Open to possibilities pt. 2

Chapter 48

Hi guys! I'm super sorry,it took me forever to release this chapter but I've been super busy these days with school. I'm just one exam away from my medical degree and I'm freaking out XD.
I decided to take a different road for this chapter and talk about a very difficult and important subject. I want to write about a beautiful journey of healing and growth. I want to show that, at the end of the day,there will always be a light worthy of fighting for.
I love you all💕

Amelia POV

Two weeks ago we came back from LA. We came back with Shay, which was a big surprise to all the family. Shay started to interact more with Cleo, even though she is still freaked out about her crying because she claims to be unable to understand what her daughter needs. Leo, on the other hand, never misses a chance to remind her how mean she was with us and that she is back at home just because of me.
"Leo...stop" I say to him
"STOP WHAT,MOM?! She left and now I'm supposed to act like nothing has happened?!" He answers angrily "I have a daughter, okay! I started to take care of her since day one while she was on a plane to LA" he continues looking at Shay
"Go take a walk with dad" I order him
"Oh right! Because apparently you are playing on her team"
"I'm playing on my grandchild's team" I say firmly "and it's in her best interest to have both of her parents here"
"Wait until she finds something more exciting" he says walking away leaving me with a crying Shay
"He is right" she states "I don't deserve you or her or anything! How could someone forgive me?"
"I did" I say "but I do think that what you did was very wrong. You should have talked to me"
"Amelia...really?! And saying you what? Hey Amelia,I'm pregnant with your son's child and I really don't want to have anything to do with it? I was supposed to tell you this...Tell this to a woman who risked her life for her kids?!"
"I'm a doctor and I've seen this too during my career. I knew how to help you but you closed me outside. Why Shay?" I ask her gently
"I told you. You kept telling me how magical having a baby is and how that baby turns out to be the best thing you could have asked for. I saw you while you were telling me this and it was painful seeing your eyes sparkle at those memories and me being unable to feel a connection. I want what you have with them because God, it seems so rewarding and sweet and healing and..."
"What's matter is that you are here now,with her...she is much happier since you've been home,which is a good thing"

"Amelia...you have to be softer with Leo" Link points out while we are in bed
"He is acting like an ass with her! Softer?! Why? He has to be more comprehensive"
"Can't you really see why he is so upset?" He asks me
"She left without a single word. She left a child."
"I know but it's not okay to live into a house full of anger! This is not healthy for the kids!" I state
"You are forcing this thing" he says simply
"Forcing what?"
"The fact that we have to play the happy family while we are broken in many ways! Healthy for the kids? Is it healthy for Cleo having her father hating on her mother and viceversa?"
"So is it my fault?" I ask hardly
"I'm saying, you are not on our son's team...which is a thing that he doesn't like and so am I"
"I'm trying to make my son grow up like a man with responsibilities" I reply
"No,you are trying to force him to be with someone he doesn't want anymore and you are trying to force a mother to be with her kid even though she doesn't want that too. This is not going to end well and you know that!" He says raising his voice
"You know what? I'm tired! I want to sleep" I say turning my back to him
"You are running from the conversation...like you always do" he says angrily
His words hurt me deeply "running?! I am running like I always do? When did I run in the past 15 years? WHEN?"
"You run before...many times! You run from LA, you run from Owen..." he points out
"We are not doing this!" I say with tears pooling into my eyes "I run from LA,it's true okay? Apparently you forgot the pain that I lived when I was there...oh right, because I like running from things! You left medicine after a bad outcome! How do you call that?" I ask him
"Amelia,stop! I'm too tired to fight, I could say things I might regret...so, we'll talk about it another time. I just say: be careful with what you do. Shay is not stable and you know that. You are very careful to not leave her alone with Cleo, am I wrong?". He is right but I'm too offended to pay attention to him.
"Shut up" I whisper "I want to sleep".