Winchester Legacy 2.0

A few nights later, I had stayed over at Dane’s place, I went to  speak to Gordon. He peered at me through the living room window before coming to the door.

“What do you want?”

“I want…I need to speak with you.”

He stared at me for another moment before shrugging his shoulders and walked into the living room. He sat down on the couch and I sat beside him.

“What do you have to say?”

I swallowed. I had rehearsed it a hundred times but suddenly my mind was a blank slate.

“Well?” he demanded angrily.

“I didn’t mean for it to happen!” I blurted out. “The thing with Dane I mean. It just happened. And I know that sounds trite and what every cheater always says when getting caught but you have to believe me Gordon. The last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt you.”

He laughed but it was devoid of humor. “Well, it looks as if your plan not to hurt me failed miserably. Why did you marry me Latonya if you didn’t love me?”

“I didn’t want to hurt you feelings.”

He stared at me incrediously. “You married me to spare my feelings? What is wrong with you? People don’t do that!” He shook his head then stared straight ahead. There was a beat of silence and then:

“Do  you love him?”

I knew who he was talking about and for a brief moment I thought about lying but decided against it. “I do.”

He blew out a breath and got up from the couch. “I’m going to bed. Neil has been asking about you. He won’t sleep at night without you.”

He didn’t look at me again as he headed into the bedroom. Getting up from the couch I walked into Neil’s room. He rolled over, he was glowing green so apparently Gordon had given him the wrong milk before bedtime, and his eyes widened when he saw me.

“Ma! Ma!”

“Hey baby!”

I took him into the bathroom, I was trying to prevent him from peeing the bed, and as he did his business I stared off into space. There was no repairing our relationship but by law everything in this house was both of ours. Would Gordon want to go to court and quibble over every dish and spoon? Would he seek to drag this divorce out for years? And, heaven above, what if he tried to take Neil from her? I couldn’t let that happen. I looked down when I heard a soft grunt and my eyes widened to see Neil trying to walk toward me.

Crouching down I spread out my arms for him.

“Come here Neil. Look at you getting so big. You’re growing up to be a big boy huh? No matter what you’ll always be my little  boy.”

I swung him in the air as he collasped into my arms. He squealed with joy causing my own smile. Walking out to the living room I  set him down and he immediately started to walk over to one of his toys. My eyes widened when a cramp suddenly gripped my stomach.

“Oh God!” I moaned recognizing the symptoms.

Not wanting to startle Neil I kept the majority of the moaning and groaning to myself. It wasn’t as painful as the first time or maybe I had become immune to the pain. Whatever it was it was over quicker than I had thought it would be and I was holding my new daughter in my arms. As I held her up I had no doubt who her father was.

Dane was going to be ecstatic.

“Sooo…we have a daughter? A little girl?” Dane asked breathlessly. It seemed as if he had ran all the way to the house. I nodded then jumped, startled, when he let out a whoop before grabbing me and giving me a bear hug.

“We have a daughter!”

I had to laugh at the joyous expression on his face. “Yes, we have a daughter.”

“Tonya, I love you. I really, really do. When are you going to marry me?”

“I can’t marry you until I’m divorced.”

He gripped my hand in his. “And are you going to get a divorce?”

“Yes,” I said as a I squeezed his hands. “Yes.”

Gordon took one look at Valencia and his mouth twisted.

“So, it’s the bastard’s bastard huh?”

“Gordon, don’t speak about my child that way. I know your upset but-”

“Upset? You have no idea how…upset I am! I’m learning more toward furious. I would have never, ever, cheated on you Latonya. No matter what. I guess we’re not as alike as I once thought. We’re done. I’ll be sending you the paperwork as soon as the lawyer draws it up. As for the house and our son…you can keep the house since this is your grandmother’s land but I will seek visitation rights.”

He pointed at me. “I hope you and your lover are as happy together as we were.” He let out a bitter laugh before spinning on his heels and walked out the door.

I can understand why he was upset. I would have been upset as well. I had been upset when Joe had cheated on me. But really all I could think about was Dane. I called him as soon as Gordon’s taxi pulled away and he arrived breathless at the house. I threw myself into my arms and laughing he hugged me tight before he started to spin me around.

“We’re together now, you got that?” he demanded. “No more sneaking around. And when your divorce is final we’re getting married. I love you and-”

I pressed a kiss to his mouth. “I love you too.” A phrase that had been so hard to so for so long was suddenly so effortless. And that’s how I knew it was right. No matter how I had gotten to this point I had never been happier and if that makes me a bad person well, I’ll just have to deal with that when I meet my Maker. Threading my fingers through his I tugged him into the house…our house.

Writer’s Notes: I really didn’t know who the father was. I’m not using cheats so I didn’t want to use Insim to peek. But when the baby popped out with that skin it was pretty easy to see. And then I clicked on the family tree and there was Dane with a line connecting to Valencia.

That shot with Dane outside and Toni inside the kitchen was totally unplanned but so picture worthy. I also love that picture with Toni in the bathroom and her looking to the side when Gordon comes up behind her.

As for them getting busted…Gordon was at the table eating and didn’t seem to mind the massage but then those two started making out and…well he minded that! Haha!

Also Dane was helping her out in her career. He was pulling strings which is why she kept getting promotions so quickly. I didn’t realize that could be done.