Ruined 12

Ruin

”You ok there…..” I had been about to call him son, just a figure of speech but I knew it was the wrong thing to say and snapped my lips together before they fell from my mouth. ”Parker?” I called his name and he finally lifted his head to stare at me. Those brown eyes, which were almost identical to his Mum’s were red and swollen from tears he was angrily swiping away with the back of his hand.

I got why he was upset, no one should find out who his father was like he had.

“Parker?” I tried again when he turned his face to the side. It was obvious he didn’t want to talk to me, let alone look at me but I couldn’t exactly leave him here sitting on the wet pavement in the middle of the night. “Your mum is worried about you, we should get you back…..”

His eyes narrowed. “You’re my dad?”

Sighing, I settled my bulk next to him. I wasn’t surprised that he wanted to talk about it. He probably had a lot of questions. We both did. “Looks like it.”

“And you are ok with that?” His question