Chapter 12
AIDEN
I pushed the door open and walked in. The smell of fresh baked pastries and breads filled my nostrils. It reminded me of all the times when I used to visit local bakeries with Cillian. As a kid, he always drooled over confectionaries and baked stuff.
My eyes went to the ladies behind the counter. Freya, She was beautiful. She always was. Her face looked luminous under sunlight through the large glass wall falling on her face. That’s how bad she had me hooked on her. Pathetic.
She said something along the lines of “They look delicious” while setting down a tray of brownies. The elderly woman who a conversation with Freya, noticed me. She elbowed Freya in the side and jerked her head towards me.
Freya’s smile faded fast and that irked me. I walked up to there.
“So are you going to be a regular here now?”
I think so.
“We need to talk” The words came out clipped. “Where should we sit?”
was till now co
now engaged in
If I had called her and asked to meet at any other place, chances were she wouldn’t come. Given little Cinderella’s reputation, she’s always running away. Figured this could be the best possible tolution
She cast a glance at the lady beside her before taking off the apron. I followed her to a table in a little secluded corner of the bakery, like she was sure that whatever this was about, it could do with a liule privacy.
“So what do you want to talk about?” Freya asked, assessing me with a cautious gaze as if I was about to drop something huge on her. Well the conversation pending wasn’t going to be that pleasant either.
“Gia is mine, isn’t she?” I asked and saw her stare dumbly at me for a few complete seconds.
“W–What?” She stammered
“Gia. She is mine.”
She swallowed hard before shaking her head in negative. “No! No. You are mistaken.”
Could she be any more obvious? A child could look at her and tell she was lying. She was breaking out in sweat in this perfectly chilled place.
I tilted my head to the side in careful evaluation.
“Stop lying. Love”
“Look, I don’t know what you are talking about. But I’ll have to ask you to leave, right now.” Freya sprang up from her seat, most possibly waiting for me to take the hint and leave her alone with her little lies. She looked on the verge of a panic attack. Rapid shallow breaths, fingers shaking. What the fuck was that scary?
I leaned back in my seat and looked her straight in the eyes.
“Sit down.”
T-
“You heard me. Freya. Sit Down”
Hesitantly, she sat down but avoided my eyes. Her fingernails were digging into her palm with how hard she was clenched her fists.
Any good man would leave her alone for the time being, come back later. But here’s the thing. I never claimed to be a good man. Six years was long enough, I refused to wait any longer. Besides I didn’t trust Ms. Cinderella here to not run again. I could track her down but I wanted my answers,
“You don’t know what I’m talking about! Funny. Because one look and anyone random could tell
Itell Gia is my daughter.”
Freya glanced up. “Just because she looks like
“Christ! Just admit it!” My voice was low, edged with harshness, Her arguments sounded pointless and my patience was hanging by a loose thread. It was never a strong pursuit of mine in the first place.
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“Or how about a paternity test?” That was ultimate. Without her consent I couldn’t get a paternity test and the last thing I wanted was to drag this to the coun. I sincerely hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
“Why do you care?”
“Excuse me?” I blinked, incredulously. Did she seriously just ask thath
Freya’s brow dipped in visible distress. “Why do you care that you have a child from a random hookup!”
To her this was just a random hookup while she had been the only thing I had thought about in these last six years. Fucking irony of the situation!
I didn’t know how to answer that without giving her a heart attack. How do you explain to someone that you have spent years obsessing over them? And I didn’t even know her name. If I told Freya this, she was going to lose it
“I should be the one asking questions. Love.” Fucking smooth.
“Why?” She blinked at my question,
“I asked something. Why did you keep my child from me?”
She opened and closed her mouth a few times but no answer came out. Finally after a good few seconds I heard a small mumble. I’m sorry.”
“I need a reason. A good one.”
“1-1 thought that you could claim full custody of Gla
I waited for her. There must have been more to it. I mean that probably couldn’t be the only reason behind such a big decision such as hiding the identity of a child’s father.
1 loosened the tie around
my
my neck. “You
“You thought! That doesn’t sound like a good reason.”
“Well, you could if you wanted to, couldn’t you?”
“I wouldn’t have wanted to I grined every word out with enough stress to get it through. I was offended alone by the fact that she thought I could snatch a newborn from her mother.
I admit I wasn’t trying for a kid at the moment. But I always knew I wanted kids someday. And when I would have kids, I wanted to be there every step of the way, not be absent whenever they needed me, not like my parents anyway
But Freya took that away. She took away that choice, that liberty and now she had the fucking audacity to paint me as the potential bad guy. “I didn’t know that and I didn’t want to take the risk!” She snapped back like that was supposed to make complete sense. I was going to lose my damn mind!
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“I should be the one asking questions, Love Fucking smooth.
“Why?” She blinked at my question
asked something. Why did you keep my child from me?”
She opened and closed her mouth a few times but no answer came out. Finally after a good few seconds I heard a small mumble. “I’m sorry.”
“I need a reason. A good one.”
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But Freya took that away. She took away that choice,
“I didn’t know that and I didn’t want to take the risk!” She snapped back like that was supposed to make complete sense. I was going to lose my damn mind!
