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Part Two“Did you even love me?”| | |Jackie’s POVTwo months Later…“Hey, Jackie? I’m off to the clinic!”I heard Andrea’s voice from where I was in the small kitchen. With my hand on my right hip, I made my way toward the living room and saw her at the door, in her blue scrubs. I smiled at her, and she smiled back.“When will you be back?” I asked and she shouldered her bag.“At two in the afternoon then head back at eight to the hospital,” she replied and opened the door. “If you need anything, let me know, okay?”I nodded and she stepped out of the house, shutting the door. I sighed and turned around, heading back to the kitchen. Once there, I sat on a chair and pulled my plate of food closer. I grabbed my fork and stared at the steaming white spaghetti and sauce. Immediately, I got flashes of the time Lucas had cooked for the first time.I dropped the fork and glared at the fridge ahead of me. I hated this. Each time I tried to move on, to not think of that bastard, one thing al
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Lucas’ POVDay and night, every passing hour, Jackie was all I thought about. I knew she was hurt and it hurt me that I did that. I felt stupid for breaking up with her just to protect her, to protect our future, to protect my little family. I felt as if I was not man enough. I could have just told her everything, down to Henry’s wicked ways of living but I was scared. I was scared of him finding out that she knew about him, about everything that I knew about him.I still wished Jackie wasn’t pregnant, that way she could handle herself more without me worrying. Secondly, I was going to miss out on a lot of things during her pregnancy. In at least three months, she was going to give birth to our baby. I don’t think I can stay away from her then. I cannot miss welcoming my child into this world. This cruel world. He wasn’t even born but I wish he would grow up without knowing any of the evil th
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Jackie’s POVOne moment I was trying to tell Darrell that he could go home and not follow me upstairs, and the next thing, he was kissing. It was surprising and shocking when his lips touched mine. I was stunned in my stance, not able to move as I tried to reason why he was kissing me. And when his arms went around me, I stiffened against his body then blinked hard.After what felt like hours, I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him hard, making him tear his lips away and stagger backward. I glared at him while he gaped with flushed cheeks. I gritted my teeth and wiped my lips with the back of my hand.“What the fuck was that, Darrell?!” I asked in heated anger and he sighed.“I am so sorry. It’s just that I have been meaning to kiss you and… I don’t know what came over me. You are so pretty, and I have been holding myself back from doing anything… I’m sorry.”I was avoiding this and expecting such behavior from him. I knew he had feelings for me, and I dreaded it. I didn’t like
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Lucas’ POVMy mind was on Jackie and on how I would have to win her back. Especially now that she had someone else in her life… So easily.I was still finding it hard to believe that the love of my life and the mother of my children was with another man but I knew Jackie, she was not that type of person. She could never be that type of person. Not that she did not have the right to move on, but I knew her. Something didn’t make any sense.Sighing with a heavy heart, I lifted my phone to my eyes and clicked on her profile. Her last post had been a picture of the same flowers I had sent to her. I wondered if she ended up getting the flowers I left at Andrea’s apartment building. I knew I would have to walk over glass pieces to beg for another chance with her but right now, her and our child needed to be safe until I had everything to take care of them. I wanted us to live comfortably and for our future kids to live better than the way I did. I never wanted my kids to suffer in life and
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Jackie’s POVToday was the last day for me to write my exam for the year and I was glad. I needed the rest away from school to take care of myself and the baby. I was due in a few months and the agility I once had was not the same again. I got tired easily, I slept too much, I was always feeling feverish, and my body felt heavy. My clothes could barely fit me anymore and my appetite was low. Andrea was always helping me to the hospital and making sure I took every supplement and met up with the checkups. I knew that if I was living alone, I would not have been able to do anything or felt lazy to go to my ob-gyn.I dropped my book on my lap and looked toward the busy entrance of my faculty. Students were flocking in and out of the entrance to the building. The buzz for the last exam of our faculty was visible. I sighed and turned my head to the other side. I smiled when I saw Paul still sucking from the bottle I was holding to his mouth. His eyes were droopy and on me while he sucked l
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Jackie’s POVWe were sitting at a table in a cafe. I had not said anything. she had not said anything, only Ruth had said something and that was to speak to Paul who babbled away to her. I kept my eyes on my iced tea while I felt the gaze of the woman on my head, from across me.“Jackie?”I tensed up at the sound of my name from her mouth and raised my head to look at her. She was smiling gently yet cautiously at me.“I… How are you?”The angry part of me wanting to respond that I am not okay, thanks to her son but out of respect, I took a sip out of tea and shrugged.“I don’t know how I am,” I said,and she nodded.“You have every right to not speak to me because of Lucas, you do. I am so sorry for how things ended. I always heard things about you. Ruth told me a lot about you and what happened months ago.”“What do you want then?&rd
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Jackie’s POVAfter mom and Andrea had told me about the gift, they had given me, they took me somewhere else and when we arrived at a shopping square where there were luxurious stores, and even a mall in the slight distance. As the car stopped in a parking space, I continued to look around the place. The first thing I noticed was an empty, under construction store. When Andrea and mom got out, I followed suit.“Where are we?” I asked them as they came to stand beside me.I looked at each of them and saw the smiles on their faces. Mom wrapped her arm around my shoulder and Andrea pointed at the empty store.“Do you see that store?” Andrea asked and I nodded with confusion. “That is yours.”I froze. Everything around me froze also. My eyes were wide, and my mouth hung open at the words she had just uttered and the store before me. I closed my mouth and blinked after what felt like forever then took in the store.The front had a wide glass door and two huge glass windows. I could see ins
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Jackie's POVAnother week had gone by, and a day did not go by that I did not think of what Lucas had said. It was like a second layer of skin on my body, hard to peel no matter how much I tried. I wanted to believe him and wait but I felt stupid to do so. Because he is my first love, I felt like stupidity was driving me into listening to what he had said. He promised me so many times, he failed them. He promised never to hurt me, he failed them. So, I can never believe him again.“Earth to Jackie!”I jerked at the loud tone of voice and frowned before shifting my gaze to the person. I rolled my eyes at Andrea and looked back at the documents on the desk in front of me.“What were you thinking about?” She asked as she sat down beside me.“Nothing. Oh… I already finished the plan and everything about the budgeting. I went around to find more information from other small businesses and did my homework. I think it’s looking pretty good,” I said and handed the document to her.I watched h
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