“You’re right because I am in the picture, but Liam, you need to follow your heart. Does your heart say me or Haley?” she asks with tear filled eyes. “I can’t go living our lives together if I’m not the one you want to be with.”
I stop pacing and turn to look at her, “I’ve done a lot of thinking since finding out Lily’s mine. I love you Nina I do, but I need to see if Haley and I can work,” I say as I see the tears fall. “God, I’m so sorry. This isn’t fair to you,” I say as I pull her up into a hug.
“It’s better I know now, then after we were married,” she says through tears. “What’s going to happen now?”
“I’ll go and tell people the wedding’s off. You don’t have to stay, this is my fault, and I’ll deal with everyone.”
“I need to go,” she says as she rushes out of the room quickly.
“Fuck,” I say as I drop to the bed. “What the hell have I just done?”
Instead of trying to talk to anyone tonight since it’s late, I head to bed, making sure to set my alarm early, so I can fill everyone in.
Haley
Thursday’s here and I can’t sleep. I’ve lain in bed and it’s already 11:00 a.m. Knowing Liam’s getting married in two days ends my chances of ever truly having him again. It’s like I knew it was going to happen, but my heart didn’t want to believe it.
I get up and grab a bite to eat before getting a shower. I can’t sit in this house all day and dwell on what’s happening.
“Going somewhere?” Kenzie asks as I walk down the stairs.
“Yeah, I can’t stay here today.”
“Do you want company?”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll be back later,” I say before heading out.
Turning my phone off, I throw it in the center console, not wanting to be bothered today. I drive to the lake for a little quiet time.
Once I park the car, I get out and grab a blanket to sit on and also a bottle of water, because it’s already scorching hot today. I sit under the tree because it offers some shade and watch the water and the small ripples in it, not believing how my life is about to change.
Liam
“What’s going on?” Brody asks confused as he answers his hotel room door.
“The wedding’s off,” I state as I walk into his room.
“What? Why?” Quinn interjects out of nowhere.
“Did you know that Haley’s having my baby?” I ask the two of them. Neither one of them can look at me, “How the fuck could you not tell me?” I snap.
“She said she was going to tell you,” Brody says quickly.
“We wanted to tell you?” Quinn confesses
“You should have told me,” I say, glaring at Brody.
“It wasn’t our place to tell. She said she was going to tell you,” he says.
“Next time, don’t fucking lie to me about something as serious as that,” I holler.
“But you didn’t even remember having sex with her,” Quinn states.
“Yes I do,” I admit.
“What?” she asks with wide eyes.
“I know what happened that night. But stupid me, I believed you two when you told me she had a one-night stand and got pregnant. I only really thought about it last week and did the fucking math to realize you both fucking lied to me,” I seethe.
“It wasn’t our place to tell you. Hails said she would tell you and she planned to before Lily comes,” Quinn says softly.
“So you’re not marrying Nina because Haley’s having your child?” Brody asks.
“It’s more than just that.”
“You still love her,” Quinn says as a statement, not a question.
“Yeah I do and I need to know if we can make it work before I give up completely.”
“Oh my gosh, have you called her? She’s going to be so flipping excited,” Quinn squeals.
“Am I missing something?” I ask feeling lost.
“She’s still crazy in love with you,” Quinn says, like I should already know.
“No, she’s not,” I say.
“Wow, you really are stupid,” Brody states, while he shakes his head.
“She wouldn’t marry me,” I remind them.
“Because of all the bullshit that happened with me, Kenzie and you two; she thought you would come back, but you didn’t,” he says.
“You moved on instead,” Quinn chimes in.
“I was pissed.”
“We know, we all know, but you never came back to talk to her, you just left,” Brody states.
“It doesn’t matter anymore, what matters is that you aren’t getting married and that you are having a baby with Haley. You two can talk now,” Quinn says excitedly. “I’m going to call her and let her know the wedding’s off.”