Chapter 402 - Can we talk (11)

10 May, Residences, Military base, City K

Bronwyn stood at the entry gate to the residential area waiting of John to arrive. Before the unexpected arrival of her father she still thought that she had sufficient time to tell her boyfriend exactly who he was. However, as per normal, her father messed up her plans but that was his usual style.

While carefully watching for John, she thought about the news her father delivered. Her mother, in here early 50s was pregnant. When those words were said, her initial thoughts were they had resorted to IVF for her to fall pregnant, but after talking to her father for a while, it was a natural pregnancy.

The research she quickly did online scared her, because her mother's age made this dangerous for her and the baby. Did her parents really consider the risks? Her father's traction as they talked told her they did not. She was realistic that her parents always wanted more children but had not been lucky before now. Of course, her father's career impacted that, but as her mother told her she had health issues that impacted her ability in to fall pregnant.

She saw John's car coming towards the entry gate, so she moved out to greet him. While his role, and security clearance gave him the ability to enter the residences area on base, she did not want him to come straight to her apartment without knowing what was waiting.

John, seeing his girlfriend brought his car to a stop and wound down the window before saying "You did not have to come and meet me."

Bronwyn gently shook her head before saying, "We need to talk."

Confused, John looked carefully at Bronwyn seeing her wearing a floating cream floral print dress belted at her waist reaching half way between her knees and ankles, with a sweetheart neckline and capped sleeves with a pair of low heels on her feet, and her hair loosely tied back with a matching ribbon and no make-up on.

It was something completely different to what she normally wore on their dates, but she looked as fetching as ever. He could not believe how chance brought her into his life, and if he had his way, he would never let her go. The nature of her career though, meant that he had to be realistic that he would have no control over how long she was here, and he would not force her to change things simply for him. That would lose part of what made him fall for her.

Quietly, he said as she opened the door and sat in the front passenger seat "You sound worried."

"Worried, scared and infuriated more like it."

John sat there quietly trying to rack his brain about what he had messed up.

Seeing the confusion on his face Bronwyn said "No, it is not you. My father arrived unexpectedly, not only shocking me with his presence but the news that my mother is pregnant..."

"That...."

"A surprise, but more a shock. Plus, with my mother's age, being pregnancy is a huge risk for her, so I found out searching online."

"It is there choice, not your choice. All you can do is support them."

"True, but..."

Hearing Bronwyn trail off John, slightly turned his head and saw a brief look cross her face. There was something more, and by the look he knew he might not like it,

"Do not worry about it presently. Just be happy for them. But your father, Where is he? How about rather than staying here I take the two of you out."

Hearing John gave Bronwyn a sense of calm. He was right, she just had to be happy for her parents, because this was their decision, not her decision. And, if mother had fallen pregnant when she was younger, they would not be talking to her about it. She just needed to stop worrying about it at this time.

But her father was the problem. While few people knew he was here in town, he was even more paranoid about his safety than the boss was. They rarely ate out as a family, staying on based most of the time.

Shaking her head, she said, "No. I wanted to stay at home tonight anyway, but my father is here."

"Oh," came John's somewhat startled reply. While Bronwyn had met his parents, it was in a more social setting. Yes, there was trouble at their first meeting, but that was not their fault let alone her parents. "I was hoping to have somewhere easier to meet him."

An easy place to meet her father. John was kidding himself if that was the case. There was nowhere in the world that would be easy for him to meet her father. She let out a little laugh, drawing a shocked "What!" from John's mouth.

Bronwyn knowing that she needed to be honest said, "I thought I had a couple of more weeks to tell you, but the Boss was right, I should have told you before now..."

"You talked to Matthew about your father before me." John shook his head and continued "And I am meant to be your boyfriend. I wonder..."

Quickly Bronwyn interrupted " No, it is not like that. I have a question, which you likely know the answer to. What is the surname of the head of special forces nationally?"

John quickly thought about it, and the moment he recalled the name, Bronwyn could see it on his face.

"You recalled Head Honcho as we call him is a General Li."

Quietly John said, with hesitation "Yes."

"Prepared yourself, you are about to meet him. If it was professionally, I do not think you would have an issue, but you started dating his little girl behind his back."

"What!" John spat out just as he pulled up outside the apartment block where Bronwyn's residence was located.

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