Page 56 of We Thought We Knew It All
I turned, meeting his sad eyes. Neither of us wanted to be there, in that moment.
“I brought a test.” His words were soft, almost scared. “I don’t want to do this.”
“I know.”
“But we should have done it a long time ago.”
I nodded my head in agreement.
“Whatever this test says,” he went on. “Jackson is my son. You can’t take that away from me.”
I hesitated before reaching out and taking his hand for the first time since our marriage blew up because that was what happened. One day we were fine, and the next the truth was out and everything was destroyed. I could still see Dylan playing with baby Jackson at the beach, truly happy.
“I wouldn’t do that,” I said.
“Isn’t that why you’re doing this?”
I released his hand, thinking of the events of the day before. “No, Dylan. I’m doing this because we all deserve to know. That includes Jamie. But you’re the reason it’s happening now.”
His shoulders dropped. “I shouldn’t have barged into your holiday like that. I’m sorry.”
I wasn’t ready to accept his apology when I didn’t know where Jamie’s head was at, so I took the test from him and opened the box.
Dylan wasn’t ready to let it go. “Nicole told me that Jamie was here with you and I lost it.”
“Nicole, of course.” I was tired of my agent’s meddling. “You’re sleeping with her?”
His eyes shifted away. “We’re engaged.”
“That’s why she’s been pushing so hard to get me to sell the movie rights toEmma?”I slapped my palm against my forehead. “Of course.” I fixed him with a stare. “You got engaged and didn’t feel the need to tell me my sons would have a new stepmother.”
“You haven’t been answering my calls.”
I shook my head. “You say you don’t want me taking Jackson from you, so then be a father to him, to all of them. Make the effort and I promise I won’t freeze you out. But if you ever disappoint them, I will cut off your balls and shove them down your throat.”
He laughed. “There’s my girl.”
“I’m not your girl.”
“No,” he agreed. “You never were, were you?”
“Let’s just do this.” I scanned over the instructions and handed him a swab. He rubbed it against the inside of his cheek and put it in one of the bags.
He held out a hand. “Let me be the one to give it to Jacks.”
I handed the second swab to him and followed him to the back door when I stood watching him as he spoke to Jackson. He returned a moment later to place the swab in another bag.
“We’ll have it back in three days,” he told me. “I’m staying in town. Mind if I take Jackson and Liam for a few hours.”
I nodded. “They’d like that.”
The three of them left as my dad walked through the door. He’d gone to the store. His eyes followed Dylan out before he turned to me. “You okay, sweetheart?”
“I’m not sure. You mind watching Declan for a little while? He’s still sleeping, but I have something I need to do.”
“Go ahead.”
I gave him a quick hug before heading over to Colby’s place.
