LOVE UNFEIGNED

CHAPTER TWO

ERIC
Eric was spacing out a lot during the ward MDT(multidisciplinary meeting), he heard one of the junior doctors giving a quick update and summary about the different patients they had met during the ward round.

"Bed 23, John Wager, he received his IV iron transfusion yesterday after a drop in his Hemoglobin level, he is feeling much better today and we are aiming to discharge him tomorrow if....".

He sighed spacing out again, thinking back to a time in his life where his two parents were together , he thought he would eventually outgrow this pain but the pain had stuck through with him, their divorce had affected him a lot when he was still younger and he wondered if he could ever have a happy marriage, would he ever marry, Eric thought of all his past girlfriends and his series of failed relationships and he sighed again .

"Ye are of God, little children ,and have overcome them , because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world".

Eric smiled as that verse came to mind, his being a Christian didn't exempt him from tribulations and trials but he was rest assured that through the spirit of God in him, he was going to help him overcome every of life's challenges that would ever come his way.

"Mr. Eric Walkers, any contribution", a member from the discharge team said bringing him back to reality, he just nodded his head in denial even if he didn't know what was being talked about.
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Eric parents had filed for a divorce about twenty years ago when Eric was only ten and it had affected him so bad that he withdrew from being a talkative to a very quiet person, his parents had loved each other dearly and they had shown him what true love was, he remembered like yesterday seeing one of their fights that broke him.
ERIC - 10
"Did you think I wouldn't find out ?, Isaac , how could you, after all the love we shared together ?., Helen said as she broke into tears looking at her dear husband of eleven years.

"Helen....", Isaac said with tears streaming down his face, Eric watched what was going on through the slightly ajar door.

"Isaac.....I don't know if I can ever forgive you....I trusted you and you broke my heart", Helen said collapsing on the bed sitting down with a solemn look.

"I am sorry baby.....It happened just once..l wasn't in the right state of mind because that time you were mourning the loss of your mother, and you were so closed off..I needed someone to talk to...I was dying inside ".

"Oh so you thought going to meet your ex was the answer and how dare you blame it on me, you know how much I loved my mother so definitely healing was going to take time".

"I am sorry Helen, please forgive me".

"But it doesn't change the fact that your ex is pregnant now...does it?, and to think I am just finding out after such a while that you cheated is absurd".

"Please Helen..for the love we once shared..and for our dear son, Eric", Isaac said as he held his dear wife's hands which she abruptly pulled away from him.

"I don't know Isaac...this is too much for me...I can't deal with it...I just can't imagine looking into your face without remembering the fact that you cheated and somewhere there , your ex is carrying a boy that looks exactly like you".

"So what are you saying ?".

"I think we should go our separate ways", Helen said with a determined look on her face.
"Seems like you would always hold this grudge against me forever if we stay together.....and funny how we promised ourselves at the altar that this would never be us you know...we wanted our marriage to honor and reflect Christ...we wanted our home to be the kind of home where he would always be welcome".

"Well that changed when you cheated....I am sorry I can't keep my vow".

"Maybe we never truly understood what the God kind of love entails", Isaac said with tears at the corner of his eyes.