Chapter 3 - Oh Mandy

It was three in the morning when Nate reached home and as Myk pushed 

the door they heard shouting from the main bedroom. Nate raised his hand 

for Myk not to push him any further.

"Leave me alone Jeff!"

"I love you Mandy, what do you see in him?"

"Are you CRAZY? He has always been kind to me, all you want is a roll in 

the hay and now he found out, I feel awful!" Jeff frowned.

"Do you love him?" Jeff asked with a weird look on his face.

"In a way yes, he is not a bad person, he will make someone a good husband 

someday and I know that won't be me but I'm not a robot!"

"Come with me, he fired me but I still have my house and some savings."

"WHAT? NO! I need to get myself in order, so this doesn't happen again. 

Every time I see you, I will see his face and remember what WE did. I know 

we hurt him even though he hid it well. I can't stay here, and you and I are 

OVER!" Mandy yelled in tears.

Jeff calmed down a bit.

"I do love you Mandy and I know I hurt him, he hates me now."

"We shouldn't have done it."

"Yeah well, too late. I'm leaving, I will give you some time to re-think about 

being with me. You know how to find me. I need to go before he gets here."

"I'm already here." Nate said as he appeared in the doorway.

"Don't worry, I'm leaving." Jeff said as he walked past his brother without a 

word.

"Myk, you can head home, I will call if I need anything." Nate said.

"Sir." Myk said in a warning tone. She was afraid Mandy would try something 

and hurt Nate.

"I'll be just fine; Mandy and I will have a nice chat."

"Okay."

"I'm sorry Nate." Mandy said as she sat on the bed, still shaken from her 

shouting match with Jeff.

"It's okay Mandy, I can take some of the blame for this situation. I made it 

easy for you and my brother, it was quite convenient. He isn't bad person 

but I won't be able to forgive him for this for a long while."

"I will pack my things in the morning and get out of your hair. Can you give 

me some money to get a cab, the new bank card hasn't arrived yet and I 

don't have any cash on me."

Nate pulled an envelope from his chair pocket and handed it to her. She 

took the envelope and opened it. Her eyes widened and more tears fell.

"Are you sure about this?"

Nate smiled.

"I'm sure, as I said, I share the blame, think of this as my apology for making 

you suffer for these months."

"Not suffer Nate, you were always kind to me, the money you gave me 

helped with my parents, so I am grateful."

"Your parents are ill?" Nate frowned, why did he not know this?

"Yeah, both have cancer, but they are fighters."

"Come to me next week, I will give you some more."

"No! Thank you but no, I've taken enough."

"Mandy, come see me next week."

Mandy smiled.

"Thank you, Nate, for everything and I believe I can trust you with this bit of 

information and I know you won't harbour any ill will against me."

Nate looked at Mandy and guess it.

"You are pregnant." Nate smiled.

Mandy nodded and the tears began again.

"This is wonderful news for you, I wish you a good pregnancy. Will you tell 

Jeff?"

"He said he doesn't want children so that is a no."

"Bastard."

"Don't blame him, I should have protected myself. I have to get a job and 

sort myself out."

"I will set up a trust fund for the baby, you can message or email me with 

updates and if you need help with his care."

"You would do that? You don't even know if the baby is his."

"Well, either way, you and I were in a relationship, that has to mean 

something. So even if the child wasn't Jeff's, I would still help if you asked."

Mandy got up, made her way over to Nate and bent down to hug him. He 

stiffened and she flinched.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." She pulled away and stepped back.

"It's okay, it's a reflex, don't take it personally." Nate smiled genuinely.

"I need to get some sleep; I will take the guest room. For the record, you

really are a good person, find the woman who is for you and love her hard. 

Good night Nate."