Keeping Each Other

TWENTY-ONE

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I didn't even drive to meet up with them at the hospital, I just called Damien to tell him that I wasn't feeling too well and I needed to go home and rest. He was okay with it, he just asked me to pick Jasmine from school on my way home.

Getting to the house, I took Jasmine to her room to bathe her and changed her clothes.

I thought of what everyone will eat when the house is complete so I decided to prepare something simple because I was angry and I needed to channel the energy surge of anger that's in me right now. So I decided to prepare yam and egg sauce.

Remembering everything that happened today at the cafe, The only thing that prevented hot tears from flowing from my eyes was the fact that Jasmine was here with me. I didn't want my baby girl to see her mommy's weak side. She told me Barbie stories while I peeled the yam. Even though I could not understand everything she said, I made sure I commented on the few I heard.

After everything, I took Jasmine to my room to lie down with me, I sang lullabies for her and she fell asleep.

Just then, the tears that has been threatening to fall ever since started to fall.

Hot tears.

Not long after, I heard the car horn signifying that Damien has arrived. I wanted to clean my tears immediately before he comes upstairs to the bedroom, but then on a second thought, why should I??

He needed to know how I felt.

DAMIEN'S POV.

After entering the house, I took Jason to his room to lie down. He won't be going to school for the rest of the week, the doctor had told us to help him not to suffer the leg.

Juliet called that she wasn't feeling too well, she should probably be in our room with Jasmine. When I get there, I'll preach to her the importance of rest, because she even hardly takes a nap she always want to be up to something.

Entering the room, I saw her standing by the window looking outside. She's probably lost in thoughts, because I don't think she even noticed my entrance.

"Jules??" I called her but no response. I walked up to her and placed my palms on her shoulders but she flinched signifying she doesn't want my touch. "Did I do something wrong again??"

She walked away from me, not replying me and walked to the mirror stand looking away from me.

"Juliet, sometimes, I don't understand you. What's wrong, talk to me na."

"You have the nerve to say you don't understand me?? Ehn Damien?" she said and turned to me. Her eyes red like she's been crying.

She has obviously been crying!

"What did I do?!" I asked. It was more of a shout than a question. It can be so frustrating when someone is angry with you and you don't even know your offense.

"You're asking me??" she asked me. The next thing she did was to carry her body cream and threw it at me, I caught it.

"Yes, because I don't know." I replied her.

Just then, Jasmine flipped. And opened her eyes slowly.. Juliet immediately walked to her.

"Jasmine baby, your brother is back" she smiled.

"Mommy, why you crying?" she asked her.

"Mommy isn't crying, something entered my eyes."

"Okay. I want to play with Jason." she told her mom. I just stood in one corner of the room frozen.

"Sure sure, but the two of you should play while sitting oo. I don't want his leg to swell."

"Okay mommy." With that, she jumped down from the giant bed and ran out of the room, she didn't even notice my presence.

I walked to Juliet and snaked my arms around her body from behind.

"Baby, tell me. Tell me what I did wrong. I don't like seeing you like this, damn! I don't like seeing us like this. It drives me crazy."

"She's pregnant, you didn't tell me she's pregnant. Damien, another women is carrying your baby outside of this marriage and you didn't tell me."

I closed my eyes and tears fell. I'm a strong person at heart, and anything that makes me cry is probably something that hurt me a lot. I could understand what Juliet must be feeling. Ada must have told her.

I moved her slowly to the edge of the bed and made her sit. I knelt down in front of her and buried my head in her thighs.

"I'm sorry. I wouldn't have been able to keep something like this away from you, I was waiting for a right time to tell you and how to tell you. Heck, I just found out yesterday and we weren't in the best position to talk about this." more tears were beginning to flow from my eyes and I guess she was crying too.
"Yes, I love children, a lot. But I wouldn't want to have my kids with no one else but you."

"Well too late then" she commented. I looked at her and she looked away. "So well, what do you want to do??"

"I don't know. I really don't know. That's why I need you."

She removed my head from her laps and stood up. "My kids are hungry, I need to feed them."

After she left, I walked into the bathroom room to wash my face but I ended up talking my bath. I didn't even bother to go down stairs for dinner because I wasn't hungry. I was, but not anymore.

It's been long but Juliet has not come back to the bedroom. I wanted to talk to her, to explain to her.

I went to the sitting room, when I got there, she was carrying Jason in her arms. He was sleeping. I wanted to assist her but she refused. I watched her as she left the sitting room.

I took the t.v remote and started to surf through channels hoping it will take my mind of things. She came back again and carried Jasmine. But she didn't come back to the sitting room.

After a while, I started to feel sleepy. I stood up and walked to the room, getting there, the door was locked I tried to turn the knob over and over again hoping she'll open.

Then she did, but with a pillow in her hands. She handed it to me and asked me to go and sleep anywhere I like but definitely not beside her tonight.

I took the pillow and went to the children's room, hoping I'll find comfort next to them but the room was empty. She. Obviously took them to sleep with her.

Juliet you do this one.

Still holding the pillow in my hands, I went back to the sitting room to continue the program I was watching until I drifted off to sleep.

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