Chapter 117: Surprise Surprise

The Rawsone Residence, Denver, Colorado...

Julia Rawsone had been all smiles and feeling incredibly proud of herself when she took note of her husband's car pulling into the driveway. She had managed to decorate, cook, and get all the appointed guests to the house before his arrival, and even better, she had brought home their twin daughters and their friends for spring break from their college. She did not doubt that this would lift her husband's spirits as he had been missing the girls very much and it showed whenever he rushed to the phone to take their calls. He carried the bags of her chosen errand supplies not knowing they were extras for the party she'd been throwing for him. Hadrian seemed a bit out of sorts as he entered the driveway carrying the bags and was a bit shocked when he had taken note of Gary's car pulling up. He had not seen his best friend Gary in quite some time before he'd been carted off to the mental hospital. The charming younger man had not looked a day over twenty-five as far as Hadrian had been concerned. He was dressed to impress, no doubt coming straight from work given his law practice and wearing one of the biggest smiles on his face.

"Hey, Old man long time no see," said Gary gleefully as he greeted Hadrian at the door.

Hadrian shook his head. He recalled him and Gary being close. Sadly he had not been as emotionally invested in general these days with the side effects of the shock treatment being a lingering factor in his mind's ability to process even the slightest hint of emotion aside from frustration that was.

"It's good to see you, Gary," said Hadrian despite being relatively polite.

Gary nodded and placed a hand on Hadrian's shoulder after greeting him with a smile.

Gary had been none the wiser about his best friend's shift in perspective and it appeared that Hadrian had not known about Gary's ongoing affair with his wife Julia.

The two of them stepped onto the front porch in relatively good spirits and had been shocked when Hadrian opened the door to find that he'd been immediately greeted by a sea of familiar faces, and the most prominent of the two had been his twin daughters, Sam and Jessica.

"Sammy bear, Jessie?" he said in shock as they both hugged him and kissed him on the cheek as a camera flash got his attention.

"Hi Daddy!" they both said in unison.

Hadrian had been well and truly shocked by the appearance of his college-aged daughters back home for what he could only guess had been Spring Break.

"Wow," he said looking them over and noting how much they had grown. "I can't believe how big you both got while you were away at school."

"I know, you girls sure got big," said Gary remarking on the same thing. "Wow."

"Hi Uncle Gary!" said the girls rushing to hug him as well.

Julia Rawsone had been all smiles when she had taken notice of her husband newly returned and greeted instantly by their daughters. The shock and amusement that filed across his face were well worth the wait until she took note of her on-and-off lover Gary Sanders standing beside him and her girls.

Gary's eyes met hers briefly as he had known all too well that she had not wanted him around and ever since Hadrian had gotten out of the hospital she'd gone out of her way to avoid him. He'd been quite upset that once again she found herself attempting to call it quits with their relationship and once more he convinced her otherwise.

He had found out that she'd been pregnant and made it his mission to see whether or not he or his formerly good buddy had sired this child of hers. Julia's reaction to him had told him all he needed to know about why she didn't invite him to Hadrian's surprise party as she had not wished to see him or for him to know about the baby, which he'd taken notice of the moment he looked down at the pudge in her belly.

Hadrian was then greeted by Jasper and Ann, then his father Colin Winters who had been more or less nervous about meeting his twin granddaughters for the first time in person. Colin had brought his wife and two of his younger sons to meet Hadrian feeling it high time that they met their elder brother and the family got to heal from a particularly painful chapter of their lives.

Hadrian had greeted them all and made his way inside where he stopped at the punch bowl set up by his wife and took notice of another familiar face. A beautiful college-age blonde with green eyes had been standing amid the background with her arms folded across her chest and she locked eyes with the good doctor who had not known what to say.

Realization struck him that this green-eyed blonde had been none other than Bethany from several nights ago when he'd been prone to his cock getting him into all kinds of trouble and taking his sexual frustration out on drunken young blondes. If he could feel shame for having bedded a girl that had been friends with his twin daughter she might have at that moment, but since the shock treatment, he had been more or less emotionally dense.

"Daddy," said Sam rushing up to him and taking his hand. "There's someone I'd like you to meet."

Bethany seemed to shift a bit at the mention of Sam calling Hadrian "Daddy" which she had used quite a bit during their odd sex romps when they first met, only she had known him then as Lonnie Collins.

Bethany had been more or less an attractive girl by the light of day and for this occasion, she tended to wear a lot of baggy clothes and picked up a considerable amount of weight. She tended to keep to herself and it was what prompted Sam to get to know her and they hit it off.

"Daddy," said Sam happily as she clung to Hadrian's arm and led him toward her wallflower friend, "This is my best friend Bethany Stevenson we met in college and she's majoring in modern psychology you know the same field you're in."

Hadrian did his best to keep from giving away much of his shock at seeing Bethany again. This time he had known a bit more about her and her last name of course. Bethany seemed to take the none-too-subtle hint and reintroduce herself to him despite the look behind her dark green eyes suggesting that they had a lot to talk about once the coast had been clear.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Dr. Rawsone," said Bethany meeting Hadrian's gaze as she extended her hand toward him.

"The pleasure's all mine." replied Hadrian noting the flicker of knowing behind the young woman's green eyes as she too seemed to recall their last pleasurable encounter."

Sam seemed delighted at the sight of her best friend and her father getting along so well.

"See I knew you two would hit it off," she said happily as she took off toward the other guests leaving Hadrian and Bethany alone to contemplate how best to approach the furthered intimate knowledge they had just received about one another.

Bethany had not thought for a single second that she'd ever see the handsome older man who had fucked her six ways from Sunday following their first encounter at a local club. She'd been young and blowing off steam and quite drunk when she saw him sitting alone amid the flashing dark neon and the pulsing music. There was something quite seductive about a well-dressed man nursing a drink amid smoke and ambiance that she felt she had to approach him. Little did she know she'd get the ride of her life and feelings she never knew she'd have for a stranger in the process.

She emerged from the shower hoping to learn more about him and possibly take a few more tumbles in the sack before he had been gone as if he'd vanished into thin air even though she could tell he had sex with slumbering Tammy once last time before taking off and leaving them at the motel. It took quite a bit of maneuvering to get them back home and the events out of their mind at least until the months began to pass and she began to show signs of the consequences of having indulged a random stranger without using proper protection. Her rapid weight gain had been the first thing that shocked her and the fatigue before she was informed by the school nurse that she'd been three months pregnant.

She had been avoiding everyone and crying herself to sleep mostly as she agonized over her poor choices and the sick part of her that craved the man that had left her high and dry with his baby growing rapidly inside her. She didn't fault him per se as he had been wonderful to her and she'd every minute of their sex romps but she was feeling the weight of responsibility and as a result, withdrew mostly to adhere to it. Sam Rawsone had taken an interest in her and they ended up becoming good friends. Never had she imagined that Sam's notoriously sensitive and exceptionally infamous doctor father would also be the father of her unborn child.

Hadrian sighed as he looked at the young blonde with a shimmer of pain behind her green eyes.

"I suppose we need to talk," he said evenly.

The good doctor had every intention of explaining himself and what happened between them.

Bethany sighed.

She had not wished to discuss anything with him as far as she'd seen he'd been as sick and manipulative as the boys at school whenever they tried to get into one of the girl's pants. To make matters worse he used her to cheat on his best friend's mother, his wife. Bethany had begun to make up her mind that Dr. Hadrian Rawsone was just another skirt-chasing scum bag.

"No, we don't," she replied as she attempted to walk away from him only for him to swiftly pull her into the hall away from prying eyes and earshot of everyone gathered for the party.