Chapter 560 - So, do you have a better idea? (1)

2 June, Matthew's Villa, City K

As Matthew opened his eyes, he heard a quiet knock on the bedroom door. Seeing Lexi was still asleep, he carefully moved to the door picking up a dressing gown to cover himself. As he tied the dressing gown around himself, he opened the door, and saw Dominic standing there. Quietly he asked, "What is it Dominic?"

"I want to talk to Mummy," Dominic responded in a loud voice. As he turned, Matthew noticed that Lexi awoke suddenly. Matthew could see the noise had startled her.

Quickly Lexi realised that it was Dominic, and this was the first time since he found out the truth that he had come looking for her. There was no way that she was going to pass up this opportunity. In a still sleepy voice Lexi responded, "Yes Dominic?"

"Can I come in Mummy?"

"Absolutely, just let your Daddy Matthew help me sit up first."

Hearing Lexi's direction, Matthew was glad that last night he had slipped a nightdress on Lexi after their fun in bed, before she fell asleep, otherwise this would be an extremely difficult thing to explain to Dominic why Lexi had nothing on. Previously he has dismissed the embarrassment Ben, Joseph and David talked about of being found n.a.k.e.d in bed with their wives by their children, but ever since Dominic and Lexi had come into his life, he was constantly on edge about that.

Matthew moved and carefully helped Lexi sit up, before reaching down and picking up the boxers he had left near the bed and working to slip them on while Dominic came over and climbed on the bed.

Lexi watching Matthew, laughed to herself. Last night he had bullied her after they had their fun to put a nightdress on, but the idiot forgot to put any underwear on, and sensing his uneasiness all that ran through her head was that he deserved it.

As she watched Dominic climb on the bed, she could sense that he was ignoring Matthew, but at least he wanted to talk to her. The immediate thought that came to her was that the had to take things step by step to deal with his feelings about the whole situation.

As Dominic moved to sit beside her, Lexi concerned asked "What is it Dominic?"

"Mummy, why did everyone talk to me last night?"

Sensing their son's confusion Matthew gently tapped him in his shoulder and said "Dominic…"

Dominic snapped and spat out "Leave me alone."

Seeing the tension cross Matthew's face, Lexi subtly shook her head as a signal to Matthew to calm down, before saying "Dominic…"

With a smile, Dominic said "Do not Dominic me Mummy, it makes me feel as if I am trouble."

"Not in trouble, Dominic, but confused about things."

"Mummy, you lied to me, there is nothing confusing about that."

Lexi slightly tensed, because it sounded like, despite Dominic coming looking for her that they were stuck in the situation they had been for weeks. Dominic focused on the one thing rather than slightly getting that the whole situation was more complicated than he could thing.

"Dominic…" Lexi said sounding hopeless at the situation.

"Mummy stop that. Can you admit that I was lied to about my Daddy?"

Signing, Lexi said "That is the issue Dominic, I do not see it as a lie, as your Daddy for all his faults and selfishness did one thing right, he made sure that you were born. To me that makes someone a parent, more than a biological connection."

Sensing Lexi's confusion, Matthew said "How about I put it a different way. Someone gives birth to a child and leaves the child. Another couple find that child, take it home and raise the child as if they are their own child. Who do you think is the parents?"

"That is different to here," snapped Dominic.

Lexi having gathered herself together again added "In some ways it is different but in others it is not. Your Daddy, like the people who found the child stepped in as a parent. He was at the time and will always be that. But your Daddy Matthew, unlike those who left the child did not know you existed. And me I was not legally an a.d.u.l.t at the time I fell pregnant with you, so my parents, other than medical decisions except in an emergency where I could not agree, had control over my life."

Dominic nodded, and said "I get that Mummy. Everyone told me about your parents and what they were like. But why did you not stand up to them." By the time he finished speaking Dominic was crying.

"Dominic, I wanted to. But there were things that impacted me doing that including my age, that I was pregnant with you who I wanted to have, and that I had always been taught to respect my parents."

"But you should have told them who my real Daddy was…"

Matthew, sensing Dominic was about to flee, moved and gathered a somewhat struggling Dominic in his arms and said "Dominic, you heard about what your Mummy's parents believed about the military?"

"Yes, but that was mean. They would have let go of that if Mummy told the truth."

Matthew looked over Dominic's head and say Lexi about to burst out crying. He mouthed to her "It will be alright."

Pulling Dominic back somewhat from his tight embrace, Matthew said "Dominic, I hate to say this about your Mummy's parents, who to me when I was growing up were more like parents to me than my own parents, but they would not. It is not nice to speak about people like I am about to, when they cannot respond but you need to know this. No one else knows this, not even your Mummy, because I did not want to worry anyone about it…"

Noticing Dominic's wide eyes, Matthew looked over at Lexi, who had similar wide eyes. This secret, when he heard about Lexi's parents' death was something he vowed not to talk about, but his wife and their son needed to know what they said and tried to do. It was the only way forward.

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