When Reality Strikes

Before...

Prologue: Before...

The dimly lit restaurant light flashed on and off as the jazz music being played by the band soothed everyone.

It was not the place you would find him or she but they needed as much privacy as they could get. He looked around and noticed how they stood out like a sore thumb. Everyone else in the restaurant was dressed so casually; some even wearing sweats and flip-flops, while himself and his date were dressed in very sophisticated outfits.

"This is absolutely delicious."

He turned his attention away from the other people around, to the woman before him, that seemed to love the taste of the pancakes she was eating than the pleasure she got when they made love.

"Your moans are making me lose my confidence" he joked and she laughed; the laugh that always rang out like a beautiful-sweet melody.

"Don't worry, you're perfect in bed" she responded with a glint of humor. "You do wonders to not only the bed but also my world."

The air of humor soon dissolved and she began twisting the ring on her finger- a sign of nervousness.

"Why am I here?" he questioned as he unbuttoned his jacket. The restaurant was old but he still felt hot with the looks she kept throwing him.

"Do you remember our trip to Venice?" she questioned with a smile playing on her lips.

He returned the smile but a questioning expression still stuck on his face.

"I remember all the fun times we had" she continued "Especially the times in the caves and the hotel room."

The nervous atmosphere was not helping with his perspiration level, and he opted to remove his tie.

"I left because I was ....pregnant" she paused and looked up at him for a minute before finishing the sentence "- with your child."

He turned sheet white with a blank expression

"Say something, damn it!" she demanded.

"Say something?! What the hell am I to say, woman?" the man burst out in anger.

"I understand that you are scared and shaken but do not raise your voice at me!" she bit back, and that immediately calmed his violet vigor.

They both stared at one another; wondering and contemplating on the next step to take.

I didn't tell you so you'd leave that devil, it is only for you to know at least that you have another child" she admitted.

"Why now" he questioned in a whisper.

"I'm going back home... to my family, it is time I go back" she said "I need to see them before..."

"Before what?"

The following silence was uncomfortable. But soon the woman spoke again.

"Before I die."

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