BXBX NOVEL Chapter 416: Your Dad?
Chapter 416: Your Dad?
"I might say some shocking things in there. Try not to be too startled, and just play along, okay?" Lucy warned Aaron as they walked into the restaurant. The last thing she wanted was for him to be shocked and have a heart attack or something.As Sara watched them approaching she turned to her assistant, "Who is the lady coming with him?" Sara asked as she raised her wineglass to her lips.
"Her name is Lucinda Perry. She is Janet Perry's daughter, and the girlfriend of Thomas Hank, Harry's best friend."
Lucy watched as Sara's assistant leaned towards her and whispered something to her, which made Sara's brows pull together as she dropped her wineglass and took a closer look at Lucy who was also staring directly at her.
Seeing the surprise on her face as she looked at her, Lucy was quick to figure that it was possible Sara already knew who she was, especially since Sara had tried to reach her mother. It would make sense that in her quest to find her sister she had found out that her sister was married with kids.
"Why are you just telling me this now?" Sara snapped at her assistant.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. I only got to know about it last weekend when I watched her interview. I tried to tell you about it but you said you were only interested in your Harry and Janet and not in Janet's children or their relationships," the assistant said, and Sara raised a finger to shut her up when Aaron and Lucy got to the table.
Janet's daughter? Why was she coming with Aaron? If she was dating Thomas Hank, did that mean she had been the one who called Tom a moment ago? Was that why he had been in a hurry to leave with Harry? Did Janet's daughter know who she was? Sara wondered as she watched them approach.
Aaron pulled out a seat for Lucy without acknowledging Sara, before taking his own seat and looking at Sara. He hated that his heart still hurt merely by looking into her deceptive face.
"Hello, Aaron! It's good to see you again," Sara said with a cool smile, and Lucy noticed how Aaron's hands which were on his thighs balled into a fist, and she reached out a hand to cover his own.
"I can't say the same for you. I wish I didn't have to meet with you," Aaron said just as a waiter joined them, and Sara's smile faltered.
"C'mon, Aaron! That is no way to greet an old friend," she said in a chiding tone that made Lucy's blood boil with anger.
How could she be sounding this way when she was meeting the man for the first time in twenty eight years after absconding with his money and abandoning their baby? She was clearly unrepentant and unremorseful.
"I'm not here to greet an old friend. We are not friends," Aaron said coldly, and Sara smirked.
"Excuse us," Sara said, and immediately her assistant stood up and walked away.
Sara's gaze shifted to Lucy, "Why are you not excusing us?" She asked with a slightly raised brow, but Lucy ignored her and instead focused on telling the waiter the wine she wanted, and also ordered a glass of red wine for Aaron.
"There is no reason for her to leave. She knows everything," Aaron said, and Sara raised a brow.
Once the waiter left, Lucy turned her attention to Sara, "I can't leave my dad alone with someone like you," Lucy said with a one-sided shrug, deciding to go on with her plan and leave Sara guessing if what she knew about her was correct or wrong.
Sara raised a brow as she looked from Lucy to Aaron, "Your... Dad?" She asked, wondering what was going on. If she was Janet's daughter, why was she referring to Aaron as her father?
"Do you have a problem with that? Let's get down to the reason why we are here. What do you want, Sara? Why are you back?" Aaron asked, but Sara shook her head.
"I won't have that discussion with you until I know who she is or she leaves us to speak in private," Sara insisted.
"I already told you who I am. Is it that difficult for you to comprehend?" Lucy asked as she eyed the woman who she had come to despise even without ever speaking with her or hearing her side of the story.
Although she knew that some times it was best to hear both sides of a story before drawing a conclusion, but after hearing from her mother and Aaron about their experience with Sara, she wasn't sure she wanted to hear anything from Sara. Her mother was a sweet soul who only saw the best in people, and from what she knew about Harry and her little interaction with Aaron, she knew that Aaron was a good man too. Any person who could hurt Janet and Aaron that way was an evil person.
"Who are you, young lady? And what gives you the impression that you have the right to speak to me in such a manner?" Sara asked coldly.
"You heard her. She is my daughter. And she has every right to speak to you in that manner since she knows exactly the kind of person you are," Aaron said, but Sara looked unconvinced.
"To the best of my knowledge you only have Harry..."
"As you rightly said, that is to the best of your knowledge, and as you can see, your knowledge on the issue is limited. I see no reason why we have to waste our time to prove the nature of our relationship to you," Lucy cut in, and Sara frowned
"If she is not going to excuse us, then I will take my leave," Sara said as she attempted to rise from her seat.
"By all means do so. I'm sorry for doubting you, dad. You were right about her. I can't believe a person like this gave birth to me," Lucy said, startling both Aaron and Sara who suddenly froze, and blood drained off her face.
Lucy knew that she was taking a big risk as there was every possibility that their daughter was truly dead and she was reopening an old wound. However, this was a risk she was willing to take for both Aaron's and Harry's sake. It was a fifty-fifty guess, and if there was any possibility that Harry's twin sister was alive somewhere, this was the only way she could confirm it.
"I know you didn't want her to know about me. I'm sorry, dad. I couldn't stop myself," Lucy said without taking her eyes off Sara to look at Aaron who had stiffened beside her.
Lucy's heart was beating fast as she watched Sara's pale face, and how her eyes darted from Lucy to Aaron in confusion as she slowly settled down on her seat once again.
"Wha---at is she talking about?" Sara asked in a shaky voice, but Aaron was still too stunned by what Lucy had just said to respond, so Lucy squeezed his hand, reminding him of what she had told him before they got to the table.
Seeing her reaction, and hearing her question Lucy suspected that she had been right, and Sara had lied to Aaron about the death of their daughter. She didn't look like a woman who knew for a fact that her daughter was dead, else, why did she appear so confused when she should be mad at her for saying something like that?
Choosing to go with her hunch, Lucy continued, "Did you think he would never find out? You sold m..."
"Lucy, please stop," Aaron called in a pleading voice, and when Lucy noticed how his entire body was trembling with emotion she stopped.
Sara looked from Aaron to Lucy in confusion, wondering what was going on. Was it possible? There was no way it was possible that Aaron found out about what she had done, was there? And even if he had done so how could he have found their daughter so easily? Was that why she has been unable to find her? Sara wondered as she raised a shaky hand to massage her head which was beginning to ache.
"A--aron?" Sara stuttered fearfully when she saw how Aaron was trembling with emotion.
Was it possible that he had been hiding it from her this whole time and had called for them to meet just so he would let her know that he knew what she had done?
Seeing the sudden fear and confusion in her eyes, and how her hands were now trembling when she had been running her mouth a moment ago and acting like she was in charge, Lucy was willing to bet all she had that Aaron's daughter did not die at birth.