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182 Confronting Issues Together

(Winona)

We move into the next part of our therapy session. Barnaby asks my fears at the moment.

"I'm worried about seeing Ashlyn," I admit, my voice shaky. "But it's not just her that I'm worried about. What if, by some miracle, there is a baby?"

Jayden looks at me, surprise flickering in his eyes. "I don't believe it for a second."

"But," I say, taking a deep breath. "If she is still pregnant... that's your child, Jayden. And it can't be raised in a high-security mental facility. You know how your mother feels about your offspring. She might come back." "Damn. Do you think she would? I'd rather she stayed away. I can breathe now, at least."

"If there is a baby, I can't see her staying away. If there is a baby, I can't see her not knowing about that already and leaving in the first place." That much is true. "Something here doesn't add up."

before. Not this time, Winona, I refuse to buy into what she's selling." "Except that her wedges are never just of the imaginary kind. She's always played on the truth about you, the part of you she knows intimately, and I've never met at all.

him, or blame him, I just need him to understand that whatever Ashlyn's hold is on him, it runs deeper than the

with her, even when you were trying to get a confession out of her. She was one step ahead. Then with

"Isn't she?"

so good with Abby.

get Abby. To get me out of your life. It's just how it is. I'll never trust that woman.

have distrust, Winona. This situation is very complex, and

like that. I have Abby to think of and my own sanity." Barnaby speaks again. "Good, now we're getting to it. If Ashlyn wasn't in a facility and she was still pregnant with Jayden's child,

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not even sure we can live together at this point with or without an extra child in the mix." "Good, right. So you see where the work is still needed. Now, Jayden, how would you handle the fact that you

would hope Winona could be part of that. I'd expect that once Winona and I marry, that we

hearts, I can't see that ever happening. If there was a baby, Judy would be back and I'd be stuck with her in my life everyday knowing that she was undermining me, trying to get what she

see happening, Winona?"

tell my truth and probably upset the man I love. But I'm here in the safe space to get my real feelings out. Not to hide, I'm not here to sugarcoat things anymore. Saying things are okay and them

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