Chapter 2: Meeting Lexie

Rowdy---I had to get away from Sue and her husband. I needed to think. I drove around the lake and up to Cold Spring Creek. I stopped the EV and looked up the side of the mountain at the coffee trees. There was a slight breeze blowing as I asked Liesbet what I should do! Rarely was the answer as clear as it was that day!

“Go see your son!”

I started the EV and raced to the house. If I hurried, I could make the afternoon flight back to the capital. Mom and dad were busy impregnating heifers, so I did not have to deal with them. I did leave a note saying I was going to the capital and I would contact them in a few days. I made the flight and upon arriving, I checked into a hotel. I was lucky, there was a seat on an international flight to Houston the next morning.

As I sat in the international lounge at the airport I wondered if I should call Lexie. I decided against it, fearing she might talk me out of coming. I wanted to see my son. Then I started thinking, what if the kid is not mine, Lexie might have had another lover in college. I’ll get a DNA test. Yes, that’s what I will do! Then, what if the kid is mine? Maybe I should have talked to Mom and Dad. My flight was called and I got on the plane. It was a four-hour flight, so I had plenty of time to think about what I was going to say.

First to Lexie, I remember her, she was tall, skinny and had the most beautiful grey eyes. Sue said I was Lexie’s first. I don’t know about that. Truthfully, I do not remember Lexie ever saying anything about her being a virgin. The next problem is the boy. Do I want to introduce myself to him as his father? What has Lexie told him about me? The pilot interrupted my thoughts announcing we were about to land in Houston.

It took an hour to get through immigration and customs then out to a taxi. I showed the driver Lexie’s address and asked if there was a hotel near her place. He said there was a Red Roof Inn close to her address. I laughed and told him that would be fine. An hour later I was checked in.

I showered and put on clean clothes, then went to the front desk. I had them call me a taxi. It was less than two miles to the apartment complex where Lexie lives.

I paid the taxi driver and walked up to her ground floor apartment. I admit, I waited a full minute before I knocked. From inside I heard a young boy shout, “Somebody is at the door.”

“Don’t open it, I’ll get it,” was the reply. I heard someone approach the door and I imagine look out the peep hole before opening it.

“Rowdy!” she screamed as she saw me standing there. I did not know what to say, my mind was drawing a blank. I looked passed her and saw a man standing in the living room.

“Lexie, if I have caught you at a bad time, I can come back. I don’t want...”

She grabbed me by the hand and pulled me into the apartment.

“No this is not a bad time! Dr. Fetterman this is Rowdy, an old friend from college.”