“Asjiah, baby; are you okay?”
CJ held me as I began to fall apart in his arms and weep softly.
“Shh…its okay babe, it‟s over; everything is going to be alright.
“I couldn‟t do it.”
“What?”
What once was a tight embrace now felt as if he was shoving me off of him as he placed his hands on my shoulders and held me at arms length.
“We can‟t have a child right now.” His face was filled with discontent as his eyebrows furrowed displaying his frustration.
“I know, but I…I just couldn‟t.”
He couldn‟t believe what he was hearing, after she took her ring off he knew for sure that she was going to go through with it; now she was standing here saying she had a change of heart?
“Asjiah we talked about this.”
I thought he would kiss me, wipe my tears away and tell me that hedidn‟t want me to do it. Tell me that he was seconds away from coming upstairs to get me and take me home but he seemed annoyed, bothered by the fact that I decided to keep the baby; our baby.
“No, you talked about it!” I pushed him away from me and snatched my purse off the chair next to him.
“This chop shop was all your idea. I never wanted to come here, you‟re the one that bitched up and got all scared when I told you that I was pregnant. You never asked what I wanted.”
“Asjiah…”
Before he could finish, our argument was interrupted by the receptionist.
“Excuse me, but you two are going to have to take this elsewhere.”
I looked at her and rolled my eyes. Mad that she so willingly took his money when we first arrived, mad that she looked at me as if I was just some loose booty ass girl that got pregnant. I was mad that I had even allowed him to bring me here in the first place.
“No problem, we were just leaving!” I swung the doors open almost hitting CJ in the face as I walked outside.
“Out of all people I would think that you would understand how I was feeling right now. This isn‟t some rabid dog that needs to be put down; we‟re talking about a baby; our baby.” I zipped my sweatshirt and pulled the hood over my head as the wind blew and it began to drizzle.
“I tried, I really did. With each room they took me into, every doctor that came to talk to me; I kept telling them I was sure; that this is what I wanted until I realized that I was only doing what you wanted me to do. I was laying there being poked and prodded like some lab rat because this is what you thought was best. Fuck what I had to say huh?”
“Asjiah that‟s not true, I just want you to think about what you‟re doing. What are you going to do with a baby?”
“Listen to how you‟re talking to me Christian; what am I going to do with a baby? This is your child too or did you get amnesia at the same time you came in me?” I tapped impatiently on the roof of the Cutlass as I waited for him to open the door.
“Unlock this fucking door and take me home.”
CJ‟s phone began to ring as he started the car; glancing down at the caller ID he immediately sent it to voicemail; Corey had been blowing his phone up nonstop, leaving messages of her masturbating, telling him what she was going to do once he got there; now was not the time to deal with her or her throbbing pussy.
“A‟, you know I love you…”
“You love me? Then what the fuck were we doing in there? If you really loved me, then you would try to calm me down, tell me that we can ride this out and that everything will be okay. You would be as convincing as you were the night we were in Miami and you told me to trust you. Instead you couldn‟t wait to get me here, every other day you were hounding me; did you call the doctor A‟? When is your appointment A‟?” I could feel my cheeks get hot as my temper started to get the best of me.
“That isn‟t love, that‟s inconvenience. Tell me something; did you ever really love me Christian? I mean be honest, or was this all just a scheme you put together just so you could fuck?”
CJ rubbed his hands together, looked
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