Marriage Violation

Chapter 10

     It's the day before we going to visit my family. I'm extremely excited to see my dad and tell everyone the good news. Today I wasn't feeling too well. Dominic a little unsure about us flying. I think ill be ok with flying but he making me rest all day. I talked Hailey and Hakeem into flying home with us. I know my parents would be happy to see them. I was laying down when I heard someone ring the doorbell. When I opened the door, it was Dominic's cousin Karen. What are you doing here? Can I come in? I guess, I said while opening the door all the way. You have a nice place, decorated nicely. Can I help you? I talked to my cousin and he wanted me to come talk to you. About what? About the whole dinner. What about it? I wanted to apologize for my actions and response. You have to understand; we knew nothing about you. To know my cousin was dating a young girl, a very young girl for 6 or 7 months and not once did he mention it, it bothered us. Like you said, y'all are engaged and it's nothing we can really do about it. Is this your way of trying to make things right? I just wanted to give you a fair chance. I've been in your position before so I know how it feels. Oh really? 

   When I was 17, I was dating this guy who was 26. I kept our relationship a secret until I turned 19. The only reason why I said something was because I was pregnant. I couldn't hide it anymore so I told the family about him. It was so difficult trying to hide our relationship for 2 years. I begged him to not saying anything or come around. I pretended to go to college just so I could be with him. Even tho I was 19, I was still scared to tell my family. It wasn't nothing they could do about it but I was still scared to say anything. How did they take it when you told them? They were pissed, a lot of them didn't speak to me for a while. Me being pregnant kind of forced them to look past it. How did Dominic take it? He was very supportive of everything. He didn't judge me, he accepted it, and he was there for me. I went months without talking to my family or seeing them. My own mother stopped talking to me. She didn't want me at her house, she didn't wanna see me, she didn't wanna hear nothing about me, she completely disowned me. If you went through all of that, why were you being such a bitch to me?

   Within the 2 years I was with him, I truly loved him. I put him before anything or anyone. Nothing no one said mattered to me at that time. I put all of my love and trust in him. He was my first for everything. 2 months into my pregnancy, I had a miscarriage. It was very difficult to deal with and it tested our relationship. Shortly after that, we went to Vegas to elope. Before we did, we gambled that night. I ended up winning $500,000. We had drunk a little too much and we missed our slot to get married. When I woke up the next morning, he was gone. I found a note he left on the table. It said, "I couldn't go through with this. Losing our child was just a little too much for me, along with dealing with your family. I wish you well in life". I looked and he took every dime. Tried calling him, he disconnected his phone. I checked my account, he wiped my entire account out. All the money I have saved, was gone. Every dime my father left me, was gone. He took the $500,000 I won and the 1.5 million dollars my father left me. He knew about the money my father left me. I told him about it a few months into our relationship. In my father's will, it stated I couldn't touch the money until I was 19. Clearly he was with me just for that. I was so hurt that he used me. I turned my back on my family for him. I ignored their doubts and concerns. Y'all situation reminded me of that pain I lived with. I don't want my cousin to turn his back on us, put you before anything, and you end up using him. My cousin is a very talented and successful good looking man. I don't want him to go through what I went through. 

   I understand all of that, I do. Y'all don't know what my intentions are with him nor my feelings for him. I really do love him, his money and success is the last thing I care about. I don't ask him for anything, I don't have to ask him for anything. He feels like because im his fiancé, it's his job to do for me. I knew y'all wasn't going to accept me, we both knew that. Dominic reassured me that no matter what, he loves me. I know he does and he know I love him. He wants y'all at the wedding, so do I. If y'all can't accept or respect what we have, y'all won't be there. I can respect that, Karen said. How does your family feel about y'all relationship? My mother wasn't pleased at all when she found out how old he was nor was my best friend. My dad wasn't too happy about it but he knew it wasn't nothing he could do about it. He been very supportive of our relationship so far. Tomorrow we're going to visit them for my dad's birthday. I still haven't told them we are engaged. They haven't even met him before. So there's a possibility Dominic will go through what you went through? There is a possibility but I know my family won't disrespect him the way I was disrespected. I'm going to tell them the same thing I told y'all. They don't have to accept him or our relationship. We're still getting married at the end of it all. When is the big day? We haven't done anything planning yet. We really didn't discuss marriage at all. To be honest, I didn't even know he was thinking about marriage. Are you ready for marriage? I know he is, he's 33 but are you ready? At first I was scared and I didn't think I was ready. I truly love Dominic and I don't wanna be with nobody else. I made the decision on losing my virginity to him, that's how I knew I didn't wanna be without him. I can understand how you feel. I felt the same way with my situation.

    I'm actually  glad you came over, I said. Yeah, I can see us getting along good. I'll talk to my family, ill try to get them to ease up. You don't have to. It'll only be fair if I do. I hope y'all have a nice trip visiting your family. Thank you, I hope so too. Now I see why Karen was being such a bitch. I feel bad for what she went through. I know we'll never go through none of that. I'm glad Karen gone tho, I was so ready to get back in the bed. As soon as I laid down, I heard someone at the door again. Got damn it, I said while getting up. It was only Hailey. You look horrible, Hailey said. I feel how I look. You sure you going to be able to fly back home? Yeah, Dominic really don't want me flying. You not pregnant are you? No, I doubt it. Have you been throwing up lately? No, just been feeling weak. You might wanna take a test. I doubt im pregnant, just need to rest. Dominic's cousin stopped by. Really, for what? Dominic wanted her to stop by and talk to me. She explained why she was being a bitch towards me. She dated a guy who was 9 years older than her. They dated for 2 years before she told the family about him. He ended up taking all of savings out of her account. So she thinks you going to use Dominic because she got used? Exactly! Just because her ass got used don't mean you using him. I told her they didn't have to accept me or respect our relationship. We still getting married rather they like it or not. How you think your family going to take it? I know my mother not going to like it but I really don't care. Maybe she'll accept it more now that y'all engaged. That's what I said. She really don't have no choice but to accept it. It's clear y'all in love so it ain't nothing she can do. Have you told your dad yet? No, ill tell him tomorrow. I wanna tell everybody at one time so I don't have to do it again. I'm happy for y'all and im glad you're happy. Thank you, that means a lot to me Hailey. I'm going to get out of here, you look like you need to lay down. I'll see you tomorrow, I said.

    I put my phone on vibrate so that I can finally get some sleep. The more time went by, the worst I felt. Every time I inhaled, it felt like I had to throw up. Maybe Hailey is right, I just might be pregnant. I am a week late; I haven't said anything to Dominic. I skipped a few periods in the past, due to stress and depression. Since I was a virgin, I knew I wasn't pregnant. Now that we finally had sex and he nutted in me, I might just be pregnant. I'm not going to stress it or think about it. Hopefully im just late due to stress. I'm not really ready for a baby. I know Dominic is ready for kids, I know he'll be a great father too. I'm not ready for kids right now. I haven't done anything with my life yet nor do I have a career. I'm not going to think about this right now. I woke up from my nap feeling better. I saw a text from Dominic saying, he was going to his apartment tonight. I wanted him to spend the night, I wanted to cuddle with him. Seeing how im not feeling too well, it may be best if he stays at his apartment tonight. I don't want him to think im pregnant too or get his hopes up. Guess ill just rest up and try to feel better for tomorrow.