The Walk of Life
Copyright© 2019 by Arquillius
Epilogue to 1996 A.D. - Year one
Thunder echoed in the overcast sky as we drove towards Danielle’s house. I hadn’t remembered the thunder for the day, but a lot of things had already changed.
When Chloe and the others had approached Mother about dropping in on Danielle, she had been against it, telling the girls that a harlot like that had no place in their lives, and instead of spilling the beans, at first anyways, they used the bible against her. Mother was taken aback by them pointing out that Jesus Christ had kept around Mary Magdalene and they considered her a harlot by many. When she further protested, and asked why they would want to see the baby, I was the one who broke the silence and admitted the truth. I told her and Fawn, since they didn’t know, that I was the father, and explained how it had happened. Finally, Chloe gave her an ultimatum. Come with us, or she’d be spending the day at Epcot alone, with six extra unused tickets, because none of us would be staying.
With this new information, we forced Mother to relent, and now here we were, pulling up to the house. I was the first to get out of the car. I walked up to the house, with my sisters in tow. I rang the bell and Uncle Robert answered the door.
“Wow. Didn’t expect to see you with the whole gang in tow.” Uncle Robert said.
“Yeah, stuff sort of came out, and they know I’m the dad.” I said.
“Fine by me, Joshua. I’m sure Danielle would be happy to hear that.” Uncle Robert said.
He stepped aside and let us enter. I led the girls to the Livingroom where Danielle was sitting on the couch trying to calm a fussy little Joel. She didn’t notice us, until I walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
“He doesn’t seem too happy.” I pointed out.
Danielle looked around and saw our sisters waiting nearby.
“Everyone is here?” Danielle asked.
She was in shock as the girls crowded around us, and she let Chloe take Joel. His little eyes seemed to light up by all this new attention. Danielle and I stepped away as Mother entered the room.