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Secret

Part Two

by

Holly
(lilmac11313@yahoo.com)

"Does he miss me?" Fran questioned out loud. "Does he forgive? I know I still love him. And I hate the decision I made, but I had to." Fran mummbled inbetween sobs as she sat on her closet floor. "I wish I could find him and tell him why I walked away from us. From what we could have had, but he has to know that it was better this way."

Maxwell couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was his wife actually talking about her love for another man right in front of him? "Who is he, Fran?" Maxwell asked with fear in his voice. Sure he wanted to know but he was also afraid of the answer. Maxwell's voice had startled Fran so much she nearly fell over. She tried to think of someone to name but no one would come to mind.

It was time to tell Maxwell her secret, it was now or never. Fran turned and looked at Maxwell with tears in her eyes. Trying to wipe them away, she asked "What are you doing home?" Fran took a breath and stood up. "How long have you been there?" she asked when she found her voice again.

"I came back when I saw the hurt in your eyes and long enough to know that you're in love with someone else. So what's his name? How old is he? When did you two meet? And how long have you been seeing him?" Maxwell asked feeling his anger rise with each passing second. "I want to know the whole story from start to finish," he said moving closer his fists slightly clenched.

Fran sighed. She had always wanted to tell Maxwell just not like this. "Well how about we go sit down on the bed? This might be a bigger shock than you expected," Fran started with. Maxwell complied and went over to the bed and sat down followed by Fran. Fran crossed her legs and took Maxwell's hands in hers.

"Okay you want to know the whole story, then I'll tell you the whole from start to finish. His name is Joseph. He is 18 years ol-"

"My God, Fran! An 18 years old boy! Why he's the same age as Grace! How could you?" Maxwell blurted out.

"Now hold up. If you interrupt me, you might hurt yourself jumping to conclusions. I'm not involved with him in that way. Besides I'd only do that with you. As I was saying though, he's 18 years old and I first met him 18 years ago, when I gave birth to him." Fran paused and let her words sink in. Maxwell just sat in shock. He knew his wife inside and out, or so he thought. But never in his wildest dreams would he ever imagine her having another child besides Maggie, Brighton, Grace, Jonah, and Eve. Fran was getting quites nervous with all the silence. Maxwell was the first to break the ackward moment.

"If you have a child, a son. Then where is he?" he asked. Fran took a deep breath and steadied herself.

"Well when I first found out that I was pregnant, I freaked out. I didn't have a job or my own home. And the father packed up and left town once I told him. I thought about trying to raise Joseph by myself but after a while my love for him grew to strong. I came to realize that even though I knew I would miss him forever, it would be best for him to be raised by someone else. So I made the choice to put him up for adoption. And believe me when that day came, it was hard. Spending 11 hours in labor only to hold him for five minutes then give him up forever."

Fran paused as she remembered that day. Tears threatened to escape over her eyes. Fran hung her head when the tears started to fall. Maxwell leaned over and titled her head up and wiped away the tears with his thumbs.

"Fran darling, I had no idea you went through something like that. No wonder you never liked letting the children out of your sight. Why didn't you ever tell me?" Maxwell asked, guilt rising inside of him for accusing Fran of such a thing.

"Well because I..."

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