jennifer laughingly gets up to answer the door. "Give him time. He is practicing for the wedding. If he can walk by then, then I'll make him our ring barrier."
I snort at that. "He'll probably eat your rings instead." I let out a shout when Shawn unsteadily let's go of the couch that was steadying him. "Shawn!" I said running to him.
"You son of a bitch!" I suddenly heared Jennifer say at the door.
I pick Shawn up after he managed to fall on his behind again. And then turn around to look at the door. Where Austin Ames is currently standing. Looking like he could murder anyone with his bare hands.
I don't say anything when Jennifer looks at me. I don't know what to do. He is just staring at me and Shawn. Then he took a step forward and into the apartment.
"You are not welcome here." Jennifer forced out.
He gives her one look. "Try and stop me." He said in a voice laced with anger.
I can see things are about to get ugly when Jennifer steps forward to him. "What are you going to do. Beat me, you asshole. I won't even be surprised." She said looking like she's ready to beat him with her tiny fist. That's when I finally decide to step in.
"Jennifer." I called her. "Jennifer. Take Shawn for me." I said. I need Shawn to not be here and for Jennifer not to beat him up. Which I'm sure she will definitely try to do if she's not stopped.
She gives him one more murderous look before walking to me and taking Shawn in her arms. She then goes into my bedroom. I wait for the bedroom door to close before I slowly turn to look at him.
I look in his eyes and find a hard man eyes looking back at me. His physical appearance is exactly the same. Except for his black hair that styled different. Now instead of almost falling in his eyes, it's way shorter and gelled to keep in place.
"What are you doing here?" I asked calmly. Surprising myself. There's no tremor in my voice.
My question makes him look at me like I asked him the stupidest question on earth.
"What the hell do you mean what am I doing here. I saw you have a child that looks exactly like me. Did you really think I would just let it go like that? Did you really think that I wouldn't track you down and find out why you have a child that looks exactly like me." He forced the words out, his blue eyes burning with hot anger. Making me involuntary take a step back even further away from him.
"You have no right to know about my son." Was all I could say, because the next moment he is standing right in front of me. Menacingly waiting for me to say something else that he apparently doesn't want to hear.
My mouth goes open to say something, but I'm stopped. "I have - had every right to know about the child that is obviously mine." He said. And then his eyes went ice cold. "I want to have every right to my son and so help me God, I will have that. And you know how." He paused as if waiting for me to know what he's about to say next. "
You'll marry me. And you'll do it without a fuss." He takes another step closer to me. "Otherwise I'll do everything in my power to take my child away from you. And you know I have the power to do it."
