Kevin's Baby

Chapter 31: Truth can be painful

Kevin's POV

I opened the door only to see the most unexpected person standing outside my house in this dark and quiet night.

"What the hell are you doing here" I snapped at her because I really didn't want to see her face after whatever she said and did today and also I didn't expect her to come at my place as I made myself quite clear this morning that I don't want to see her face again but yet here she is, standing in front of me.

I don't know what the fuck she wants now.

"Kevin, will you please invite me in because it's pretty cold out here" Kelly said.

I looked at her suspiciously.

"Look whatever act you are trying to..." I spoke but was interrupted by her.

"Please. I promise I just want to talk and nothing else. I won't create a scene this time" She said as I sighed before inviting her in reluctantly.

"So tell me what is it that you want to talk about at this hour of night" I asked sitting across her on the couch.

"Look I want you to listen to me with patients, just don't get mad okay" She said hesitantly as I nodded my head in agreement wondering what she has got to say now.

"I'm sorry for whatever I did and said this afternoon. I just want you to know that whatever I did, I did it for a good reason. I also consider you as my brother...I always have. I never looked at you in any other way and also I don't hate Ashley. I can never..." She continued but I interrupted her as I was just getting more and more confused as she talked further.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean. I don't understand and why should I believe you now after what you did" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I was just testing you and yes you were right I was talking to Ashley that night, I have been in touch with her since she left" She replied making me even more confused.

"You knew from the start where she is, you saw how miserable I'm without her yet you didn't even bother telling me her whereabouts. And why the hell were you testing me and what were you even testing that I'm still faithful to her or not" I yelled at her because I have had it enough now, the people I used to trust...the people I used to call my friends and family, are the same ones who left me to feel the pain and agony of being away from the one I love even when they knew very well where she was all the damn time.

"Look Kevin, when she left she told me that you were cheating on her..." She replied softly as if talking to a child.

"What" I whispered almost to myself, interrupting her once again.

"Yes that was exactly my reaction, she said that you were cheating on her. You were away on your business trip when she came to know about it and she was so broken that she couldn't even sleep at nights. She just couldn't bear the thought that you betrayed her...that you broke her trust...her heart. She was so stressed and restless that one night she had lots of sleeping pills just to escape everything...just to sleep for a while hoping that it would all turn out to be a dream and when she wakes up she would find you right beside her. But the reality was totally different when she woke up...she woke up in a pool of her own blood. She rushed to the hospital but deep down she also knew that the damage was already done and nothing could be done to save her baby. The doctor confirmed that she had a miscarriage due to overdose of sleeping pills and too much stress" She said as tears slide down her eyes by the time she finished saying all this.

I just couldn't bring myself to say anything because I was feeling it all over again, the pain of losing my child...and hearing how Ashley had this miscarriage brought me even more pain because I just don't understand whom should I blame for all this. Ashley? For being so irresponsible and careless that without even confronting me she took such a step that killed our baby. Or myself? For not being able to be a good husband whom she could trust no matter what the world said. I don't even understand what did I do to make her think that I was cheating on her because as much as I remember everything was going great between us before I left for that damn business trip, than what happened suddenly that made her believe that I cheated on her.