Laney
5 years laterMy palms sweat as I grip the starring wheel harder somehow I am nervous I don't know why I haven't been here for years I calm my breathing I will be fine he's not here.I get out of my car I walk the stairs of the Milton residence I am here for my father nothing else he's sick I am here for him.The doors open Juan stands there "Miss Laney welcome back " I walk in "since when do you call me Miss Laney " I smack him at the back Juan is the house manager around here i forgot how rich these people are "is anyone home " before he can reply Melissa walks in."Laney "she plasters a fake smile "Melissa " you look good I haven't seen you in forever you cut your hair " Yeah " I have been rocking a pixie cut for years Harley berry has nothing on me just saying " come to the living room everyone is there " I raise my eyebrow who the fuck is everyone.I walk in the large living room Cody and Emily run to hug me I haven't seen them in five years but I call them almost everyday they both tackle me I look at Cody who's already my height at fourteen he's 5'2 or taller "look at you" he smiles I kiss Emily in the cheek while I rifle Cody's hair."No hug for me Big sister " I freeze my blood runs cold I thought he wouldn't be home she lied to me I glare at Melissa but I turn around I look I see him he's nor longer a boy he's a man he's wearing a suits now ,the one he has hug his muscle frame he's bigger now his dark hair is trimmed parted looking like a business man he's nor longer wearing glasses as I see his eyes."Zach I didn't know you will be here " of course i will be here I had to cut my business trip short when I heard Dad's diagnosis " okay" a pretty woman steps in front of him I recognise her " Laney you remember me I am Stacey I am Zach's Fiancee " oh wow yeah it's been a while " "that's fantastic you sure you can't do better"I say with a fake smile, she just smiles back at me confused.Melissa clears her throat as Zach looks at me takes me in from head to toe "come kids Mona has prepared lunch " we all go to the patio where Mona has prepared lunch I still feel Zach's eyes on me.We sit we eat while we discuss Dad stage three colon cancer he's currently in hospital Melissa didn't want to take care of him claiming she didn't want the kids to see him like that knowing Melissa she's probably fucking the pool boy already."Are you staying in the house Laney ?" Cody asks me " uhmm no I already got a hotel" he looks down sad "I can stay if you want me here we can watch movies and catch up right Emily " she looks down "what is it ?" I thought you were bringing Blake " I choke on my juice spitting it out I recover enough to reply here "well I will bring him Dad wants to see him so I will go get him " she beams " I forgot you had a son " Zach's says "how old is he ?" I decide not to reply it because I don't want lie I kept Blake a secret for a long time before I could tell my Dad and siblings he was already three I don't have pictures of him on my social media accounts."Tomorrow you will meet him , he's with Alison he was tired from the drive so I dropped him off there " Melissa glares at me she thinks he's three his father is some basketball player I was dating which is lie Blake's is almost four and his father is sitting opposite the table looking at me with the same eyes as Blake.LANEYBlake clutches my hand as we walk in the Hospital he knows about Papa how sick he is my father didn't understand why I left town.Melissa said we should not tell my father what her son did ,that it will kill him she offered me money or Jail she said she will say I was the instigator of the sexual relationship with her son bitch."Mommy are we going to be long Aunt Alison wanted to take me to the to the park " I thought you wanted to meet Papa and my siblings " I do I just prefer the park " I smile "okay after we done we will go to the park "I have to face them sooner or later we walk to my father's ward he's sitting in his bed with my baby sister in his arms while my youngest brother is on his phone Melissa is sitting besides him clutching his hand smiling up at him and Zach is sitting on the couch next to my baby brother.When I walk in with Blake clutching my hand all eyes turn on me then on Blake then me again then Blake Melissa's smile disappears as she glares my son "My f
LANEY"Can I talk to you Laney ?" Melissa says her voice laced with venom " sure " we leave Dad and Zach talking she's beet red at this point."You bitch what is this ?huh you want to destroy the life Zach has built" she raises her voice at me the nerve of this bitch "you must be high thinking you can talk to me like that I have no problem in reigning you in Melissa!!" Her eyes widen I am not that girl anymore.She takes a breath "you know all I did was to protect this family your father "oh please you did it to protect Zach "he was a child " I roll my eyes "is this what you wanted to talk to me about your psychopathic son who should be in jail " I just....I want....I guess I..." It's not the time or the place to address this but I am here for my father nothing else I wanted my son to meet his grandfather as soon as Dad's okay I am moving back where I came from you will never see us again "oh I don't think Zach will agree " I don't fucken care what Zach thinks "with that I leave her s
