"Have either of you talked to Eva?" Ava asked as they all sat in the dressing room, getting their last fittings before the wedding. Everyone looked at one another, shaking their heads. The girl was making sure she stayed hidden, but none of them knew why. "I don't understand what her problem is. Why hide what she was doing, and why Rajesh? He had to be forcing her into this shit. Evie isn't the one to bow to anyone."
"Why are y'all talking about my sister like I'm not sitting right here?"
"Excuse you, but she's my sister too, Ry. Plus, we are not talking about her. We're trying to understand why Eva wouldn't come to us if she needed help."
"Don't you get it? She didn't need help. Eva wanted Raj before all of this, but she tried her best to stay away because of his wife. What? You thought he was chasing after her. Eva put herself in Rajesh's line of vision. It was all fun and games until he wanted more. Ja, he came to her thinking he forced her hand, but think about it. When has Eva ever let a man or a woman tell her what to do? She wanted to submit to him, and she liked it. I was trying to tell you, idiots, for months, but y'all don't listen." Ryleigh spoke as Xylia and the others looked at her wide-eyed. They couldn't believe what she was saying.
"Wait, you knew Eva was fucking Rajesh and didn't tell me."
"Of course, I knew. Listen to what I just said. I tried to tell you! Eva and I tell each other everything. The boys knew too. Don't look at me like that. You acted as if you don't tell Zay everything...."
"I don't!"
"And that's a fucking lie, and you know it. Just as Xavier is your best friend, my twins are mine. We tell each other things, and if they do not want you or Zay to know, we don't tell. That wasn't the case; Eva was trying to protect Rajesh. She didn't want Zay to know about her and Rajesh because he had warned him to stay away from her." She shrugged as Ava sighed, touching Xylia's legs and shaking her head.
"I don't understand. Wasn't he after you first?"
"After me? Ew, no, and if you were talking about Ark's party when he called me sexy and shit. Rajesh was drunk, and he followed me to ask about Eva. As I said, the man is sexy as hell, but he wanted my twin. I protected them... we protected them. Maybe it was wrong, but I would do it all over again."
"There is no need when it is all out in the opening now. Eva's pregnant. Did she tell you that?" Xylia asked as Ryleigh turned to her with a confused and angry looked. It told her Eva hadn't opened her mouth to her twins about the baby growing inside her. Xavier told her and Barkley the day they left for Japan, and Eva found out three days ago.
"Eva's pregnant... Since when!"
"She found out three days ago. I knew before then because of her three-month checkup. Xavier told us about it. He also found out about the abortions she had, but I'm sure you knew about them as well." Xylia said as Talia hit her arm. She had been quiet for so long she had forgotten that her aunts were in the room sizing them.
"Stop attacking Ry. She was doing what any other sibling would do. Protect her twin, don't like you, and Zay, don't do that. How many times has he covered for your ass and known things about you that no one else knew? I understand both sides of your stories. Rajesh was the one in the wrong. I don't care what Eva was doing. He's a grown-ass married man that should have turned the other way...."
"Both were in the wrong," Madison said, kneeling at Yejide's feet and fixing her dress. "Eva knew he was married, but she presumed him even if it was just flirting. Rajesh made the move, and she allowed it, but at the end of the day, none of it is our business. They are the ones that have to handle that, and you all should mind your damn business. If the tables were turned, would you want everyone in your business to tell you what is right and wrong? That is the reason she didn't tell you, Xylia. Plus, you have no room to talk when you had an affair with an older man and got pregnant by him yourself." She said as Xylia looked around the room before getting up and leaving.
