and quickly brushed it away. Words could
never express how much she loved her little
boy. He was growing up so fast, too fast.
Before she knew it he’d be going off to college.
She hated knowing she was going to have to
share him with Shane. And she would have to
share. There was no way Shane would reject
his own son. Wasn’t that why he’d married
Kristy? Because she was pregnant with his
child. That’s when it hit her, why was Shane
stopping by to visit an old girlfriend? If Kristy
knew, she’d skin him alive.
Melissa thought back to the last time she’d
seen Kristy. It was the day before she had left
town. Melissa knew she couldn’t stand to say
goodbye to Shane, but she had to do something.
So, she bought him a birthday card even
though it was early and left it on the
windshield of his old truck. She wished him
happy birthday and told him she would always
be his friend. Unfortunately Kristy found the
card, not Shane. She’d stormed into Melissa’s
father’s hardware store looking for a fight.
Kristy had gone off the instant she saw Melissa.
It was all Melissa could do to get the woman
into the back office before they caused a scene.
Kristy told her Shane had proposed and that
Melissa was to stay away from her fiancée.
Melissa had looked pointedly at Kristy’s ring
finger, which did not have a ring. That had
only intensified Kristy’s anger. She informed
Melissa that she didn’t have a ring because she
was pregnant. They were waiting until the
baby was born. Then they would go shopping
for the most beautiful, elegant ring they could
find and have a wonderful ceremony, which
Melissa was not invited to.
Kristy ranted for quite some time, telling
Melissa how wonderful her relationship with
Shane was and how stupid Melissa had been.
Unlike Melissa, Kristy didn’t mind sharing
Shane in the short term as long as she won in
the end. That’s when Kristy let it slip that she
had trapped Shane by getting pregnant on
purpose. She was tired of wondering which of
his girlfriend’s Shane would choose so Kristy
made sure it was her. She told Melissa if she
was smart she would wise up and do the same.
If Melissa ever wanted to be happy she would
find a man and force him into marriage with an
unplanned pregnancy. Melissa had been so
stunned and heartbroken she didn’t know what
to say. So, she just stood there, listening to a
mad woman vent. Then Kristy turned and
stalked out of the store. Melissa went home
and packed.
She’d left for Denver the
following day. That was over eight years ago
and she hadn’t seen the woman since. More
importantly, she had no desire to see her now.
Oh she knew it was inevitable, but that didn’t
make the prospect any more pleasant.
Especially now that Shane knew about their
son.
Melissa looked at Jeremy. How was she
going to let Shane have time with their child
but still keep him away from that dreadful
woman? She sighed. It wasn’t going to be
pleasant, but that was definitely one topic they
would be covering in their discussion tonight.