We need a resolution

18 January, Military Base, City K

"Lexi, do not accuse me of something I had nothing to do with. You and Dominic, as my immediate family members are entitled to passes that will make your access to base easier, but these have yet to be issued. There is nothing that I can do to speed that process up, but I did not ignore your existence. I told senior personal of your existence and that if you request to see me, I should be contacted. But if they did not pass it on, that is not my fault. I did what I should."

Pausing he looked at Lexi and observed that this was not her real issue. Calmly and quietly he said "You indicated that you wanted to talk. Yes, I have a couple of meetings later, I have the time now for us to talk. The floor is yours."

Lexi was stunned. Matthew had recognised that she was p*ssed off with what happened at the gate, but at the same time there was something worrying her more than that which had to be addressed. Maybe now was the opportunity to get what she wanted, that would make the issue concerning her presently disappear.

Lexi firmly and directly said "You need to hear me out. This marriage is intolerable. Neither of us wanted it, and the circumstances resulted in it. You do not want to be married to me and there is absolutely no way that I want to be married to you. We need a resolution to this disastrous situation, and that simple resolution is a divorce. Dominic and I will then move out and return to Chester's Villa and we can all get on with our lives."

Hearing Lexi, Matthew could not believe the situation. All she was focused on was a divorce, but he had made it clear that he would not agree unless she gave it a chance in the first place. Why was it the immediate focus, rather than leaving it to when he arrived home. Something more had to be bothering her, and a divorce was key to that. Hopefully, he could get to the bottom of her issues.

"Lexi, you are right, we need to resolve the situation, but no," and with that Matthew was shaking his head "As I have told you time and time again I will not agree to a divorce at this time. You need to give our marriage a chance before I will agree. Do not forget when we were younger, we not only wanted to marry we did everything we needed to so we could have a military marriage as soon as you turned eighteen. Yes, you married Dominic's father, but you should have known at that time I would have married you, regardless of whose child Dominic was. That marriage..."

"Well, Mister so understanding," came Lexi's sarcastic response.

"Lexi let me speak. I let you have your say, and it is only reasonable that you let me finish what I have to say," retorted Matthew.

After a sigh, he continued "As I was saying, I could have and to be realistic I still could have that marriage declared illegal. You married him without getting a release from the commitment to our military marriage, knowing that at the age of seventeen you could consent to such a marriage to occur once you turned eighteen. I will not do that as doing that will hurt Dominic as it will officially tell people his Dad, who tragically died just weeks after his was born was not married to his mother ever. But do not think Lexi that in agreeing to that it voids the commitment to our marriage. It does not, and it cannot not. Neither of us took the steps that we needed to, now there have been consequences."

"Damn the consequences. I want a divorce, and I want it now."

"Lexi. I have told you time and time again, no divorce at this time. I may consider it, only if you give us a chance. We made the decisions we did when we were younger and neither of us, despite knowing what we had to do took the steps to void the commitment. There must be some reason for it."

"No way will I give this so-called marriage a chance. I have told you I want a divorce, and it is now more imperative, Dominic is hurting with what is happening, both himself and his behaviour at school."

Matthew was shocked at the comment that Dominic was hurting. He was conscious to ensure that Dominic picked us as little as possible on the tension between himself and Lexi, but he had still picked up on it. His willingness to fight crumbled at those few words. "Tell me what the problem with Dominic is?"

Matthew wanting to know what the issue with Dominic was shocked Lexi. Was he invested in that relationship already? That was getting to close for comfort. She did not need him to work out the truth about Dominic. "Dominic is my concern not your concern, so stay out of everything regarding him."

"Lexi regardless of what you may think, I do not want to hurt him…"

"Well you have your answer. Give me what I want, and you will not hurt him."

"That is not a resolution. You will give our marriage a chance until the end of July next year, then we can revisit the question of a divorce. But tell me what the problems are. It is not simply something with Dominic himself, but it does involve him."

With that perceptive comment, Lexi burst into tears and Matthew gathered her into his arms letting her cry. Once she stopped crying Matthew quietly asked, "What is the problem Lexi?"

Lexi, paused and said, "Richard's parents, due to our marriage, are demanding that I immediately surrender Dominic's custody to them in accordance with the terms of Richard's will." She then explained the conversation she had with Richard's parents and the discussion with Dominic.

"Lexi, we will fight that. And if you are realistic, being married to me will strengthen any fight with them as to his custody. More importantly they will not be able to take him from the country as I can put a stop to that. And as to Dominic, we need to sit and talk to him about the situation. We can do that together, tonight. It will hurt him, but I will talk to Chester and Phillip for him to stay with them afterwards. That way he can talk to people he trusts without worrying that he will hurt you with what he has to say."

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