Revenge On The Scumbags

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Okay you go first.” Rosalie said.

“Okay. I just got off the call with my mother. She knows I’m in J city so she wants to see us.” He said.

“What? Why?” She asked in shock.

“Well, I told her that I’m seeing someone else so she wants to see that person. Also, we have to bring Alex too.” Rosalie stared at him in shock.

“Why would you do that? Why did you tell her about me?” She asked angrily.

“I’m sorry. I just wanted to put an end to my engagement with Janice as soon as possible. You’ll just go there to see her and introduce yourself as my wife and the mother of my child.” He stated calmly motioning to Alex.

“How can I do that when Alex isn’t even your child?” She asked whispering the last part.

“You don’t need to worry about that. We are already married so Alex is legally my son.” He answered trying to lift her worries.

“But….”

“No buts, just think of it as a way of repaying me for coming here to defend you and for standing me up on our first date. Nothing would go wrong.” He said calmly.

Rosalie had almost forgot about their so called date. Thankfully he wasn’t pressurizing her about it.

“I just hope I’m doing the right thing.” She muttered.

“You are.” He answered.

“Okay, when are we leaving?” She asked looking up to stare at him.

“I told her we’ll be there tomorrow afternoon.” He answered calmly.

“Okay. I’ll go. But it’s just because I wanted to pay you back for your help.” She said.

“I know I wasn’t insinuating anything else.” He answered in mock surrender.

“Good.” She muttered and wanted to leave but was held back by Tyler.

“Lest I forgot, you said you have something to tell me.” He said.

“I did??” She asked scratching her hair nervously.

“Yes. So spit it out.” He said.

“I don’t remeber what I wanted to say. Maybe later.” She lied. She did remember but didn’t know if now’s the right time to tell him. Maybe when they finally leave J city, she’ll tell him how she felt.

“Okay then, I’ll be waiting.” He said and walked into the closet.

“Mummy.” Rosalie heard and turned to see that Alex was already awake. She walked towards him and sat beside him on the bed.

“How was your night rest baby?” She asked rubbing his soft and coily hair slowly.

“It was fine mom. Where’s daddy?” He asked as he used his eyes to search for Tyler.

“Daddy?? He’s already referring as that?” Rosalie asked herself in surprise.

“Did he leave?” He asked again, his voice breaking little by little.

“No, I didn’t. I just went to get something from the closet.” Tyler said emerging from the closet.

“Dad!” Alex called and ran to embrace him happily.

“Hey champ. How was your night rest?” He asked easily lifting him from the floor.

“It was fine. When I woke up and didn’t see you, I thought you left us again.” He said with a pout on his lips.

“Why would I leave when I promised not to? I always make sure to uphold my promises especially when it comes to family.” Tyler said with a smile.

Rosalie was too dumbstrucked to say anything. The way they were acting like a real family baffled her.

“I know. I was just scared.” Alex muttered and wrapped his tiny hands around Tyler’s neck.

“It’s okay buddy.” Tyler answered.

“Okay, what’s going on between you two?” Rosalie asked when she couldn’t bear to just sit and watch them expressing their feelings towards each other.

“What do you mean?” Tyler asked with one brow raised.

“What did he mean by you leaving again?” She asked again.

Tyler and Alex stared at themselves and started muttering incoherent words to each other.

At some point, they would chuckle and look back to stare at Rosalie, then they’ll face each other and continue with their inaudible conversation.

“Seriously?? You know I’m still standing right here. What are you guys talking about?!?” She asked feigning annoyance.

“I’m sorry mom, but we can’t tell you.” Alex answered after exchanging eye glances with Tyler.

“Why not??” She asked confused. Alex has never hid anything from her before so this was all too surprising.

“Nothing. I promised dad that I’m not going to tell you so I won’t.” Alex answered calmly.

“Why not, you’ve never hid anything from me before.” She said in shock.

“I know. But I’ve already promised dad.” He stated calmly.

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“Give it up already. He has already told you all he know.” Tyler stepped in before Rosalie could interrogate him further.

“Why should I? I have a right to know what you both are hiding.” She said.

“We wouldn’t exactly be hiding it if we wanted to know. Now if you’ll excuse us, we need to use the bathroom.” Tyler said and brushed past a dumbstrucked Rosalie.

She stared at their departing figures as they left. Tyler was already corrupting her son by making him keep things from her and she’ll do her best to get to the bottom of it.

She just let them go now because Tyler was there. When he isn’t, Alex will have no choice but to spit everything out.

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Jasmine stared at him compassionately as he bowed his head in sadness.

She was currently in her office and sitting opposite her was a sad looking Leonard. He had cone to ask after Rosalie so she broke the news of her departure to him.

“So she left already? Why didn’t you tell me beforehand?” Leonard asked not bothering to hide the sadness in his eyes.

“Yes. I’m sorry, I didn’t remember to tell you because it was really urgent.” Jasmine answered calmly.

“Okay, I understand. When is she going to be back?” He asked.

“She told me in two weeks time.” Jasmine said fiddling with her pen.

“Okay. It isn’t that long, I can wait.” Leonard answered calmly.

Jasmine wanted to tell him about Rosalie’s marriage but decided not to. He may not believe and it would be best if he heard it out of Rosalie’s mouth instead

“Okay.” She answered instead.

“I’ll take my leave now.” He said standing up.

“Okay. Goodbye Leonard.” Jasmine said and watched him depart.

She sighed heavily. He’s really going to be heartbroken when he finds out the truth.

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