“Tyler honey, can you come in here?” My voice carried through the bathroom door, as I
stared down at the pregnancy test in my hand. The two little pink lines were
blurry with the tears in my eyes, and my heart fluttered joyfully. I'm pregnant, after two years of trying I was finally going to give my husband a child!
The bathroom door opened to reveal my handsome husband;
he was tall with dark hair and green eyes. His Italian heritage was evident in
his facial features as he furrowed his brow curiously, “What’s up, Sweetheart?”
He asked, leaning against the door frame.
I had hidden the test before he came in the bathroom, so
he wouldn’t see it. “Guess what!” My lips formed a mischievous smile, eyes
twinkling with the happiness I felt deep in my belly.
Tyler laughed softly, stepping forward to embrace me in a
hug, “I don’t know, Silly. Just tell me,” He nuzzled my nose and smiled at me
lovingly, but a bit impatiently. He was never one for waiting when it concerned
him. It was quite adorable.
“Close your eyes,” I ordered him, playfully the
excitement bubbling inside of me threatening to burst at any moment.
He obeyed me, covering his eyes with his hands to show he
was willing to do anything to please me as long as I didn’t make him guess. “Tell
me already!” Tyler whined, a smile playing at his lips.
“Okay. Open your eyes!” I was practically jumping in place.
Tyler moved his hands from his eyes and opened them, his
eyes meeting the test in my hand. He stared at it for quite some time, as if
trying to tell if it was positive or not. A few moments passed, my heart
started to squeeze; did he not want a baby anymore? I was about to speak up, my
heart slightly wounded by his silence, when he finally spoke. “You’re pregnant?”
His voice was hesitant and faded at the end, as he looked up into my eyes.
I stop at the last room, stare at the number on the door and crosscheck it with the one with me. I stuffed the paper away and ready myself for what lies behind the closed door. I lean on the door for a while and could hear voices but were incoherent.
I tap twice on the door and the voices stopped. I repeated the process and received a response that sounded more like Hillary's voice.
"Who is it?" He asked from behind the door.
I knocked back instead, I didn't trust myself to sound differently.
The door flew open in a second and I quickly wedge the door with my leg to prevent him from shutting it on my face.
His face went pale on seeing me. I scanned him from head to toe. He was only in his brief. He tried blocking my view with his body but I push him aside forcefully.
"Who is at the door, love?"
Love? What a joke!
Both our eyes snapped in the direction of the voice. I thought I heard my heart leap but not for joy, in pains. It was as though a knife was scrolled into my chest.
"This is your Ghana?" I scoffed and walked past him in the direction of the voice, "I was at the door" I said catching her attention...
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A charming couple (Nick and Lauren ) had to navigate their way out of a storming marriage that was once cemented by love.
A single mistake is about to pull the string of their marriage apart.
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