Chapter 224

Dorothea saw the fury and hatred building up in Jon’s eyes and took a step backwards. This Jon she didn’t know and she didn’t care to know him either.

The wild look on his face belied the toneless whisper of his voice.

“Is this true? Was I really such a fuckin fool, that I didn’t even saw this coming?”

“Jon..I…I…” Dorothea’s eyes shifted towards Carol, her finger pointing accusingly.

“She made me do it…she practically forced me! I’m so sorry Jon..I didn’t want to but she wanted Megan out of your life and that was the only way how.”

Carol’s face lost all expression for a moment.

“Don’t you put this on me you lying cow! I never told you to get pregnant by another man and make my son’s life hell!”

“So what did you do then?” John’ s eyebrows flicked heavenwards.

Richie swore softly under his breath.

“Fuck me! So she was involved….hell!”

John and Richie’s eyes met for a moment.

So this was what the old timer wanted to tell me..well damn!

“Carol.”

She jerked at the coldness of her husband’s voice.

“How do you know about  this?”

“I smelled a rat and sad to say I had to find out that it was you and Dorothea. Richie and I have been sniffing at this shit heap for months, it only came together a few days ago….sorry son but I had to be sure who were behind this and how it all slotted together.”

As if in a bad dream, Jon closed his eyes for a moment. How in God’s name could this be? Was he such a fucking fool?! His mother and Dorothea?!

Carol made her way towards him, realizing her intent he whipped a hand up, stopping her.

“No mother…don’t you come near me. I want to know all of this right now. I seemed to have been the idiot of this fucking game of yours…Richie, my dad, Megan..EVERYONE knew except me! You have ten minutes before I throw you all out…better make it count.”

Jon slid into a chair, his insides were mush, his heart shuddering, trying to pump the cold, thick blood through his veins. He  was dying inside.

“I didn’t want to Jon…your mother..”

“Oh for fuck’s sake Dorothea, one more lying word out of your mouth and I will fucking slap you, you hear?! I want the TRUTH!” he grabbed her shoulders and shook violently, the clatter of her teeth brought him back to his senses.

Blue eyes rested on each and every person on the patio. His voice was raspy and low, controlled..too controlled.

“Son, I’m ashamed to tell you this but I thought Megan wasn’t the right women for you. I knew you and Dorothea loved each other and I wanted you two together and I know you two would have gotten married someday. Then Megan came back into your life with her son..your son. I was afraid that she was using you for an easy way out…I thought I did you a favour and I guess for that stupid mistake I’ll have to live with for the rest of my life. Dorothea is right, I came up with this stupid idea of her getting pregnant. But I meant from you Jon..not some other man. I thought that you might marry her then. Everything catapulted into a royal mess when Megan announced that she was pregnant. I felt sorry for Dorothea because I suggested this…for that I’m so sorry..sorry for..”

“Playing God? Is that what you wanted to say mother? How in the name of God could you ever think that you could manipulate my life like this? Who gave you the damn right anyway?! I wont forgive you for this..EVER. You can go now. I’ve heard enough.”

Carol advanced closer but her husband’s steely grip prevented her to.

He dismissed his mother and turned his fury towards the trembling Dorothea.

“Now tell me your fucking lame excuse. So you made me drunk, we had sex and then what?” his face was an ugly distortion of disgust.

“Actually…we didn’t.”

Jon leaned forward, hope flickered in the stormy blue.

“We didn’t..what? Had sex?”

Dorothea stared at the tiles at her feet, she shook her head.

A tiny cry slipped from Megan’s lips. Richie hugged her to him, his face lit with relief.

“There you go baby girl….the truth is out..finally.” Megan nodded.

Jon’s face rested for a mere second on his wife’s beautiful face. The situation slammed into him…all the lies..the sacrifices..the hurt ..the agony….DOROTHEA!

“You were too drunk and when we finally got to..that moment..you called me Megan. Even in your drunken state she was all you ever wanted. You woke up and assumed what might have happened and then everything spiraled out of control.”

“Spiralled out of control?! HOLY FUCK! You fucked up my whole damn life! Do you know how I hated myself for not wanting that baby in the beginning? When you almost lost him I blamed myself! I vowed to support you in anyway possible. My wife took you into our home. Do you even comprehend what she had to put up with, her husband’s pregnant lover staying in her house?! All the days and nights we missed together so I can be with you! I don’t think you will ever know the damage you’ve caused. Then there is Jesse, the child I thought was mine. How could you be so damn cruel?! Letting me fall in love with him, knowing full well he isn’t mine?! FUCK YOU DOROTHEA! I’ve never known that someone can be so heartless.  I almost missed MY child’s birth because of you! You have an hour to get your shit off my property. I don’t want to see your face EVER again. You wont come near me or my family. Do we understand each other?”

Dorothea was sobbing her heart out.

 “Ahem..Dorothea there is the matter of Jon almost missing Ashley’s birth….”

Richie stepped forward.

“Stop your blabbering and come out with it woman. You switched off his phone didn’t you?” Richie smirked at her flabbergasted face.

“Yy….yeee..yess Jon. I’m so sorry…I’m sorry. Please forgive me?”

“Yeah I’m on to you …better spit it out.”

“Sorry..fresh out. Get your stuff and go.”

Jon could feel the desire to choke her with his bare hands boiling inside him…just one hard squeeze and….

An eery silence fell over the remaining party.

Jon stood up, hands buried in his pockets he stepped off the patio in the direction of the river.

Richie’s grip tightened slightly.

“Give him a minute, darlin’.”

Megan heeded the gentle tug at her arm, staring at the lone figure, shoulders slumping. She was sure she felt her heart break at that moment.