Her Keeper

Chapter 65

--Julliet Parris--

Geo hasn't been saying much to me ever since the incident and it was killing me. He's even been doing his own laundry, cooking his own food and sleeping in the room which Krystal stayed.

It's been two weeks now and I swear that keeping the pregnancy a secret was much easier than him not speaking to me and I guess that telling him would've been easier too.

"Good mo'ning." Looking over my shoulder to make sure that Geovanni was actually talking to me, I felt stunned that he really was as I hesitantly nodded.

"Morning." I replied briefly. He sat across from me at the table and stared at me for a moment.

"How are you feelin' today?" He asked, causing me to become a bit confused. He laughed a bit after noticing my confusion. "You know, not because I'm upset means I don't care, Jules." He informed me.

"I'm ok, I guess." I shrugged.

"The process went ok?" He questioned.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"You're sure?" He questioned again.

"Yes Geo, I'm sure." I confirmed.

"So why you still bleeding then?" My breath became hitched in my throat. "And what's with the lies and the secrets, Julliet?" He asked. "I thought we were better than that." He honestly looked hurt.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled.

"I know you had to go back to your doctor yesterday because you were still bleeding. I know the process didn't go smoothly for you. I know, Jules." He ranted, making tears roll down my face. "I love you, Jules. I need you to understand that. I need you to understand that you could talk to me about shit, even if you think I'd get upset. I would've been upset that you skipped your pills, but I would've been ok with keeping the baby. I'm upset that you just went ahead and got ride of it without even talking to me first. I'm even more upset that you skipped your birth control, didn't back it up and you had an abortion. That's like a triple whammy."

"Im sorry, Geo."

"Not because I said we weren't ready for a kid means I would've told you to get rid of one we're already having. I accepted Krystal's baby right?" He asked making me feel dumber by the minute.

"I wasn't thinking straight." I admitted. "I really thought I did what was best for us."

"How?"

"Huh?"

"How could you think it was best for us without asking me first, Julliet?" He stressed.

"I just thought it was. I'm sorry." I apologized for the hundredth time it seemed.

"It's ok." He assured me. "I actually didn't mind another kid, but it's cool, we'd wait." He shrugged.

--Geovanni Parris--

My wife and I seem to have been hitting wall after wall, but I understand that we're young and are still trying to figure things out together.

Julliet's mother was absent her entire childhood and I lost my parents on the verge of manhood. We both have our own issues and in my opinion, we've both been doing well despite them.

Naturally, we've been dependent on each other for love due to the missing affection of our parents in our lives. Though both Julliet and I have had Jan to support us, I was missing love from my own parents and Jan's love could never substitute or equate to a maternal love for Julliet.

"Geo?" Jules called.

"Babe?" I answered before she entered the room. I watched as she made her way to the bed and got in beside me.