~fight over Duncan~
“No we are not, Mr. Lucas!” Azuaka barked madly at him. He walked slowly and pulled out a paper from his jacket, “I have got proves even your wife has confirmed it.” He tossed the paper at him, “That is the confirmatory DNA test result which confirms me as the father of Duncan…”
Lucas shot his hell-stares at him, “You rotten dick. You have the nerves to walk into my house to reap where you didn’t sow! How dare you stand in front of me to consent to being the father of Duncan. Gabriela is my wife. I fucked her and got her pregnant of that boy…”
Azuaka shook his head in disappointment, “Can you listen to yourself, Lucas? Can you just listen to your damn self? Ok, apologies for fucking your wife. I was still single at the time, we were drunk and possessed with lust in Brasilia. I felt sorry for it. But then Gabriela became pregnant for me. I am sorry for my flaws but Gabriela kept it secret from you, so is not my fault. I have come for my son. My wife here has been confirmed barren. I need my son!” he yelled.
Cold tears trickled down the cheeks of Lucas once he pressed his eyes, “With his gaze on Gabriela, he asked, “Tell me it is not true, tell me what this dick is saying can’t hold water. Gabriela! Gabriela! Talk to me. Did all of that happen?”
Gabriela dropped on her knees and pressed her face between her thighs, “I am sorry sweetie. It is all my fault. I thought I was on the right path. I never wanted to give him my body. But it happened mistakenly. I saw how the pregnancy brought joy in our lives so I wanted to keep it secret while you father Duncan. Please forgive me. I am a mess. I am an embodiment of ruin. Please forgive me…”
“Keep shut you cunt! Are you telling me after all these years? Oh my god! What fucking world do we live in? What the hell did I marry in the name of Jupiter! What the fuck!
Just then Duncan ran downstairs to Lucas and hugged him before noticing the tears that trickled down his cheeks and then the sobbing of Gabriela.
“Why are you all tears, Big Papa? And why is mom weeping bitterly?” Duncan asked, raising his gaze at him.
Lucas inwardly cautioned himself. He summoned courage and might. He sniffed, squatted to Duncan and stamped a passionate kiss on his brow, chin and palms.
“I love you cute pearl. Whatever happens, I want you to know that Big Papa still loves you and would check up on you always.”
“Why are you sounding funny, Big Papa?” he asked and wiped the tears trickling down the cheeks of Lucas, “You sound very uncertain, Big Papa. Where am I going?” he was full of anxiety now.
Lucas hugged him firmly and stroked him on the head. “You are going nowhere…” he broke down in tears after failing to fight it off. “Listen to me, son, I don’t want you to think you are going anywhere.” He pointed at Azuaka and Opula , “you see the man and the woman, they have come to take you home for summer holidays.”
Duncan interrupted him, “Summer holidays? But school is still in session, what other holiday could occur at this time?”
Lucas grinned, “No! No! Son it is not that holiday. This very holiday is the time you choose to know your cousins nieces, nephews, and explore new environment. They are going to help you do that and as soon as they are done , I will come and bring you back home…”
“No Big Papa why now? You are supposed to come along with me then, so we can enjoy it together…”
“No! No! I told you I would join you right. Yes, I will join you. Ok. Now I want you to go to them now. They have come to pick you…”
“Will mom join you when coming?” he asked yet further.
“Oh yes son, your…” he stuttered and broke down in tears, “Sh - she will join me.”
“I am going to miss you, Big Papa…” he stamped him a kiss on his brow, and stared into his eyes to see bitterness and disappointment. “Who are they? The man and the woman?” he asked in whispers.
Lucas grinned hugely, lowered his gaze and replied in pain. “You can call him dad and you can call her mom…” he shook his head, “They are not different form us…”
Duncan ran speedily and hugged Gabriela. They didn’t speak to each other rather with teary face and hugging they communicated. As for weeping there was no stopping Gabriela.
Duncan walked to Azuaka and Opula, “Shall we go on the holidays now?” he said to Azuaka , who carried him in his arms, stared at them for one last time before he walked through the door, leaving them weeping and sobbing..
***
At dawn when Gabriela opened her teary eyes from nervous, restless, sleepless night, she couldn’t find Lucas or any trace of him. All his belongings where no where to be found. Although she expected him to do even worse yet she couldn’t stand losing Lucas, who had sacrificed even his life for her.
She didn’t have to treat him that way. She had committed worse than iniquity and mortality wasn’t enough punishment for her flaws.
Few days later Lucas appeared in her house again but this time with some documents in brown envelope.
“I want a divorce, Gabriela,” he said and tossed the documents at her, “Sign the divorce documents.”