Never again

Chapter 17

He thinks back to that missing week. When it hits The anger starts to built up in him. He can't believe this.

Now he knows why it felt so weird and what felt so wrong about it from the start.

He's driving home. Doesn't know exactly how he feels, it was all just a big mess of mixed up feelings. It was bad.

He is happy, he is driving home on his way to fix everything with Andy after a long painful month of unofficial separation.

He's angry, because Julie lied, she knew she was lying and she did any way just to try and get him back she almost ruined the one good thing he had in his life, his family.

He is also sad, the past month he prepared himself to a new baby, to being a father for two. He let him self get happy and excited about it and in one moment it all went away. He is kind of happy there's no baby in the end, it means Andy wouldn't be mad and scared anymore and come back to him.

He'd come home, tell her everything and it's all gonna be okay. It's all gonna go back to what it was. But he pulls over at their driveway and Andy's car is gone.

The worst case scenario is popping up in his mind 'what is she took Maddie and left?' No. It's her house and if she wanted to do that she'd ask him to leave.

He goes in and look around to first floor, empty. "Andy" he calls for her but there's no answer. She's supposed to be home. He doesn't know where she is and she's not answering her phone after Robert tried to call three times.

He checks again around the house for a note or something and all he sees is clothes all over the floor in what used to be his and Andy's room.

***

(Earlier that morning)

Robert looks up at Julie and sees her happiness and the wide grin as she's looking down at the photos.

Did she not think he'd find out?

This bitch lied to him. She faked a baby with him just to do what? Get him back?

He can't decide what to do. Should he call her out in front of the doctor or wait and do it once they leave?

"Look how cute your baby is! I'm sore Andy didn't even show you Maddie's ultrasound pictures..." Julie says and rolls her eyes.

He snaps "would you shut up about her already? Cut the lies it's not even my baby" he says louder and with more anger in his voice that he first intended to.

The doctor looks so embarrassed that Robert almost feels bad for putting the poor woman in that position.

"What are you talking about?" Julie acts surprised "what I'm talking about is that apparently you're 18 weeks pregnant," he stops for a moment and Julie looking at him with a hint of fear in her eyes "and we were broken up that week. It can't be my baby."

She swallows the lump in her throat "look Robert... I can explain"

"Go for it. I'm listening." He replies back.

"I didn't want to lose you. And I went to that bar and that guy looked nice and we talked and I was drunk and that happened... I don't even know what his name is and I thought..."

"You thought what?"

"I thought you'd come back to me! I love you and I hate the thought of you with that ugly woman. I thought I'd we had a kid together you'd stay..."

"Julie... Maddie is not the reason we broke up. The reason for our break up is that I wasn't in love with you anymore. Our lives went separate ways and you have to except that." He says softly to her.