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Married To My Ex's Father 0021
GLENDA'S POVIt's been two days since Maurice left for business and the house felt empty. His absence only made me realize how deeply I was aware of his presence. I had thought I avoided him well enough not to notice his absence. This only proves how wrong I was.As I lay in bed, my thoughts involuntarily stirred towards Maurice, I felt the rise of bile in my throat, the urge to throw up. I immediately scampered out of the bed and headed for my bathroom.With my head bent over the water closet, I retched, expelling whatever was left in my stomach from the previous day. I raised my head slowly, heaving tiredly. The activity was exhausting.And this was becoming a habit. For the past few days, my visit to the restroom was becoming habitual. I would wake with the perpetual urge to vomit. My strength seemed to grow meager each passing day and with a growing need to stay in bed all the time.I was probably coming down with a fever, and a terrible one at that. I moved to the faucet to wash
Married To My Ex's Father 0022
GLENDA'S POVCold shivers ran down my spine. The hair on my neck stiffened. I held my breath for what seemed to be an eternity as I sat on the gurney waiting for the doctor to return with the test result. Elsa had occupied a seat opposite the doctor's large table. Her pitiful eyes occasionally glance at me.I prayed and hoped that Elsa's suspicions were wrong. Pregnant? Pregnant? How could I be pregnant? As though my life wasn't complicated enough as it is."I fear your veins would pop and spill blood on the white walls of this office." Elsa joked lightly, trying to ease the tension in the room. I appreciated the thought, but it did nothing to calm my angst.I could still feel my veins tense and tightly strained. My breath hitched. My heart thumbed as though they existed outside my body."Calm down. I could be wrong, you know." Elsa tried again. "And even if you're pregnant, it can't be that bad. You're already married and who knows, maybe the child will bring you and Maurice closer."
Married To My Ex's Father 0023
GLENDA'S POVI tossed restlessly on my bed. It was well into the night and sleep eluded me. My mind was a maze. The events of the day had stirred a torrential turmoil within me. The iota of peace I thought I was beginning to have dissipated into thin air as though it never existed.I was a mess! Both mentally and physically. Neither was beneficial to my health. Most especially now. I let my hand rest on my belly. A gentle reminder of the cause of my angst.God! I was pregnant. It seemed like a breath hitching nightmare, only it wasn't. It was my reality. I was pregnant for my husband's son. I shut my eyes tightly and turned my head to the sides of my pillow. Nothing I did made all of this disappear. I would always open my eyes to the same dilemma.Agitatedly, I passed a hand over my face, rubbing at it a little too hard. I felt lost. I had no inkling on what to do or how to even begin to address this mess.Elsa's idea was absurd! I understood she was trying to help but the solution sh
Married To My Ex's Father 0024
GLENDA'S POVAir sucked out of my lungs. My eyes popped with disbelief. Lost in a trance, my gaze focused on him. I tried to deafen the echoes of his words dancing about in my head."Kill it! Eliminate that bastard sprouting inside of you?"His words rang like a mantra. A spell of evil. Goosebumps bathed my skin and I felt a tightening knot tugged at my belly. Even the child roiled at his words.I turned my head and looked around aimlessly. The effects of his words disheveled me. I finally found my voice to say something and it sounded so alien to my ears."You can't possibly mean that." I was shaking my head at him.He snorted. "Do you want to keep it?"I jolted in shock at his question. How could he even ask that? "This is our baby, our child." I spoke with trembling lips. "I could never think of doing that to our baby."This time, he chuckled before throwing my words back at me. "You can't possibly mean that." His eyes watched me with disgust.Salted liquid slipped through the thin
Married To My Ex's Father 0025
GLENDA'S POVI stretched and yawned with contentment when I woke up. I was well rested and relaxed. I had slept better than I had ever done in a very long time. I went to bed happy last night. Very happy. I smiled to myself as I recalled the events of the previous night. Last night, Brian had held me. He apologized and he comforted me. We spent a good amount of time talking. Talking and trying to sort things out. He told me he was going to tell Maurice about us and the baby. I snuggled myself smiling sheepishly at the thought.He was going to take responsibility. He was going to stand by me and our baby. He regretted letting his anger get the better side of him. I expressed my hurt over his cheating and he apologized. He said it was a mistake, a slip that would never repeat itself. He was so sincere and I believed him. Shocking how one moment we were yelling and screaming and the next we just wanted to be so lost in each other. I looked to the empty side of my bed. Brian would hav
Married To My Ex's Father 0026
GLENDA'S POVElsa's explosion caused me to spill tea on my dress."Jeez! Elsa!" I exclaimed, wiping the hot liquid off my dress. My skin burned underneath the dress. I raised my eyes in shock to observe Elsa. "What was that about?"She seemed to slowly collect herself. "Uhm.. I.. I mean… But Brian deceived you." Her tone was heavy with agitation or maybe I imagined it."And I said we talked things out and we are good. He said it was a mistake.""He told you that?" She asked incredulously."Yes." I observed her for a moment. She seemed distant, brooding. "Why are you finding it so difficult to believe that Brian and I got back together?" I asked. Her demeanor was out of place and something else. I thought for a moment of the right words to describe how Elsa was acting - suspicious. That's the word! Elsa was acting suspiciously."No. It's just… Well, I didn't think he would ever go back to you after…""After what?" I interrupted her, my impatience got the better of me."Never mind Glend
Married To My Ex's Father 0027
GLENDA'S POVIt seemed for the first time, my feelings didn't stir me wrong. Something bad did happen. Something horrible actually. The shock and pain I felt was out of the world. I was too shaken to come to terms with it. "I can't believe he did this to me." Hot tears slipped down my cheeks burning their path down my face."I can't believe he deceived me again!" I buried my face into my pillow and cried. I sank my teeth into the pillow in an attempt to stifle my painful wails. "Fool! Fool! I'm such a fool!" I cried. I pulled on my hair and dragged at my face.Elsa quickly held my hands, restricting me so I wouldn't wound myself. "Stop this Glenda. You'll hurt yourself.""No Elsa, no, let me be. I deserve it. You tried to warn me… That bastard!" I yelled.My eyes had grown so large that they bulged out of their sockets. My nose was puffy, red and sore. My hair was disheveled. I was in total disarray. Nothing about me was collected. Both physically and mentally.That bastard Brian ha
Married To My Ex's Father 0028
GLENDA'S POVMy face was lined with dried streaks of tears when I woke up. They ran their lines crisscrossed over my face. My head ached like I had a bulldozer working inside it. It felt worse than a hangover.Elsa had been all shades of right when she told me I'd feel like shit after all that crying. I looked to the side of the bed, it was empty. I looked around the room and there was no sight of Elsa.Maybe she left early. I made a mental note to call her later. She had been most helpful staying with me in my moment of grief.I slowly and tiredly climbed out of bed. The whole of me ached, my body, my soul and my heart. Everything ached. I was reliving a past trauma because of my foolishness. I couldn't complain much. I had a major role to play in my hurt. I was too trusting. I guess some people just had to learn the hard way. I guess I was one of those people.I still shuddered from the remnant of tears within me. I walked past the mirror and a passing glimpse of me made me decide n
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