A Summer to Remember(53)
“You know what scares me? She comes back to you in maybe three or four months and claims she’s pregnant with your child. Then what are you going to do?” I wondered out loud.
Paul swallowed the rest of his wine in a couple of gulps. “We report it. I don’t want to press charges because if this got out…Jude might kick my ass. I mean…I have bruises and there is evidence sexual intercourse might have taken place but it wasn’t consensual on my part.
“However, it’s still my fault. I should have never left my drink unattended. That was stupidity on my part but I’d had a few before that one and I wasn’t thinking. I just assumed she was better than that. I never saw it coming and the worst part is she knew I would view the situation like this. That f*cking bitch.”
“I mean, what happens between us? I don’t know if I could handle you having a child out there, Paul. Knowing what I know and how I can’t give them to you but this bitch can spread her legs, have you ejaculate inside her and oops, she’s f*cking preggers! It pisses me off beyond all comprehension how life can be so f*cking unfair!” I stubbed my cigarette out and swigged from my wine.
“Listen, there is no way in hell her parents would allow her to have a child while she is unwed and there is no way I am marrying her.” Paul walked over and embraced me before he kissed the top of my head. “If that is how she thinks she is going to get me back then she is dead wrong. I have you and that is all I want. The kids…we talked about that, Jerri. We can adopt. There are plenty of children out there who need good homes and they will be ours, even if we don’t share the same genetics. That isn’t what makes a family…love and trust and this…what we have between us, that is what a family consists of.”
I stared into his eyes and touched his cheeks so softly. “Please promise me this won’t ruin anything between us. We can get past this, can’t we? It wasn’t your fault and I know you wouldn’t have cheated on me and rape doesn’t count. As silly as you want to think that is, she committed a crime and if she were a man, the situation would be very different.”
“I still love you more than any other woman I have ever met and I would have never done anything to hurt you intentionally. Ashley f*cked around on me so it’s not like I don’t know what that feels like. I could never prove it but I do believe she slept with Kevin while we were in a relationship together.”
My face scrunched up at the thought. “That woman needs her head examined if she slept with him while you two were going out. That man is just…ugh…the sex between us was awful. I couldn’t have an orgasm unless he gave me head and surprise, it was his least favorite activity but he loved to have someone going down on his knob. He’s the typical f*cking rich guy and she went there? The thought is just too gross to be considered let alone believed.”
“Weirder things have happened.”
“Yes, I know, like your ex slipping you a Roofie to have sex with you. That woman is seriously unhinged and I do believe we should get a restraining order against her. I don’t trust her.”
“I did one better than that: I reported the crime to the Stamford Police Department before I left. They made me give a urine sample before they sent me to the local hospital where a doctor took a blood sample as well. I was told that depending on the dosage, Rohypnol doesn’t necessarily stay in the system that long but if she gave me a medium to high dosage than it should still be present and can be up to sixty hours after it has been ingested,” he explained.
We separated reluctantly and I took another sip from my wine. “Why didn’t you tell me you already reported it when I first accused you of cheating?”
“It was important to me to have proof because the last thing I want is to lose your trust after it has taken me all this time to gain it.” Paul slipped his right hand into my left. “I know it could be some crazy conspiracy for me to cover up cheating but the doctors did a complete examination. The whole incident was notated and photographed including the bruising in, on and around my penis area. This often happens when one attempts to have sex with a man and he isn’t fully erect.
“It was stupid and the cops aren’t ever going to charge her with rape. Not of a man and she knows it. Worst case scenario is she’ll end up with a bullshit charge of ‘Reckless Endangerment’ and she’ll get off with probation and perhaps she’ll be ordered to take some anger management classes or something…I don’t know what kind of courses they would have for someone who would be insane enough to drug an ex-boyfriend for sex. I have degrees in Business Administration and Corporate Law, not criminal law.”