Cold Showers — Chapter 56

Seb was shocked, he was speechless, For a moment he forgot how to breathe...it was as if he was staring at his younger self. He opened his mouth to say something but words failed him.

Absentmindedly, he passed the phone back to Amelia, then buried his face in his hands. "I will assume the picture was photoshopped because I never had anything to do with Katie and never will I."

Albert, Vanessa, and Olivia wanted to see the picture too so Amelia passed her phone to them. Olivia joined her parents where they were seated so she could take a look.

Albert was holding the phone while his wife and other daughter looked at the picture with him.

"Oh, My God!" Vanessa's eyes went wide. The little boy was a replica of Sebastian.

"There are more pictures of me and him on my phone. You can scroll by to see them." Amelia said.

Albert did just that. There were so many pictures of Amelia and the boy that they couldn't go through all.

"What the hell is all of this Amelia? If this is true, why didn't you say anything to anyone the moment you found out?." Vanessa said with tears in her eyes. When she thought her son was finally going to have his happily ever after, all these had to happen.

"I was as shocked as y'all are when I set my eyes on the little boy and I demanded Katie give me an explanation."

"Of course she knew about Sebastian's breakup with Susan because we were still very close then."

"Exactly two days after the breakup, Katie accompanied her cousin to a club. It was her cousin's birthday. She had invited me but I declined. She said they all got drunk and she found herself naked next to Sebastian the following morning. Only then did she realize he was the one she slept with. She ran away before Sebastian woke up."

"She said she tried severally to think about that night to know if she was the one that approached Sebastian or Sebastian approached her but she had no memory of all that went down."

"She couldn't face any of us after what happened so she stayed away. Everything got worse when she found out she was pregnant. We had barely finished our second year of college. Her Dad was very disappointed in her so he sent her to her mom in Australia. In as much as she thought it would be better to abort the baby, she could not bring herself to do it. So she had Aaron in Australia and she gave him her surname instead of Miller."

"Due to guilt and shame, she never planned to come in contact with any of us. She knew how much you and Dad cared about her and treated her as if she was a Miller, she knew the two of you would be disappointed in her."

"She moved back here when Aaron was a little over two years old and since then she has been doing her best to avoid us all."

"She swore to me she had no idea how she landed in bed with Sebastian. She begged me not to tell you anything but I told her it was impossible. Then she pleaded for me to give her time to gather the courage to come clean to you guys."

"Since then I've been visiting Aaron from time to time. He is a sweet kid and he is very smart."

"I'm sorry I didn't say anything immediately. Whenever I decide to tell mom or dad about it, I would chicken out because it's all complicated and hard to believe. I know I wasn't in my best behaviour when mom told Olivia and me about you and Jayda but I swear to you that I have nothing against Jayda."

"Olivia told me how deeply in love you guys were and that even made me more conflicted with myself. I couldn't keep Aaron's existence a secret anymore and at the same time I didn't want to ruin what you have with Jayda because these past few days with her have been the happiest you've ever been."

"I'm really sorry for everything Sebastian but this is the truth."

Sebastian had his face buried in his hands all through Amelia's explanation. He remembered that night, but not much of it. The only thing he could do to get rid of Susan's betrayal was to get drunk. He remembered he got wasted that night, only for him to wake up naked and alone. The person he spent the night with was nowhere to be found.

Sebastian knew he was officially ruined. Everything he had worked for and earned was officially over. No doubt Jayda was going to end things with him when she finds out he has a son. Someone whom he was just learning about his existence. Thanks to his so-called sister who refused to open up three weeks ago.

Sebastian jogged back his memory of what happened three weeks ago. He wondered if it would have made any difference had it been Amelia opened up then. He wondered why life has always been unfair to him.

Vanessa rose to her feet and made her way to where Sebastian was seated. She made him look at her.

"I remember that night. I don't remember much of it because I was drunk. I remember waking up naked and by then, the person who I had a one night stand with had disappeared. My life has always been a mess and it keeps getting messier." Seb said with a heartbroken voice.

Vanessa who had unshed tears in her eyes always had answers for her son but this time around, she was short of words.

Just when Sebastian thought he had had enough, his phone rang. He reached for it in his pocket and saw that it was Lilian.

He sighed and picked up the call.

"Yes, Lily." He tried to sound okay even though all he wanted to do was cry and break something to let out his frustration.

"Sebastian, I'm on my way to the Lucendris hospital, I just got a call from them; Jayda had an accident."