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The First Visit

Cole Huerter

    “Daddy, I don’t want to go.”
    “You will be fine. She has been dying to meet you.”
    Jacob stood at the front door of the house with his father. “Daddy, does Mommy know about you meeting this lady?”
    His father took a deep breath then got down on one knee and looked up at his son. “Jacob, you know there are some things going on with me and your mother. I’m not sure what the result will be in the end, but we are meeting with this lady tonight because I feel like you may like her. Do you trust me, son?”
    “Yes, daddy.”
    His father ruffled his son’s hair and stood back up. He rang the doorbell once more. The lock clicked as the door swung open. He looked up and saw a lady dressed in jeans and a Yankees’ t-shirt.
    “David, it’s so good to see you again,” she said. She swung her arms around his father’s neck and gave him a hug.
    “Hello, Mary,” he replied. “This is Jacob.”
    She looked at Jacob with a smile and knelt down to him. “You are so cute and adorable. I can see where you get your cute looks from, Jacob,” she said, looking up to David.
    Jacob hid behind his father’s leg and looked at the lady, but he didn’t want to upset him.
    “Please, come in,” Mary said.
    Jacob’s dad took a step forward and felt a tug on his jeans and picked him up. “Everything will be fine, son.”
    He took Jacob into the house and sat him down on the couch. Mary followed behind him and looked back at Jacob. “Do you want anything to drink, sweetie?”
    “N-no thank you, ma’am.”
    “He has such good manners.”
    She went to pinch his cheek, but he backed away a little bit. “Daddy, I wanna go home.”
    “Jacob, what did we talk about. It will be fine.”
    Jacob slouched a little into the couch and pulled out the Batman action figure from his pocket and started messing with it.
    “You like Batman?” Mary asked.
    Jacob nodded his head.
    “I think he is very brave, Jacob. Just like your father.”
    An uncomfortable chill went up his back. “Daddy, why are we here? Does Mommy know about this?”
    Mary stood up and looked at his father with worry. He sat down next to Jacob and looked at him. “Son, I know this is hard for you with your mom and I going through this, but you have to know that I do love your mother very much- “
    “If you love Mommy, why are we here? Shouldn’t we go back home to see her?”
    David leaned back and took a deep breath. “Well son, Daddy can’t go home. Mommy doesn’t want me home for a while. I have to stay here with Mary.”
    “Why? Doesn’t Mommy love you?” Jacob asked.
    “She does, but things just aren’t going the way we planned. Have some faith in me, son.”
    “I wanna go home.”
    David sighed then stood back up. “Okay,” He picked Jacob up and walked to the door. “Mary, I will be back soon.”
    Jacob waved as they walked out the door.

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