LANEY"Talk " i say as I stand my ground trying not to show the fear that I am feeling at the moment he was unpredictable I didn't know what he's going to do ."So you had a baby after leaving me in the middle of the night " I try so hard not to laugh at the ridiculous statement "Are you serious? Did you just ask me that after you savagely attacked me that night" he steps closer to me his hand going up my face trying to touch me. I step back frantically looking around to see who's near."I didn't mean to hurt you I swear ,I just lost control but I can assure you i got help I am not a danger to you Laney I just want to talk ,you and I are parents I just..." He sighs stepping back putting his hands in his sweatpants pockets " I know I can never make up to what I did to you ,I can say sorry it will never change what happened I am really sorry ".He seems sincere but can I really believe he's changed can I really be around him after what he put me through. I move to sit down in the couch
ZACHAs I walk in my room I try to control the anger I have towards Laney after all these years she has finally comes back ,after she left without a goodbye a text nothing she never once called me but I will always hear she will be calling our siblings.I miss her so much it's hard for me not match in her room and take her where she stands ,she looks beautiful I never understood why she refuses to admit these feelings we have between us but if I want to keep her I have to go about a different way than last time.She and I have a son if she thinks she's going to walk out of this house with my child after she hid him from me she's in for a big surprise if i have to chain her in the basement I will. My phone rings as I see it's Stacey I have to break up with her Laney is back I am sure she's not going to appreciate the relationship between me and Stacey especially if we want to fix things between us."Yes" I answer my phone " babe I have been trying to call you since morning you okay? "
ZACHThe next morning I am eating breakfast , waiting for Blake and Laney to come down when my lovely mother walks in ,in one of her designer suit." Zach I just got off the phone with Stacey she tells me you didn't call her back about meeting the wedding planner today." I put my coffee down " Good Morning to you too mother " Zach you know how important this union between the two you is ,the power that will come from this union " for God's sake mom it's not even ten am in the morning ,I just found out I have son I am little shocked here"." Don't remind me of your mutt ,have you thought of the scandal that this will bring if it gets out ,I hope you not planning to tell Stacey , Laney and her mutt will leave once Richard is back then everything goes back to normal" for a few seconds I see red ,my vision blurs from the anger rising inside of me.I move so close to my mother calm as I look at her beautiful blue eyes " Mother if you ever call my son a mutt again ,you not going to like m
LANEYThe next morning i spend it in hospital with my Dad he looks better he's even walking unassisted. "Looks like you looking better " The chemo is working so the Dr says " I smile "you should listen to them Dad , don't you want to go back to Melissa " he winces like I slapped him or something." Actually Melissa and I were getting a divorce before my diagnosis " what ? I didn't know that I thought you love her " I do but we have grown apart in the last couple of years now with Blake in the picture I know it's not going to be pretty " My son and I will be leaving once you back on your feet and how come I didn't know you two were having problems " it's not important okay " alright" I let it go.I went back to house to prepare for the suppose "Lunch" a part of me is terrified of Zach but for my son I will do this he has another thing coming if he thinks I am letting him be a father to our son I can't just forget. The town car came to pick us up my bundle of joy was jumping up and dow
Zach I made sure all my meetings were reschedule just to have lunch with Laney and our son i still can't accept I have a son with Laney I always thought she was the sun that peeks through the dark clouds in a rainy day.She's always been kind, intelligent and considerate not like my mother who always wanted to mould me to something never caring how I felt ,as they make their way to me I can't help but smile Laney is wearing black jeans and a Black mortal combat t shirt with black combat heel boots she's still short even in her heels.Blake is in jeans and white t shirt with matching white sneakers he runs up to me his wild hair is everywhere I kneel down to meet him picking him up in my arms "Hi Buddy " Hi Zach Mommy says she's going to buy me a car" excuse me I said when you turned sixteen "Laney objects shaking her head " well you can have anything you want ,your dad has money " I tell him Laney shoots daggers at me.His eyes sparkle "Really,mommy I have a ..." I thought we were h
MELISSAI did follow my son to this so called lunch with Laney they holding hands like it's acceptable. This is a problem we can't afford Zach marrying Stacey will cement the power we already have Richard's busted daughter and her mutt can go to hell for all I care.I know if I want to get my way I have to play it smart one thing for sure I need to get Laney and that thing out of the way "George drive me to the hospital" Yes Mam".When we get to there I find Richard flirting away with the nurse they so deep in conversation they don't even notice that I am in the room. "Richard I see you all better and back to your perverse ways " they both snap their heads in my direction "Mrs Milton" Get out you slut before I have you fired if I ever catch you flirting with my husband again you won't even get a job as a toilet cleaner " she rushes out "Honey was that necessary " Save it I am here to talk about our kids " what about our kids ?" You can't tell me you fine with all of this " there is n