One More Chance (Part 2)(39)
“Thank you,” she says as she stands up and follows Spence out the door.
I grab my cell phone, deciding to call Liam myself to see if he’ll answer.
“Hey, is everything alright?” he asks worriedly.
“I should be asking you the same thing,” I retort.
“What?” he says sounding winded.
“Your fiancé and best friend just left here. They can’t find you. Where are you?”
“I went for a run,” he says quickly, “Is everything okay, you aren’t in labor or anything are you?”
“No, I’m just calling to see if you’re alive and well.”
“I’m fine. Are they still there?”
“No, they went back to Spence’s place in case you show up. You need to call them.”
“Yeah, I’ll do that now. Thanks,” he says before disconnecting the call. At least he’s okay.
Deciding I want to get out for a little while, I write Kenzie a note saying I’ll be back and I grab a water, my phone, and purse and head out the door. I get into my car and head for the highway, needing to be anywhere but at that house. I drive forty minutes until I make it to the small lake, my happy place in Michigan. I park the car and head towards the water. It’s a small lake; Liam brought me to when we started dating my sophomore year of college. We would come here to get away and enjoy the peace and quiet. Right now, that’s what I need.
“I don’t come to the lake as often as I’d like, mainly because of how I learned about this place, but I am going to bring you Lily. This will be our spot. You’ll love it here as much as me and your daddy do,” I say as I rub my belly, feeling her little kicks. “I can’t wait to meet you my little princess. I’ll show you how to swim in the lake and I’ll teach you how to ride a bike. I’ll teach you everything you need to know baby girl.”
“Hey,” Liam says shocking the hell out of me.
“Hey, what are you doing here?” I ask looking all around.
“Obviously thinking the same thing as you,” he says as he takes a seat beside me.
“Liam, there’s something I need to tell you,” I say feeling more and more nervous by the second.
“What?”
“Lily’s yours,” I whisper.
“Mine?” he says shocked, but not as surprised as I thought he would be.
“Please don’t hate me.”
“Why would I hate you?” he asks, piercing me with his sexy blue eyes.
“I’m not even sure how it happened.”
“I do,” he says surprising me.
“What?” I ask confused.
“I’m not dumb, that’s the whole reason I came up here today. I needed to think. When you told me you were pregnant I didn’t think much of it, but when you said how far along you were, it made me think.”
“Huh?”
“We had sex at the end of December.”
“Wait, you knew?” I ask, surprised at his admission.
He chuckles, “Yeah, I knew.”
“But you acted like you didn’t,” I snap.
“We were both kind of out of it; I wasn’t exactly sure if it happened or if I dreamt it.”
“That’s what I thought; until I found out I was pregnant,” I admit.
“Why didn’t you tell me when you found out?” he asks with a concerned look.
“You were happy; I didn’t want to ruin anything for you.”
“Were you ever going to tell me?”
“Yes.”
“When?” he asks looking kind of angry.
“I was trying to figure out a right time.”
“The right time would have been as soon as you found out you were pregnant, Hails.”
“I found out the night you told me you got engaged. That wasn’t really the right time Liam.”
“Fuck,” he says as he runs his hands through his hair.
“How do I come back and say oh hey, congrats on your engagement and oh yeah, you’re gonna be a daddy too?”
“You should have told me,” he says harshly.
“I know and I was going to.”
“When?” he asks frustrated.
“In the next few weeks.”
“Before or after she’s born?” he asks with an angry look.
“Before,” I say looking down to the ground again. “I’m sorry.”
“Me too.”
“You know Nina’s going to be pissed right?”
“She already is, because I cheated on her,” he says catching me off guard.
“Shit, God I’m so sorry,” I say apologetically.
“It’s not your fault.”
“She knows?”
“Yeah, I told her yesterday that I thought the baby might be mine. I told her what happened.”