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get better? It’s been going so well with Stacy the past
few weeks and now Johnathan has to go fucking it all up again. Like
always!
    I sit back from the bowl and wipe my mouth
with the hand towel lying on the countertop. I rest my back against
the white wall, bending down I cover my face and I bawl and I sob
and I weep. Emotions pouring out of me like a tidal wave. Why is
this happening? I don’t understand. I’m not a bad person! I’ve
never killed or raped or stabbed anyone. I’ve never even gotten a
damn speeding ticket. Yet, the man I hate to admit I have some
feelings for went and knocked up another woman. I saw her face in
the bar that night. It was the same face on the internet clip.
Short brown hair, petite, kind of like me except she is carrying
Johnathan’s baby and he is going to know about it! Oh god! Now I
really can’t tell him about these.
    I rub my tummy cradling it with my hands,
tears drenching my shirt over my chest.
    The door to the bathroom clicks open and
slowly James’s head peers around the corner.
    “Are you okay? I can hear you from the living
room.” He says nicely and comes in shutting the white door behind
him.
    I wipe my eyes. “No, I’m not okay.” I sob as
my hands tremble. “Where’s Stacy”
    I’m in so much pain. I thought the pain I’ve
been through before was bad. This is on a whole different level. I
can deal with the fact that Johnathan used me as a one-night stand.
I can sort of forgive him for that now. It hurts but he’s been
trying to prove me wrong. Plus I know he doesn’t know how to love
according to Stacy, so I can’t expect a lot out of such a broken
man. I’ve seen his nightmares, his drug addiction and sex
addiction. That’s why I’m so glad he’s in rehab to clean himself
up. I thought maybe in a few weeks after all the tour was done I
might be able to tell him about the babies. I might be able to be
honest and come clean. But now! How could I? I can’t do that. He’s
already going to have one baby that he’s going to have to take care
of. I can’t throw the other two into the mix even if I wanted.
First. He didn’t ask for them. Second. I can’t go through all that
pain again. Especially if he decides to do the horribly wrong thing
and try to date this baby’s mama. Fuck! What if he does?
    I can’t hide this belly forever. He’ll notice
eventually. Shit! If the time comes I’ll tell him they’re Stacy’s.
I’ll say I got pregnant when we were back in Indiana for the break.
That would make sense. The timings not off by that much. Plus Stacy
will go along with it just fine. That’s all I can do. Johnathan
mustn’t know.
    I rub my heart. Holy shit it hurts!
    “You’re going to be okay.” James reassures,
throwing his arm around my shoulder.
    Holy crap, he’s now on the floor sitting
right next to me. I must have zoned out again. Damnit!
    “No I’m not actually but I’ll try.” I sob out
weakly, my body shaking like a leaf.
    “Come here.” He says and somehow pulls me
from the floor into his lap in one quick motion. I lay my head
against his warm soft chest. It’s hard but has a little bit of
cushion. He’s like a giant extra-large teddy bear version of Taylor
Lautner. He rubs my hair and I wrap my arms around his thick torso.
Hugging him close. This feels so nice! I relax a bit, melting into
his arms.
    “It’s going to be okay Emily. You’re going to
be alright. That’s right, calm down.” He strokes my hair. Wow! He
just used my first name for the first time.
    Tilting my head up and he peers down at me
with those beautiful brownish eyes. “You just said my name.” I
smile.
    “I know this isn’t the time or the place to
be so formal. See, I’m flexible sometimes.” He states gently with a
smirk and presses my head back against his soft warm chest.
Soothing me.
    “You smell good.” I comment, my nose nestled
against his heat. Pressing my nose in harder I inhale him again. He
smells like baby powder, spicy aftershave