10 Guess Who’s back?
(Winona)
It’s the day of the party. Boy, the week just flew past. I don’t think I’ve ever worked that hard, but I achieved what I wanted. I also didn’t have to lock horns with Jayden much and I never saw Ashlyn or his mother Judy in that time.
All in all, it’s been a good week and the past hasn’t come back to haunt me as much as I thought it would. Maybe this will all be fine, after all. But then there’s Abby that no one knows about except Ashlyn, and she can’t have told Judy or Jayden yet as they would be all over me about it. I wonder why?
I can’t keep her a secret for much longer and I still haven’t been able to talk to Phillip about the solution.
To be honest there is no permanent solution once they all see her because she looks like her father so much and short of dying her hair and using colored contact lenses, the truth will come out eventually. If I can just determine when that will be it will help keep Abby out of any drama. 1
Ideally, I’d like for Jayden to remember something about us, or to at least have warmed to me a little as a person and colleague before the subject of his child comes up.
I’m very nervous about this party tonight. I’ve been outside in my car for half an hour waiting for Phillip
because I don’t want to walk in there alone. But Philip just texted me that he was running a bit late, and I should just go in without him.
Just my luck, but I can do this. I need to keep my story straight and not give any of my old friends any reason to suspect anything about having Jayden’s baby, I don’t even need to mention having a child.
I hadn’t seen Lisa since I’d left before Abby was born, and I hadn’t told her I was back yet. We kind of stopped contacting each other when I went back to my home city. It was easier for me that way because keeping Abby a secret from my best friend has been very hard.
But I have missed Lisa and I am looking forward to seeing her again. I hope she feels the same. Maybe she’s been just as relieved to take a break from all the drama after I woke from the coma.
I’d questioned her constantly about the night Jayden and I conceived Abby. She had been with us most of the evening. I begged her to stay as I was so nervous.
But Lance turned up and something happened betweed her and Lance and she left in tears.
Later she came back after Lance had left but she was very quiet. I thought she’d just had way too much to drink. We all had at that stage.
She’d never tell me what she and Lance argued about, and said she couldn’t really remember anything as she’d had tequila shots. Lisa was by my side every day I was in the coma. She helped me get back on my feet, literally, as I had to learn how to do everything again.
I was just glad I had her by my side and that I hadn’t lost my memories. But a year is a long time to be away from everything. Some parts, around the time of the accident were still fuzzy but the doctors said that’s normal.
We all grew up a lot after the car crashed and the inseparable foursome that we were changed for good. Jayden’s memory hadn’t come back. He didn’t love me anymore and I’d had to accept that. He and Ashlyn are getting married and I’ve accepted that.
Apart from that one night we’d conceived Abby, when I was trying to help h
remember us and what we had, he’d never come close to believing me over his mother. I never suspected I’d ever get pregnant. The doctors said it was less than a one percent chance with my condition.
Abby is a miracle baby and there’s no way I was giving her up because I may never get this chance again. So, he can have his perfect life with his mother and Ashlyn. We all had to get on with our very different
lives.
But I always had that nagging question on how those drugs got Into Jayden’s system. I probably should have known something was up because he was suddenly very affectionate.
I’d asked Lisa a million times if she’d seen anything strange that night.
I take a deep breath. I’m already letting this all get to me, and I haven’t even gone in and seen anyone yet. Facing my fears is something I’ve gotten good at, so here goes. Perhaps this will be like the rest of the week, and nothing will happen.
The very first person I see on my way into the ballroom is Lance. He’s very surprised to see me, so I guess Jayden never bothered to tell him I was back.
“It’s nice to see you, Lance. Three years it’s been. I sort of… work here now actually. I’m a digital marketing consultant for Brennan Industries. I thought Jayden would have let you know we’d reconnected for business.”
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