Trouble in Paradise

Chapter 3

Drew sat in the living room of his dark, depressing home, finishing an entire bottle of scotch. He hasn't been anywhere in days. He tried to call and talk to Angel, but she was ignoring him. He wants to be a part of his child's life and he hoped Angel would allow him to do so.

 He looked at his watch, it seemed like the second hand was moving too fast. He had no clue what time it was. He stood up and suddenly the room was spinning. Falling back down on the sofa, Drew let out a groan.

"Ugh!" He was frustrated.

He felt completely lost , not knowing how he'd allowed things to get this far. Cheating on his wife was one thing he promised himself he'd stop doing, at the same time he was feeling Angel. He found himself getting caught up with Angel, but ended things when he wanted to be faithful to his wife again.

Drew knew all along what he was doing was wrong, so he came to the point where he wanted to bring it all to an end. After ending things with Angel, she tells him that she's pregnant. Hearing the news about her being pregnant, he had to find the easy way out of that situation, asking Angel to abort the baby, but she disagreed with his suggestion. She was disgusted with his suggestion and so was his brother,Derrick,  who was there helping them find a solution to their problem.

Drew wanted to get thing right with his wife, LaTrice, and wanted his problem with Angel to go away, so he began to ignore Angel whenever she tried to reach out to her. It reached a point where he stopped hearing from her.

One evening, Derrick was at the house talking to Drew about Angel and the baby. Just when Drew thought he was eliminated from his problems, Trice heard most of their conversation. She was so devastated when she heard that her husband got another woman pregnant, that she took their daughter, Joy, and left Drew.

With his wife and daughter gone, Drew felt alone. His relationship with his brother and his wife have been ruined by no one but himself.

Drew dragged himself up to his bedroom, which he missed sharing with his wife, threw himself in the bed and slept.

That morning he woke up to the sound of his cell phone ringing. It sounded like it was literally sitting in his ear because the ring was extremely loud, causing his head to pound even harder. He spotted his phone in the bed and he answered it without looking at the caller ID.

"Yeah?" He answered the call.

"Could you meet me at the coffee shop in two hours?" He heard Trice's voice.

"Trice?" He asked, making sure his ears aren't playing tricks on him.

"Yes, it's me. Who else would it be?" She said in a serious tone.

Her tone didn't bother him, he was surprised she called and happy to hear her voice.

"Do you think you can meet me at the coffee shop in two hours?" She repeated her question as if she were annoyed.

"Yeah, that's fine." He answered.

She immediately ended the call.

Drew didn't realize how late in the afternoon it was. Laying in his bed staring at the ceiling for a moment, he wondered what LaTrice needed to meet him at the coffee shop for, but he didn't want to question it at all.

When the time came, he got himself ready to meet her. His headache was with him stronger than ever, so he stopped by the drugstore to buy some painkillers, then proceeded to the coffee shop.

Walking into the coffee shop, he did't see LaTrice, so he got a glass of water and made his way to an empty table for the two of them. Suddenly LaTrice arrived and walks into the coffee shop. He watched his wife walk to the table and it seemed as though she was walking on a runway.