17\u2013My Other Children\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elgin:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe you did that,\u201d I grunted once we were in the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I do wrong? I just couldn\u2019t hold my emotions when I saw her,\u201d she hissed stubbornly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kids were sitting in the back seat. I noticed my daughters had already fallen asleep. I still had something on my mind, or maybe someone. Elara. My other daughter. The one who never got to feel my love. And today, when I finally had a moment to hold her for once, it was taken away from me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed how you were ready to defend her.\u201d Silver\u2019s voice snapped me out of my thoughts when she started speaking again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause she\u2019s our guest, Silver! Don\u2019t you fucking know how important it is for us to find a cure to this illness?\u201d I hissed, watching her roll her eyes and lean back in her seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight. She used to be all over you, and now she\u2019s back. And here I was thinking we\u2019d finally reconcile, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever gonna happen. Because that bitch will keep reappearing, even when she already has a man and children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was typical of Silver to keep talking until she made me lose my mind. I would listen to her for hours, trying to remind her that I didn\u2019t want to deal with it. But she didn\u2019t care. She\u2019d always find a reason to argue with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy the fuck did you come with the kids?\u201d I demanded as I drove, faster than ever. But the minute I looked at my children in the backseat, I slowed down. I didn\u2019t want them to suffer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean? Of course I had to come with them,\u201d she replied sassily, instantly dismissing the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve told you a million times, you\u2019re nothing but my children\u2019s mother. And what was that lie about me getting annoyed with her calls? Why the fuck did you keep arguing with her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was losing my mind. With the truth coming out, I didn\u2019t even know how I felt. I\u2019d been upset with Madeline in the beginning for hiding the truth from me. Until I remembered how we treated her. The way we were so rude and dismissive. Of course she didn\u2019t want to tell me about the baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSay something, or are you still thinking about her?\u201d Silver hissed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wrapped my fingers tightly around the steering wheel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you what I have to say. You\u2019re just my children\u2019s mother. Don\u2019t expect anything from me. I\u2019ve told you before, and I\u2019ll say it again, you\u2019re free to leave. But you don\u2019t want to. That\u2019s not my fault.\u201d As soon as I repeated what I\u2019d been saying to her for years, I watched her fold her arms across her chest and grunt stubbornly, looking out the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every time I told her I didn\u2019t want her, she\u2019d just end the conversation as if that would somehow fix things or bring us closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, I was really pissed off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I dropped her off at home, she looked shocked. She tried to stop me, saying the babies wanted to spend time with me. But Hailey and Hannah could wait. I had another child I needed to think about. So I refused to listen to her and left the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, instead of going back to talk to Madeline, I texted my friends, calling them to the shared office. Sure enough, they arrived as soon as they could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhat is it? You sounded so anxious on the phone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as the two arrived, they began questioning me. Graham was vocal, whereas Baxter, as always, just stared at me intently, waiting for me to explain why I\u2019d called them in such a hurry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember when Madeline claimed she was pregnant?\u201d I started with the main worry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two nodded, so I continued. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a lie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as I said that, I watched them both look lost, confused, shocked and all sorts of emotions until I added, \u201d They were my children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baxter almost scoffed and then stepped away from me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d he asked, trying to confirm. \u201cHow do you know? Are you just making shit up, like you always do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baxter hissed at me, making me glare at him sharply. The fact that he could hold on to something for so long was always irritating. That was why we rarely spoke because he never forgot things. He\u2019d keep bringing them up, and it got too annoying after a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m not making shit up. And you ask me how I know? Because I felt it. I smelled my scent on Elara. Madeline had been hiding her scent by making her wear a pendant. Today it came off, and I sensed it. Elara is my daughter. Bodhi, Gina, they\u2019re my children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hissed, running my hands through my hair anxiously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I noticed Baxter looking disturbed. He even stopped responding. He walked over to the big window and stared outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you gonna do now?\u201d Graham asked, making me shift uncomfortably and shove my hands into my pockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d Baxter finally spoke up, turning around to face me. \u201cDon\u2019t ruin what you\u2019ve built with your wife. You have two other children as well. Don\u2019t forget, if you accept your new children, it\u2019ll be chaos. And don\u2019t forget, she\u2019s moved on. Madeline is married to someone else. Let it go. Let it\u2013let it stay the way it is,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I began to wonder if he was right. Maybe that was the right thing to do, to just silently look away from the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, your children are being well taken care of by this new man. Do you really want to throw that away?\u201d Baxter added, reminding me how hard it would be to convince my family to accept those children, or Madeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d I said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to. I don\u2019t want trouble. I don\u2019t want my children, the ones who\u2019ve lived with me to suffer because of me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I confessed, and Baxter gave me a look of pride. It was crazy how he was able to comfort me and make me decide so quickly. 2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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