"The truth always comes out in the end, no matter how hard we try to hide it. Lies are just a temporary delay to the inevitable and at some point you will have to pay!"
-Unknown
They say when you go looking for something you find it. In this case, I didn't go looking for that something it found me.
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Dominique and I have spent four years together. I've never cheated, brought home any diseases and I have always kept it real with him. So, why would he betray me this way? I continued to stare at the screenshot my best friend Raven sent me. I could literally feel my heart ripping into two.
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Dominique proposed to me six months ago before my college graduation. Our wedding is in 6 months but now it looks like plans have changed. The sad part about all of this is that I was waiting for the perfect time to tell Dom my great news. That I was pregnant with what I thought would be his first child.
The words of my mother Sandra came to mind. "You really think a man like that is going to stay faithful to you. Good luck because you'll be back. Just make sure you don't get pregnant." She laughed in my face.
I closed out the text and started dialing his number trying to get in touch with him.
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I was getting irritated because he was not answering any of my calls.
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"Ughhhh. Dominique, you are so stupid!!" I threw the phone down after not receiving a response from him.
Two hours later I was sitting on the bed deep in my thoughts when the bedroom door opened. Dominique was finally home!
"Wassup baby. Sorry I wasn't responding to your texts and calls I was in my meeting with Princeton. I was going to hit you back but my phone died." Dom said walking into the room. I looked at him but no words would come out of my mouth.
"What's wrong Meme?" He looked at me and shock came over his face when he noticed the pregnancy test in my hand.
"Yooo bae are you serious?" He stepped towards me but I held up my hand. Tears were now running down my face.
I looked him in the eyes and turned the phone around to show him the picture that my best friend Raven sent. I saw the color drain from his face.
"Baby let me explain....."
"Shut the fuck up Dom" I hopped up from the bed and threw the phone at him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" The room was silent. His eyes focused on the floor where the phone landed.
"ANSWER ME!" I got in his face. "WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME DOM?" I mushed him.
He backed away from me. '"You weren't supposed to find out like that Mea. I was going to tell you. I just didn't know how." I gave him the stank face.
"YOu JUsT diDN'T KnOW HOW TO TeLl ME" I mocked him and slapped him upside the head.
"You have a child Dom! I'm supposed to be your fiance. You didn't think this was something that I needed to know before marrying you?" I balled up my fist and was ready to swing again.
"I didn't want to tell you about my son because I knew how you would react. I never wanted to hurt you Mea...."
"Dom plea..." He held up his hand: "Let me finish Mea." I rolled my eyes and folded my arms "You have two minutes." I went to sit down on the bed.
He sighed and continued. "Baby, it was a mistake. When you were away at school I slipped up. I fucked up and I'm sorry."
I rolled my eyes. "How many times Dom?" I could see the hesitation in his eyes. He played with his fingers "Once maybe twice..."
Before he could finish I threw the remote at his head, ran towards him and started hitting him.
"Mea, stop!"
I kept hitting him. "I hate you!"
He finally got me to calm down. I walked over to the closet placed my sneakers on my feet, grabbed my car keys and headed towards the bedroom door.
"Mea, I'm sorry but I can't lie about my feelings for my son. I love him. I'm hoping that you will be able to forgive me."
I turned and faced the love of my life so many emotions shared between us.
"A 2-year-old Dominique? How the fuck was you able to pull that off" I was so mad I was seeing red. "You proposed to me after knowing you were keeping this secret. Love really is blind..." I started laughing to keep from crying. "You don't have to worry about the baby and you damn sure don't have to worry about me. Fuck you and this wedding."
I threw my engagement ring at his face and stormed out of the door. Rushing down the stairs I slammed the house door, hopped into my car and sped off down the road. I had no destination in mind but I needed to get far away from that house.
I stopped at a stop sign and placed my head on the steering wheel. "What are you going to do Mea?" It was now 2 a.m and I was ready to lay down.
After sitting at the stop sign for twenty minutes I let out a huge sigh saying to myself that I had no other choice. I signaled for a left turn and drove to my mother's Sandra house. To occupy my time I started thinking back to 4 years ago when Dom and I started dating.
