Chapter 92: Important conversation pt.2
Rory
"Baby, your father and I had a sort of misunderstanding, so... we kind of fell out." I finally explained, hoping that would be answer enough. But Nikolas had always been a very curious child. Because his brain was sharper than normal, he tend to be curious about a lot of things. His facotite thing in the world was asking questions, which was why I was quite surprised that he didn’t ask me anything about his father till tonight.
"Oh, so he hurt you?" He asked, eyes wide and filled with clear curiosity. I bit at the inside of my cheeks for a moment before shaking my head.
"No, baby. He didn’t hurt me. It was... just a misunderstanding." I explained with our eyes still locked. It had been on the tip of my tongue to tell him that his father had indeed hurt me, and that it had been really bad, because I knew that on telling him that, he’d instantly hate his father and want nothing to do with him. But then I’d feel guilty for doing that, simply because I still didn’t want Jason to meet him.
"Okay," he finally breathed out and a relieved sigh slipped past my lips. Phew.
Kenny massaged my back again and this time, I leaned onto the touch.
"But he never came by though. Or he dosent love me?" He suddenly blurted out and I realized that I had spoken too soon. This didn’t sound like it was over in the slightest.
"Niko, don’t say that. Why would you think someone won’t be able to love you? Much less your father."
Nikolai shrugged.
"Well, he hurt you, didn’t he? And he never came by. Not even on my birthdays, so I figured he just doesn’t like me. Is it because I’m not like the other kids? Bebecause I’m weird?"
My heart squished tightly in my chest and I blinked fast to push back to urge to cry. I had to remind myself that this conversation was about my son and not about me.