Undesirable

Ch 30 - My Past

As if he had read my questions he took my hand and said "You want to know why you are here and why I am calling you Pearl".

I nodded and he said "Let me tell you a story then".

Daniel's POV

I remember the day I and Riley had a fight when she discovered my secret.

"I can't stay like this Danny I didn't think you would do something like this. I just can't believe it" she yelled.

I was getting frustrated with her questions and her accusing look. She was trying to make me feel guilty, guilt of loving, loving someone else that was not her. In anger, I yelled back

"If you want to leave.... but let me tell you one thing... she is not my daughter... " .

Riley was shocked at first and then expression turned to disbelief and then hurt and she started crying"Danny How could you?" .

I knew at that time there is no use arguing with her. I knew what I did hurt her but I wanted her to know that I would never accept Evelyn as my daughter and so I said loudly"Let me say it again so you can believe it, Riley... Evelyn is not my daughter... I never considered her as one because she is a girl you adopted and I never saw her as my daughter " .

The look of betrayal was clear on her face but I didn't care and continued "Don't look at me like that even you are not her mother.... her real mother is dead... her father is dead...".

If I say I didn't care whether I hurt her or not it would be a lie. I have spent the last 19 years of my life with that woman. If I say we were happily married it would be again a lie. Our marriage was not based on trust or love. We married because we had broken hearts. I had lost myself completely to drugs after my love chose someone else. I don't know how I ended up having a nightstand with Riley.

When she ended up pregnant I took the responsibility of my baby or rather babies. At that time it didn't matter to me who the mother of my baby was. I wanted someone to heal me. I was trying to move on from my past.

One time I went out on a business trip to Los Angeles and while roaming in a mall, I saw Rosemary. She didn't see me and I followed her, to see her and Dominick happy together. Dominick my once a friend to me and the cause of my broken heart.

It filled my heart with jealousy that she was happy with someone who was not me. I don't know when I started stalking her, and when I knew her day to day life I met them both. Rosemary was surprised to see me at first and then she hugged me as she considered me her best friend and said "You don't know how much I missed you, Dan. You didn't come to my wedding. How could you do this to me? huh".

"I missed you too my pearl" I replied while taking her in my arms.

My heart elated to feel her in my arms once again, I breathed in her sweet smell. At that moment I felt that the whole world is with me which came crashing down when Dominick stepped in. She broke our hug when she heard him saying "Finally your best friend had made his appearance".

She moved to his side and kissed him on his lips in front of me. I felt rage and closed my fist tightly but I again regained myself when she looked back at me and said "Dom didn't I tell you he would. Come on in Dan".

I entered their home and found it was a very little comfortable cottage with a homely feel. We sat in the living room and chatted about our past memories for a while when Dominick said "Sweet I think it's time for lunch".

"Oh my god, I didn't realize it" She got up swiftly and nearly tripped when Dominick gathered her in his arms and stabilized her and said "Sweet I told you to take care of yourself, now you are not alone" to which she blushed and nodded.