Our story begins two months after mom and I had a major disagreement over the birth of the baby which caused her to disown me. Though I have not stopped trying to get back on her good side, my attempts have failed even when I try to say that I will be a good father and that the baby would grow up happier if she was to grow up in a family that didn’t harbor resentment or anger towards one another. For the two past months, it didn’t matter how hard I tried or how many times I said I would change, it has done no good. It is a well known fact by this point that mom and I no longer have a good strong relationship whether there is a baby involved or not. Mom has said to me that she would rather have her granddaughter not have a father than to have one as neglectful as I would be. Despite this, Brad has offered to care for the baby in the forced absence of her real father which mom has given serious consideration to as she is dead set against me having anything to do with it because she does not want the baby to be treated like she was treated previously. As all of this hostility is going on, Megan has returned from her extended absence following a huge fight with me and is oblivious to anything that has gone on while she was away. At this point, she still has a lot of anger towards me but felt the need to return home to care for the baby. Her hostility towards me was made apparent as soon as she walked in the door.

Megan opens the front door of the house to enter where she is greeted by the baby. “Mommy’s home and she missed her baby.” she said while lifting the baby up and hugging her. She then puts the baby down.

“Her baby missed her too.” I say as I attempt to hug her and kiss her.

“Don’t start with me. You know why I had to leave. I left because you were being an asshole by getting me pregnant with this baby that we’re now stuck with.” Megan said

“You mean the baby who you hugged and kissed the minute you walked in the door. Is that the baby that the baby that you’re talking about? Because as far as I’m concerned, you seem to be treating it well enough for someone who believes we’re stuck with a baby. This is unless there is another baby you had that I’m not aware of. As a matter of fact, given the way you are with everybody, it actually wouldn’t surprise me to learn that you have more than one baby. Maybe the other baby is with Brad or even worse, the baby’s grandmother.” I say while attempting to laugh sarcastically.

“This is what I hate about you so much. I give you everything and this is how you treat me. I’m warning you that if we have one more fight where you accuse me of being unfaithful, I’m taking the baby and leaving because the last thing she needs is parents that can’t get along. She’s already had to deal with her mother being gone for over two months and I’m not going to put her through the stress of having parents divorce a couple of months after she is born.” Megan said

She takes the baby into our room for quiet time where she calls mom. “Hi I’m back from my trip. I’m just dealing with my asshole of a fiance who just happens to be your son. I have to ask you. How do you put up with him?” Megan asked.

“Well maybe you haven’t heard but I don’t anymore. It’s been two months and there hasn’t been a word spoken between either of us.” mom replied.

“Megan gasps. “Are you serious? What happened.?” Megan asked.

“You don’t want to know. I really don’t want to get into it.” mom replied.

“Nonsense I want to hear all about it because it will force me to get angry enough to leave that asshole son of yours. This is especially if he said or did something to you that was bad enough for you not to speak to him for two months. In fact, there’s only one other thing he could have done and if this is the case then I will walk out on him right now. Heaven help our relationship if he harmed my daughter.” Megan said.

“Well thankfully he didn’t go that far. Unfortunately though, this is the only good thing he did. He did not harm the baby in any way. Having said that, him and I had a really big fight where he basically blamed you and me for the baby’s birth and saying that me or Brad is the one that got you pregnant and that he only had a baby because he wanted to ensure that you were his girlfriend and that you wouldn’t sleep around.” mom recalled.

“That is fuckin ridiculous. I’m getting so sick of hearing him say that. I mean, I’ve done nothing to make him believe that I’m basically a slut. I’ve been faithful to him. For god sake I had a baby with him. This should show him that I’m 100% his even though at the present moment, he doesn’t really deserve it and it may not be this way for long.” Megan replied.

“Oh no he doesn’t. You’re absolutely right and I’m dead set against talking to him again if he’s going to treat me like that. We need to start thinking about what’s right for the baby. She’s your daughter and my granddaughter and she deserves better than the life she has been given now. Therefore I made the decision as his mother, and I really hope you agree to this, that he not be involved in the baby’s life. I know he’s your fiance and I’m sorry that this would mean that the baby doesn’t have a father but Brad has offered to care for the baby in his absence. He should not have any main part in the baby’s life.” mom said.

“I completely agree with this. Face it, he’s just not fit to be a parent. So this is the way it is.” Megan replied.

Just then I enter the room and interrupt. “I’m going to wait until Jefferson is asleep or busy at the moment and then Brad is going to show me what a real daddy is like by screwing me day in and day out further proving the point that Jefferson will one day try to make to the baby understand when she gets older. Actually there are two points to be made. One is that this baby is indeed a product of her real daddy’s insecurity. But what is the reason for this insecurity? Because grandma and uncle Brad just couldn’t let daddy and mommy love each other and were jealous of him because try as they may, they could never find someone as hot as Megan so they had to resort to stealing her.” I say in an attempt to mock Megan.

