Cold Showers — Chapter 62

Even when he knew deep down that Aaron was his, Seb wanted to leave no stone untouched. He was able to get a hold of Aaron's drinking straw and fortunately, he helped him cut his fingernails so he had Aaron's nail sample too.

Seb made his way to the hospital as soon as he left Katie's place. He gave them Aaron's samples and his own samples and then pleaded for the results to be fast-tracked.

He was assured he would get the results via email in the next few hours.

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Sebastian had mixed feelings on his ride to Caleb's office. His visit to Aaron went well but deep down he was so damn scared; he was scared as to how Jayda was going to take the news.

Sebastian already missed out on three years of Aaron's life and he wouldn't want to miss any more of it. He just met Aaron and he loved the little guy already. He feels the need to protect him and makes sure he never lacks anything. Now Seb understands what a parent's love feels like.

He pulled up in the parking lot of Caleb's building and made his way to his best friend's floor.

"You're lucky I'm still here. I just told Caleb that if you don't show up in the next ten minutes, we will have to reschedule whatever you want to see us for." Lilian said to her cousin before connecting her glass of wine to her lips.

Sebastian was supposed to be with them about 35 minutes ago.

"I'm really sorry guys, I honestly lost track of time," Seb said as he approached Caleb and Lilian who were sitting on different couches at the far end corner of Caleb's office.

He took a seat on the empty couch that was beside Lilian.

"Should I pour you a drink?" Caleb offered.

"Yes please," Sebastian answered immediately.

"Okay, now I'm getting nervous," Lilian muttered.

"What do you mean?" Seb asked, confused.

Caleb said as he poured Sebastian a drink and handed it to him. "I'm your best friend and Lilian is Jayda's best friend. You said you wanted to meet both of us to discuss something so it's reasonable to conclude that you wanted us to help you plan your proposal to Jayda.

Sebastian let out a sigh. He plans to propose to Jayda. He would love nothing more than for her to be his wife but he doesn't know if it would be possible anymore.

"I'm in deep shit guys and I'm here because I need you guys to tell me what to do before I go crazy," Seb confessed.

"You did not cheat on Jayda right?" Lily asked nervously even though she was sure he wouldn't dare to do that to her best friend.

Sebastian shook his head. He took a sip of his wine and started telling them the whole story; all that Amelia said and all that happened earlier today with Katie and Aaron. He also showed them Aaron's picture.

Caleb and Lilian were short of words. Especially Caleb. Whenever Seb runs to him for advice, he always had one or two things to say but this time around his mind was blank.

Lilian swallowed painfully, "This is a very delicate and serious issue, Sebastian."

"I know, I've been a mess for three days now." He ran his right hand over his face.

"Katie instructed that if I want to be in Aaron's life, I should please create time for him. Aaron is a sweet and obedient kid. He almost started crying when I told him I had to go. I promised him I will check on him tomorrow evening."

"Do you plan to tell Jayda?" Lily asked.

"I don't know. What if she wants nothing more to do with me after I tell her everything? Life without her is not the same, I love her so much"

"Besides, I don't want her to worry because of her blood pressure. The Doctor said we should not engage her in things that will make her worry or depressed."

Caleb heaved a sigh. "So when you spend time with Aaron, where will you tell Jayda you went? The lies will keep piling up and she will eventually find out the truth." Caleb reasoned.

"Jayda is very unpredictable with how she handles different situations but one thing I can tell you as her best friend is that she hates lies. Aaron is a part of you, I understand the fatherly love you have towards him and I understand your desire to make it up to him especially after you've missed so much in his life."

"Jayda will be taken by surprise when she hears about it, I mean who wouldn't? You never saw it coming. Caleb and I even thought you called us here to help you plan a surprise proposal to Jayda. But all I can say is that Jayda deserves to know what's going on."

Sebastian sighed. "It's not that easy guys!"

Lilly and Caleb's heart went out to Sebastian. They could see the stress combined with nervousness and fear on his face.

Lilian wished there was something she could do to help but sometimes in life, there were things we must accept because we have no control over them. She had known Jayda since forever and one thing was for sure, Jayda wouldn't take the news well.