“No. ” she whispered.
“You thought Ari and I were getting married, so you tried one last-ditch attempt at getting me back? You didn’t think I’d be getting a paternity test done, Rebecca?”
“I thought I could make you love us. . . love the baby…so you would want to stay. Then you wouldn’t want to be with Ari…you’d want to be with me and your son. ”
“He’s not my son. ”
“But he can be. We can be happy together Jeff if you just give us a chance!”
Holy shit! Is this girl serious?
“Rebecca, I love Ari. I only want to be with Ari. I only want to have children with Ari. I’m sorry, but I don’t have those feelings for you. I never have, and I never will. ”
Tears were streaming down her face as she looked away from me.
“Who is the father, Rebecca?”
She wiped the tears away from her eyes before she turned to look at me again.
“Jason Reed. ”
My stomach dropped. What the hell is she saying?
“Jason? Jason was dating Ari at that time you got pregnant…wait. ” Motherfucker, this girl was more evil than I could’ve ever imagined.
“You knew Ari was with Jason, didn’t you? You did this on purpose! From the very beginning, you had every intention of hurting Ari, didn’t you?”
I stood up and walked over to her side of the bed.
Rebecca started crying again. She looked up at me, shaking her head.
“I just wanted to get back at her for taking you away from me, Jeff. I didn’t think I would end up pregnant. Then she broke up with Jason days after we slept together. I told him about the baby, and he said he wanted nothing to do with it. When Crysti told me that she heard you and Ari were getting married, I panicked. I had to come up with something to get you back, and I thought…. ”
“You thought you could lie to me and tell me I was the father of the baby. How exactly were going to pull it off. Rebecca?”
Turning away from me she whispered, “Does it even matter anymore. Jeff?”
“Yes. ”
“Fine…I was trying as much as I could to pull you away from Ari. I figured she would get sick of it and make you choose between us. I was banking on you taking the side of the baby because I knew about your father. I thought it would work out perfectly. I was planning to just call you after I had the baby, so you couldn’t be here for the birth. I was going to use the excuse that I couldn’t get through to you because of you were so far out in the country. ”
I felt sick to my stomach. I thought back to a few hours ago when Ari did exactly what Rebecca wanted. And I did just what Rebecca hoped I would do.
“You didn’t think I would ask for a paternity test?” I asked, taking a few steps away from her.
I needed to get out here, away from this nut case, and back to Ari.
Ari. I had the worst feeling come over me. Something was wrong.
Rebecca was now looking at me, “I figured you would fall in love with him and then not even care about the test. ”
“I need to leave. Don’t ever contact me again, Rebecca. Do you understand me? If you so much as look at Ari or me ever again, I’ll make sure you regret it. ”
I took my phone out of my pocket and turned it on. I needed to talk to Ari. I had sixteen missed calls and five text messages.
I started to walk out of the room, as I called Ellie.
“Jeff, wait! Please don’t leave me alone,” Rebecca before she started to cry again.