Free Simply Complicated by Crystal Davis

everything, something he dreaded.
    One evening, Susan called Ken and told him she was at the hospital about to have the baby. She begged him to come and support her as she had their baby.
    He had mixed feelings about going. He wasn’t sure if she had family and friends with her and he didn’t want to meet anyone. He decided against going, but didn’t tell her this.
    She gave birth to a little boy whom she named Kenneth Adam Thomas. She ordered a blood test while she and the baby were still at the hospital.
    She called Ken and told him he had to come to the hospital to have the blood test done before she and the baby were sent home. She knew this would get him to the hospital. She was hoping that while there he would check in on her and the baby.
    Ken arrived to the hospital several hours after she called him. He couldn’t help stopping by the nursery to see the baby. Unfortunately for him, Kenneth Adam was in the room with Susan so he had to see her if he wanted to see her son. He decided not to see the baby, and asked the nurse where he needed to go for a blood test.
    While waiting for the DNA test results, Ken never called Susan to see how she and the baby were doing. He thought by not calling her that she would go away and his problems would be over.
    After having her son, Susan fell into a deep depression. She only kept the baby hoping it would make Ken spend more time with her. Her plan backfired and now she found herself alone, taking care of a child she did not really want.
    The baby’s constant crying made her frustrated. She rarely ate and stopped talking to her family and friends because they constantly ask her about the baby’s father. She was too embarrassed to tell them that the father was married and wanted nothing to do with her and their child.
    She didn’t have any close girlfriends because most of her time was spent with different men. On occasion she spoke with a few of her co-workers on the telephone but had no close confidants.
    She had never felt more alone. This was not what she had in mind.
    When the DNA test results arrived, they showed that Ken was indeed the father of her son. Results were sent to both her and Ken. When he read the results he couldn’t help but get angry.
    His whole world was falling apart and he didn’t know what to do. He was angry with himself for letting his relationship with her get to this point.
    She called him and told him that they needed to talk about their next step now that he knows he is the father of little Kenneth. He agreed to meet her at her apartment.
    When he saw the baby, something inside of him would not let him put little Kenneth down. He always wanted a son but he had hoped it would have been with Monica.
    He could tell that something was not right with Susan. Her hair was unkempt, her apartment was a mess, and the baby’s diaper pail was overflowing with dirty diapers that cast a stench throughout the rooms. He noticed that she lost some weight and her conversation was a little off.
    “I don’t want to fight with you anymore. I want to help you take care of our son,” he said.
    “I knew you would come to your senses and see that we were meant to be together,” she said with a huge smile.
    Ken spoke gently but firmly, “Calm down, Susan. We’re not going to be together. But I am going to help you financially take care of the baby. I’m not leaving my wife. I promise to stop in and spend time with our son but that doesn’t mean I’m coming to be with you.”
    Susan didn’t reply at first. She simply looked at him and nodded her head. Then she started to cry.
    “Why do you hate me so much now? I feel you blame me for everything as if you were duped into getting involved with me. I love you, Ken. All I ever wanted was to be with you and to start a family together.
    “I never meant to hurt you. I honestly didn’t expect us to end up here,” cried Susan.
    This time Ken did not know what to say.
    “Everything has gotten out of control. This