shattered.

chapter eleven; june 8th.

you pull the lump in your throat out with your teeth and say i'm fine.
-milk&honey.

Zonnique.

I woke out of my sleep in pure pain, my face stung and there was a bright light shining in my eyes. I opened them more and looked around. There had been no surprise that I was in the hospital. I sighed to myself which caught India and Bahja's attention. They both ran over to me on opposite sides of the bed.

"I know you hate hospitals but, being that you hit your stomach hard we had to take you. Oh, and I called India just in case." Bahja explained.

I nodded agreeing with everything she was saying. "Thanks, but where is Daniel?" He should really be here at a time like this. They both gave me dumb looks like I didn't just ask a question. "Hello? Answer me."

Bahja sighed before speaking. "You both got into a big argument over whoever his side chick was and things got heated eventually. Furthermore, he punched you which caused you to fall to the ground and you passed out from crying too hard."

"And as for Daniel, security took him away somewhere. I'm not so sure where though." India added.

I managed to stop myself from crying once again and just looked at them both. "Why won't y'all go find him? He could probably be in jail by now!"

"Zonnique, stop being delusional! That man cheats, lies and he put his hands on you, it's time to let him go." India's tone switched from sad to serious. "Even if that means having him go away for a while, we'll help you take care of the baby so don't worry."

"I don't care what he does!" I started to tear up without realizing it. "I love him and that's all that should matter."

Bahja held my hand and looked in my eyes. "We only want the best for you and you two aren't really working. I don't want to hurt your feelings more than he already has but, he told me he isn't in love with you anymore."

My heart started to sink into my stomach. Could she have been the one that was on the phone with him? No, she couldn't have been. She would never do anything sneaky behind my back. I shook that thought out of my mind as the tears continued to fall down my cheeks. Our moment was soon interrupted when a nurse came inside the room.

"Good Morning, Ms. Pullins. Sorry to disrupt the conversation going on but, we ran some tests and checked you out only to prove that your babies are healthy and alright. The fall didn't damage anything."

I wiped my face as what she said played back in my memory. "Did you just say babies? Meaning more than one?"

She nodded her head, yes. "Turns out your baby boy was blocking a way for us to see your baby girl so, that's why we are just finding out now. Congratulations, Ms. Pullins."

I flashed a fake smile. "Thank you." Normal people would be excited and full of joy. But not me, I'm literally about to be a single mother with three children. A baby really can't make him stay. I was stupid in love with the wrong person and now here are the consequences.

12:30PM.

The doorbell rung waking me out of another one of my sleeps. Since, I got realized from the hospital it's been straight sleep for me. Kaycee is with Aubrey so I won't have to worry about her for a few weeks. I stood up off the couch and walked to the door, looking out of the peep hole. There stood Bryson holding balloons in one hand and flowers in the other. A real genuine smile crossed my face as I opened the door. He returned the smile.

"Hey! I just wanted to give you a little get well gift, I heard about what happened."

I stepped aside letting him inside and then closed the door behind him. "Thank you, Bryson! I appreciate it." I took the balloons from him as he handed them to me. "Could you put the flowers in that vase?"

He nodded and did as I asked. "I know this isn't any of my business but, why do you put him with his bullshit?"

"It's probably because, I love him so much." I said as I sat back down on the couch, placing the balloons on the floor. "He was my first everything I don't know what life is without him, we've been together for my whole life."

He came and sat beside me. "You thought he was the one?"

I nodded. "He seemed like the perfect one back then. He was and still is my everything, I just don't know where he went wrong."

"No offense but, when your young you make stupid mistakes. He was a mistake."

"I guess he was, there's nothing I can do about it now though. I have his kids, we're probably done and he's probably in jail right about now."

"At least you have people that are going to help you take care of the kids." He reassured me.

I sighed. "I'm going to have to pay those people back and unfortunately I don't have a job to do that. All I'll ever be is Daniel Simmons babymama." I shook my head in disgust at my own actions.

He slightly chuckled, I don't know what was funny though. "I'll help you and you don't have to pay me back. You can live with me until you get on your feet, I'll even help you with a job."

"Your kidding me. You aren't serious."

"I'm dead ass. If you want you can start moving your stuff in today, I'll help with that also."

I don't know where he came from but he really did fall from Heaven. He's nice, sweet and he listens to what I have to say. He does things Daniel would never do. But, I'm not going to think he likes me. Who wants to date a pregnant woman that can't even do things for herself?

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