𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 (𝙱𝚃𝚂 𝙵𝙰𝙼𝙸𝙻𝚈 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 #𝟻)

Chapter 34

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I want to address an issue I encountered in the last chapter (the talk on addiction and teenage pregnancy.) First of all, I want to thank everyone that made the last chapter very engagey and very interesting. But please, It's rather annoying and insensitive for someone to trivialize how sensitive addiction and teenage pregnancy is in the comment session.

Like, people find it hard to talk about these things that they are going through and we are trying to give them a voice by writing about it. But then, someone comes to the comment session and legit makes fun of the situation, makes it seem like it's nothing all because they cannot relate to it.

If you cannot relate to it or at least try to relate to it, then it's better not to comment at all. It would be very insensitive for you to trivialize the delicacy of matters like this. We are trying to create a platform for people to feel comfortable and to be able to air their issues without being judged or shamed. Please, be sensitive.

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Someone was asking me if Jamal is the father of Tolani's baby?😂😂💔💔 Now, let me ask you before we go further. Who do you think is responsible for Tolani's Pregnancy?

Well, you are about to find out.

WARNING⚠️: This chapter is going to be extremely long 😪. I hope you don't get bored.

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"𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒕."
-𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏

𝕂ℍ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝕃

"I am pregnant, Khalil."

I froze, my hands dropping from where they were wrapped around her back to my sides.

It was like ice cold water was drenched on me from head to toe. I gawped at her like a deer caught in head light, trying to register the words she had just dropped on me like a bomb which had exploded in my mind. She stared back at me, tears cascading out of her eyes like a torrent.

Preg... Preg... Pregnant?

"You are what?!" I exclaimed, still not believing my ears.

"I know, I know. It's hard to believe." Tolani replied immediately, the tears didn't stop flowing from her eyes even after she repeatedly wiped them off. "I wasn't so sure myself when I started getting the symptoms. But..."

She trailed off, reaching into the bag that she was carrying, and I could see her fingers shaking. She brought out an envelope and stretched it to me. I frantically tore it open, reading the content of the letter inside the envelope. It said everything that was needed to be said. Tolani was actually pregnant. Four and a half weeks gone.

"Fuck!" I cussed, throwing my hands over my head in panic, not knowing what to say or think. Tolani clasped her mouth in her hands to muffle her sobs but they weren't doing anything to actually muffle them. I was utterly speechless, confused and scared to my wits. My mind was working in overdrive, thinking and calculating. I began to pace.

When was the last time you had sex with Tolani, Khalil? I asked myself.

It was a while ago, a long while ago. Last year even. So, it wasn't me. I wasn't responsible for the pregnancy. That was a huge relief but it didn't curtail the fact that this was a huge, bloody mess. Tolani being pregnant, at this time, in this period, was just wrong on so many levels.