"Amelia"
He says.
I just stand frozen he looks like the man in the picture I have at home. I just met my father and don't know what to do.
"Toby!"
"Emily!" he said and Mrs. Fields ran into his arms. Was she crying?
"She found you"
The man looks at me. I get this familiar feeling. He hugs me and I hug back. I feel so emotional I start crying.
"I missed so much," he says.
"then you shouldn't have left," I say angrily.
"I never wanted to" he cries.
"Why did you?" I ask him.
"I can't say out here," he says. I suddenly hear a baby cry. "Uh- oh. Let's go inside." says
He walks over to the wooden crib and picks up a baby. A jealous feeling comes over me.
"oh my God, is it" Mrs. Fields is in awe. "Amelia's little brother," he says handing me the baby boy. He smiles at me. He's so adorable. We have the same blue eyes, and smile.
"What's his name?" I asked him
"Dylan Cavanaugh" My father tells me.
I hold him tight and close to me, I kiss his cheek and he giggles.
"How old is he?" I ask.
"8 months" He told me. "Da-Da" Dylan sticks his hands out to our dad. He takes Dylan out my arms.
"I wasn't expecting to have a Half-brother" I say out loud.
"You have half-brother?" Toby asks surprised. I look at Dylan as he babbles.
"Amelia, Dylan is your brother"
"You now where mom is?" I ask.
"I did"
"Where is she!?"
"Amelia. Me and your mother have been running for the last 10 years!"
"Why!?"
"Sit down" I obey him. After all He is my father.
"Before you were born, during high school Me and your mother were dating, and I needed money, I was carpenter didn't last long. couple months later a guy offered me a job I was desperate I took it. I didn't know that I started working for a gangster. I didn't like what I did but I needed money. One day he visited me and he met Spencer, I didn't think It would harm her. But he visited her, flirted, sent her flowers and presents, introduced himself to your grandparents. but you can't buy your mothers heart is what I learned from that. She chose me, after all he did for her she chose me."
"Because she loves you" I told him in a duh voice.
"Yeah after she chose me, he didn't leave her alone. He started stalking her trying to make her love him"
"How does that make you runaway from your family?" I aske with anger in my voice.
"During senior year, he thought he could make her jealous by getting involved with one of her friends. It was supposed to be a meaningless night, yet that night something changed. He left, we thought we could finally start with our lives."
"He left and you still ran away!"
"I didn't want to. He came back to rosewood on your 3rd birthday. Someone called him back to town we don't know who. I thought he was gonna try to steal Spencer again. He didn't things got more dangerous, he thought if he killed he could have you and your mom all to himself. I couldn't call the police. The police worked for him."
"You were trying to survive? So you ran away, so he couldn't find you. But mom didn't have to leave"
"No she didn't. But knowing that making a wrong move he would find out where I was. After a year I didn't share my location with her. I visited both of you on your 4th birthday, I couldn't leave I missed a whole year of my little girl" I see the tears in his eyes.
"Da-Da! Da-Da!" Dylan starts crying.
"I think he's hungry or needs a diaper change" He got up going to the kitchen.
"Can I help?" Mrs. Fields offers.
"Hold him" He says. "Aunt Emily wants to make you fly" Toby said in his baby voice.
Emily held Dylan as Toby prepared his bottle. Dylan fell asleep after he finished his milk.
"My mother?"
"I told her not to leave" he laid Dylan in his crib. "Yet he managed to get a divorce paper for her. Spencer managed to leave that day before he forced her to divorce me. You're safe with your grandparents"
"Yet in your time you've extended our family and I didn't know!"
"I didn't know I had a son 3 months ago! I missed his birth first word, first laugh, first steps. I missed that and I don't know what your mother is going to miss now!"
"where do you think she is?" I ask calmy
"Philly or Main, I'm not sure"
"well let's look for her"
"No! You're not getting involved!"
"I'm already involved since you left me"
I never thought I would meet my father. Now that I know where he lives and that I have a brother who I need to protect. I'm going to find out who this person is and find my mother.
I walk inside the brew and order my black coffee as usual.
"it will be $5.50" the cashier tells me.
"I only have 5 dollars," I say "No, worries I got it" A guy with an accent gives the cashier 50 cents.
"Um, thank you," I say. "It was nothing, you look familiar, let me guess Hastings?" He says
"sort of," I tell him. "My mom is a Hastings, I have my fathers last name"
"Good, because the only Hastings I know is the sister's Melissa and Spencer"
"you know them. How?" I ask curiously
"I sort if dated one of them," He tells me. "it was a nice meeting, but I have to get back to work goodbye"
"bye"
British guy is on my list just as any ex of my mom.
"She's looking for her"
"She hasn't figured who's responsible has she?"
"No, but she found me"
"she doesn't want her involved"
"let me see her"