“You get out right now. Megan I want you to take the baby and come meet me somewhere. Don’t talk to him. Don’t allow him to apologize to you for what he said. That’s it. It’s over I officially do not want my granddaughter growing up with a father like that. I mean he doesn’t even care about the baby. He told me many times before I met you that he doesn’t even like kids. Her birth was just so he can have a notch under his belt. That notch has left us in a situation we never wanted to be part of in the first place but now we are. It’s time we thought about this baby and not his fuckin insecurities. We don’t have time to do this anymore. This baby needs to come first.” mom explained.

“Just a minute. I wouldn’t give up so easily.” Megan said

“You’re not seriously thinking of giving him a chance to redeem himself are you?” mom asked.

“Well the fact is that he is technically the father of my child so I think we should give him a chance to prove that he is good enough to care for her.” Megan said.

“I’m sorry but I can’t accept this. The consequences could be devastating. I mean for god sake, he’s caring for a baby. One mistake and we could lose her forever not that he would care.” mom said.

“Ok Jefferson. You have one chance to prove to us that you are capable of taking care of the child. If you can show us you’re able to, then as the baby’s mother I will allow us to be a family. On the other hand, if one thing is out of place by the time your mom and I get back or if the baby has one scratch on it, then Brad takes over as the baby’s full time caregiver and I don’t care if this makes you think we’re sleeping together or not. Your mom is right. This is a baby we’re talking about here but if you want to prove to us that you can care for her, then I say go ahead. This way when you prove you can’t, you won’t be able to say that you weren’t given the opportunity to try.” Megan said

“And I’ll be the judge as far as determining whether or not you’ve passed this test or not. I cannot believe Megan is giving you a chance. You better remember how fuckin lucky you are to have her in your life. If this was my baby, it would already be over. This is how good she is to you. She wants to give you the opportunity to prove yourself despite even the neighborhood cat knowing this isn’t a good idea.” mom said

Mom and Megan agreed to go for a coffee and be back in an hour so they are not gone too long.

“You know what? Since I don’t trust you at all to watch my granddaughter, I’m just going to put the tv on so she can watch it. Just sit there and don’t do anything. If she needs a diaper change, we will do it when we get back.” mom said

After mom leaves the house, Megan and I begin getting intimate. “No matter what happens I love you. Don’t worry about harming the baby intentionally. I know you would never do that. Your mom is just elderly now and wants to make sure the best has the best life it can have. I’ll be back in a bit.” she said as she leaves the house.

As soon as Megan leaves, the baby starts crying. She had dropped her pacifier. She fell asleep in her car seat. After waking up, I decided to take her to the park for some fresh air. I attach a harness to my chest to carry her. As I try to leave the house with her, I trip on the step leading to the outside of the house and we both fall down together with the baby hitting her head on the wooden steps which causes a cut to form on her forehead. She begins screaming and crying but my attempts to calm her down prove useless.

As I cradle the baby’s head and rock her to sleep, Megan and mom return and are shocked to discover what had happened.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE HER IN HER CAR SEAT TO WATCH FUCKIN TV BUT INSTEAD YOU RISK HER LIFE BY BRINGING HER OUTSIDE IN THIS STUPID HARNESS? SHE NEEDS HER STROLLER.” mom screamed.

“I just wanted to give her some fresh air.” I said

Just then mom notices the cut on the baby’s head. She gasps. “WE NEED TO GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL NOW. SHE NEEDS A DOCTOR AND FOR FUCK SAKE, IT’S OVER, THIS BABY IS OFFICIALLY BRAD’S RESPONSIBILITY NOW. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE AROUND IT ANYMORE AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AS LONG AS MEGAN CHOOSES TO BE WITH YOU, I WILL WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU BECAUSE CLEARLY IF PREGNANCY HAPPENED ONCE, IT WILL SURELY HAPPEN AGAIN. IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT AT MY AGE AND IN MY POOR HEALTH THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ONCE, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU HAD MORE KIDS.” mom screamed.

“I can assure you it won’t happen again because as of this moment, we are through. DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ME. YOU CAN CALL ME WHATEVER NAME YOU WANT. YOU CAN MISINTPRET MY INTENTIONS FOR WANTING TO BE PART OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU CAN HIT ME. HELL, YOU CAN EVEN KILL ME IF YOU WANT BUT YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE IN HARMING MY CHILD WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!” Megan screamed.

“I’m really sorry for what I did.” I said

“Sorry doesn’t cut it anymore. You can be sorry all you want. We don’t care anymore. Now we are bringing the hospital so she can get the treatment she needs and deserves for once. I have nothing else to say to you.” mom said.

“Actually I do have one thing to say to you. THANKS A LOT!” Megan said as they drive away.

The End