Chapter 303 - Dominic, please listen (4)

18 April, Military Hospital, City K

"Dominic, please listen. Do you have some classmates whose mummy and daddy's do not live together?"

"Mummy, you know the answer," was Dominic's quick and sassy reply.

Matthew, who had simply been sitting there ready to jump in if Lexi struggled with this was not going to allow Dominic to retort to his mother like that. In a firm, but not angry voice he added "There is no need to be like that Dominic."

"Daddy Matthew…" whined Dominic.

"Young man, we do not ask much of you. One of those things, is that you listen to what we have to say to you and speaking to us respectfully. As you get older, we will change that slightly, but was your mummy being disrespectful to you when talking to you?"

Quietly Dominic said "No, Daddy Matthew."

"Now apologise to your mummy, please."

Dominic turned and looked at Lexi quickly moving to give her a kiss on the cheek before saying "Sorry Mummy."

"That is alright Dominic, but it should not take either your Daddy Matthew or I to point out that you had acted wrongly."

Lowering his eyes, Dominic said "Yes Mummy. But you had not finished telling me what happened. It is important isn't it Mummy?"

"No, I have not, and yes, it is important Dominic." Lexi looked at Matthew who nodded and squeezed her shoulder simply to give her courage to continue. "Let me make it clear before I go on Dominic, your Daddy loved you and considered you the most important thing to come out of what was a bad situation. He thought that the best way to protect you into the future was to be with him rather than me. I will never say that he is wrong. You are my oldest child, and nothing, will take that place, even if your Daddy Matthew and I have children."

"And, if I did not want to respect the role of your daddy Dominic, I would be working to convince both you and your mummy to allow me to adopt you."

Excitedly Dominic jumped up and while jumping around said "Can you Daddy Matthew?"

"Dominic, that is not fair to your Daddy's family. Your Daddy will always be your Daddy despite him not being with you and I cannot and will not take his place, as it says that he is not important in your life. He is and I will ensure that that is respected."

"Speaking of your Daddy, Dominic," added Lexi. "I need to tell you something. As I told you your Daddy intended to leave me and take you to go and live with the woman he loved. And because he loved her so much, he could not help showing her those feelings…"

"Like what Uncle Chester and Uncle Phillip, Uncle Andrew and Aunty Sally and you and Daddy Matthew let me see mummy?"

That was so far from the truth, but there was some sense in that conclusion Dominic had reached. "Somewhat Dominic, however, I cannot be absolutely certain. But what I do know is that on the day that your Daddy told me what he wanted we argued. I told him that I was your mummy and if he wanted to leave our marriage that was his choice, but I would not be cut out of your life. After our argument, your Daddy stormed out of our home. He must have called the woman he loved to talk to her."

"After he died in the car accident, I found out that your Daddy had again been to see the lawyer he had to run his case to end our marriage and she left the office with your Daddy. What happened at the lawyer's office is something we will never know, including what time that he left there. Some time later, the car accident happened."

"I knew Daddy was killed in a car accident mummy. You did not need to do this to tell me."

"It was not just that Dominic. Yes, your Daddy was killed in a car accident, but until now there has been something, while known was nor reported in the news. It was not hidden; it could be found if people looked for it, but little was made of it. You were only weeks old when the accident happened, and I was only eighteen. The press knew very quickly that I was not coping with your Daddy's death and they seemed to have made a decision that everything about the accident was something that did not need to be made public."

"You know the story about what happened to me…"

"Uncle Chester helped you go away to study and follow your dreams, as he tells me, but to deal with Daddy's death as well."

"True, and as we are lucky and have money I was back regularly to spend as much time with you as I could. When I was ready, I had my business that I needed to bring back here, so it took some time for a permanent move. But it is your Daddy's death that you need to know about. As much as I want everything to stay hidden, we cannot always have the press do what we want, no matter how hard your Uncle Chester works at it. Everything about how your Daddy died is in records that you, after you turn eighteen can ask to see. The fight between me and your daddy's parents about where you should live and the time you spend with us, has made people look into how your daddy died, and this time the press will not be as nice as they were."

"You are scaring me mummy."

"I do not want to Dominic, but you need to be ready for what will happen when someone does tell the story…"

"Mummy, was it not an accident and daddy killed someone else?"

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