Risking Fate(94)

For the past week we had been putting a blue hat on Jax and a red one on Jake. Jax was sound asleep, but Jake was wide eyed, looking around while Ty kept talking. “You know, daddy wasn’t always the best guy. I didn’t always think with the right head, if you know what I mean.” He paused for a second and laughed at himself. “I guess you don’t know yet. One day I will teach you not to make the same mistakes that I made. Never think with your dick and always tell the truth. That is how you should always live your life.”

I put my hand over my mouth and tried to hold in my laughter. Ty was being serious and I was laughing at him, but the next thing he said stopped my laughter immediately.

“The hardest part is that she didn’t believe me. I told her the truth and she believed someone else instead. I’m never going to give up on her, but it’s so hard knowing she doubts me.”

I ducked away from the door and kept my hand over my mouth.

I could hear Ty sniffling as he continued to talk. “Daddy is trying so hard and if it wasn’t for you two, I think she would have left me by now. Knowing that hurts me so much. I promise I will keep trying. I won’t give up until I have her back completely. I promise.”

As the tears fell down my face, I ran into my bedroom. I was suddenly so confused. Did he know I was standing there? If he didn’t know then why would he be talking like that? Why would he say that he was telling the truth?

Oh God, what if he was telling the truth?

Even if I believed him, there were still the pictures, which meant if she did drug him, they still could have done all those things. It should have made me feel better because Ty really didn’t want to be with her, but it felt the same to me.

Seeing my husband eating another woman out was not something I would want any wife to see.

Van came in the room a little later with Christian. Noah had been calling her Chrissy and it seemed to be catching on. She was so cute with her one big dimple and her mouth full of teeth. I remember when Bella was that size and she was also so much fun to be around.

“You okay in here?”

I pulled my knees up to my chest as far as I could get them without being uncomfortable. “Yeah, I’m just really tired.”

“I saw you in the hallway earlier. You were crying and I didn’t want to interfere. I thought maybe you and Ty were fighting, but he said you were still sleeping.”

“Van, can I ask you something and get your honest opinion?”

She held onto her daughter’s hands as she tried to stand on my bed. “Of course.”

“Do you think Ty would cheat on me?”

“If you’re talking about the Heather thing you should know he told me. The answer is no. He hates Heather. There is no way he would do that. Besides, he is obsessed with you. He called me crying the night of your accident. I just knew he was telling me the truth.”

“You didn’t see the pictures. I know it happened.”

Van shook her head but paid close attention to her daughter. “I didn’t see the pictures.”

I don’t know what came over me, but I became so defensive that I went out into the living room and started searching for the pictures. I knew that Ty had been with me since the day I left him, so they had to still be somewhere in the house. Then it hit me. If Ty hadn’t put away the pictures, then my brother was the one to find them and put them away.

Van must have seen the look on my face. “What?”

“I think Conner knows what Ty did.”

Van started laughing. “Do you really think if your brother saw those pictures Ty would still be able to stand?”

“Hell no. Ty had to put them up.”

“Put what up?” I turned around to see my husband standing in the doorway with Jake. “Someone is hungry for a big melon.”

Van coughed when she heard what he said.

He brought the baby over to me and I got myself ready to feed him. As I was pulling my shirt down he asked again. “So, what did I put up?”

I felt bad even bringing it up, especially after what I had just heard. “It’s nothin’.”

He put his hands on his hips and waited for me to answer.

Van didn’t give me a chance. “I want to see the pictures.”

“Of the boys?” Obviously he was oblivious to what we were talking about.

“No, the other pictures.”

Ty frowned and looked over at me. “Oh, those.”

“Ty, I didn’t want to make you upset.” Van waited for him to answer.

“No, it’s fine, I just really didn’t want to ever look at them again. They’re buried in the woodstove. I’ll be right back.”

Van lifted up Christian and followed behind him. “Ty wait, I’ll just go with you and we can burn them together.