I started to protest but then I bit my tongue because it would help her a ton if she didn’t have to shell out that money for a ticket.
“Okay, I won’t fight you on that. Thank you Sebastian.”
“No problem at all. Can I speak to your mother for a minute so that I can get her information to buy the ticket?”
I held the phone away from my mouth and quickly told my mom that he offered to buy her ticket. She looked really surprised and I could also see that she was grateful as she realized that she would not have to spend that money.
I handed my mom the phone, they talked for a few minutes, got everything squared away and she gave the phone back to me.
“I will have my assistant set everything up for her, I’ll have a car pick her up and all she will have to do is show up at the airport.”
It was a really nice gesture and I was grateful that he was being so generous. I hated to admit it but it softened me a bit toward him. How could I stay mad at him when he was being so nice to my mom?
“Thank you Sebastian, I want you to know that we both really appreciate your generosity.”
“It’s my pleasure. Elena, can I come see you on Sunday after your mom leaves? I really want to explain everything to you.” There was a subtle desperation in his voice and I could tell that whatever he had to say was important so I gave in.
“Sure, why don’t you come by around 1:30?”
“Okay, I’ll see you Sunday. If you need anything, anything at all before then, please let me know.”
“Okay, I will.”
As soon as I hung up the phone my mom was staring at me waiting for me to fill her in on Sebastian.
"Honey, you have to tell me what has been going on with him. He was so worried about you, you should have seen the way he was pacing back and forth in the hospital room before you woke up, and now he’s offering to pay for my flight home. Elena, this man really cares about you but I can sense that you are upset with him, what happened?”
"Things were really starting to develop with us, I mean things were going great, and then he had to go to Paris for a few days. When he came back, I decided to surprise him at his house and when I got there, it’s a long story but another woman came out of his house and was holding the hand of a little boy who looked like he’s about three years old. It turns out that little boy is Sebastian’s son who he never told me about. So I feel like he was hiding it from me and I don’t understand why.”
“Oh. Hmmm, well maybe you should just hear what he has to say, I’m sure there’s a good explanation for why he didn’t tell you before. Who was the woman?”
"Her name is Sophia and she is the PR exec in the Paris office who Sebastian dated a few years ago and apparently, he left out the part about him having a child with her.”
“Is there anything going on between the two of them now?”
"No, he says things were over with them a long time ago but when we were in Brazil I could tell that she still has feelings for him.”
“Be careful there Elena, she’s the mother of his child and it will be really easy for her to make him feel like they should be together. You need to be sure that he is really over her and there are no feelings there. I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
"I know, that's why I agreed to hear what he has to say. I will keep you posted on what happens but I don't want to dwell on this during the rest of your time here. I just want to spend quality time with you, mom.”
She patted the back of my hand. “Okay honey.”
Chapter Thirteen – Answers
Sunday afternoon, after my mom and I had our tearful goodbye, I took my time getting ready because I wanted to look pretty for Sebastian. Even though I had no idea what was going to happen between us, I still had feelings for him and wanted to look nice. He showed up right on time and I double-checked my makeup in the mirror before I opened the door.
He looked as gorgeous as ever as he stood in my doorway, taking my breath away.
“Hi.” It was a simple word but the way he said it made the butterflies flutter like crazy in my belly.
“Hi Sebastian, come on in.”
We both got comfortable on the couch and I looked at him and lightly touched his knee. "Thank you again for buying my mom's ticket, you didn’t have to send her back first class but I’m sure she really enjoyed it. That was very generous of you.”
“It was no problem at all Elena, I was happy to do it. I take it she made it back safely?”
“Yes, she did.”
Good.” He looked down at the floor, wringing his hands and I could see that he was nervous and then he raised cautious eyes to mine. “I want to tell you about Sophia and my son.”
My heart was beating out of my chest, but I didn’t know why because this was what I had been waiting for.
“Okay.” I clasped my hands together trying to calm the pounding in my chest.
“The reason Sophia and I broke up is because she slept with Spencer while we were dating which you already know. I found out that they had been sleeping together for nearly the entire time we were together and that was the end for us. A month after we broke up she told me she was pregnant but didn’t know if the baby was mine or Spencer’s so we ended doing a paternity test and it turned out that Jaden is my son.”
To say I was shocked was understatement. So many thoughts flooded my mind and I didn’t know where to begin with my questions so I started with the easiest one first.
“Jaden. You broke the first name starting with an “S” thing.”
He looked a little confused and then gave a half-hearted smile as what I meant by that dawned on him. “Yes, I did.”
“I don’t even know what to say about that Sebastian, that story is awful. The only good thing that came out of it is Jaden. Speaking of Jaden, why didn’t you tell me about him, why did I have to find out about him the way I did?”
He let out a long sigh, releasing tension from his body and looked at me with sad eyes. “I’m really sorry that you found out that way Elena, I didn’t want that to happen. I was going to tell you everything last Saturday when we went out to dinner but you surprised me a day early. Sophia and I have been involved in a brutal custody battle, I want Jaden here with me and she wants to keep Jaden in Paris with her, and my lawyers said it would be best to appear as if I was single until after everything was settled. I go there every other weekend to see him and during the trip last week he was more upset than normal and did not want me to leave, so I told him he could come home with me. Sophia wouldn’t let me take him by myself, since technically my weekend was over, so that’s why she was there also. I could tell by the look on your face that you thought so much more was going on, but I promise you there is nothing going on between Sophia and me besides raising our son and trying to keep his life as normal as possible.”