Dazed and Confused

Colin arrived home from the Coff’s hospital in a daze and slowly made his way into his house, slamming the front door behind him. A whirlwind of emotions raged through his mind until he felt as if he might explode.

Today he’d found out the results of the paternity test and was completely taken by surprise.

“Sid,” he hissed under his breath, as he paced back and fourth. That fucking bastard Kate had left him for had made a fool of him once again. All these months – the whole while Kate had been pregnant, Colin was certain he was the father of her baby.

He just kept thinking back to when he and Kate were still together... the date of her pregnancy... it just didn’t make sense that Sid could be the father. Had she secretly met up with him and was seeing him behind Colin’s back? If the test results were correct, then that was the only possibility.

Just then, his cell phone began to ring, startling him from his thoughts. He flopped down on the couch, pulled out his phone and checked the caller I.D. “Arthur,” he sighed to himself, deciding on whether or not he was in the mood to talk to anyone. Finally, he set the phone aside, allowing the call to be forwarded to his voicemail.

He lay back on the couch, closed his eyes, wondering why he was so upset when he should be relieved that he no longer had any ties to Kate. She’d cheated on him, left him for another man. He should be happy to be out of her life, happy to be able to move on...

So why wasn’t he...?