Should I Stay or Leave? novel Chapter 3

"Who said that?"

"I just feel that way. Our relationship has never been stable. Look, it's been a month before you could even decide to talk to me. You could not message me or call me. I have to do it like a desperate woman trying to catch a man."

"But I do!" he blurted.

"Huh!" she said. She thought she might have heard it wrong.

"I do want that child. I do want to be a father," he said but with a hint of sadness.

She burst into tears as she finally got the answer to the question that had been bugging her for a month. "But why does he looked so sad?" is now the question that she has on her mind. He hugged her and said,

"So, you don't have to cry. Instead, you have to be happy. We are going to have a baby. Where going to be parents. (paused) But there is something I need to tell you."

She looked at him, still in tears. As for him, he looks sadder. "Remember last year, I had a fling with a girl during the month we broke up?"

"Yes, you said it was only for a week. But what about her?"

"I was still immature with my actions and choices back then. I feel like I want to try so many things because I was young. Even now, I am still making mistakes; I am still learning but better than before."

"I don't see where this conversation is heading."

"Kamiah, I made the biggest mistake of sleeping with her that we ended up having a daughter."

There, he finally drops the bomb. This is why he was looking so sad. She did not know that he slept with that girl all the more that they ended up having a daughter. Her chest hurts as if there is a dagger stuck on it. She felt betrayed for the second time around. It made her sunk onto the sofa with her hands covering her face while her crying grew louder. He pulled her. She resisted. He pulled her again, and she gave in. She was still crying, so he held her tight as if he was scared of letting her go.

He looked at her again and said, "I know it hurts. You don't deserve it. I wish I could go back and undo my past for you and our child. I wish I was not that stupid to play around. But, it is what it is. And that experience made me know who I want to be with. I want to be with you. I want to have a family with you and no one else."

"I don't know what to say. I am happy, angry, and deeply hurt. I don't know which emotion is better in helping me decide. You betrayed me once and now for the second time. It is not fair that I have to accept something that I did not choose. It is so unfair that a part of me will always be hurt by your betrayal."

He was quiet fight back the tears as she kept talking. "But I am going to try for my baby, I am going to try. I will stay with you rather than walk away. And I hope that starting from now, you will show me that it's not a mistake." He pulled her for him to hug her and then kiss her.

They started checking the requirements and procedures for getting married in Dubai. Through their research they found out it's lengthy and a lot of paperwork. Their baby will be born before they could even complete the mandatory papers.

Acwell, who is half American and already holding the passport, had an idea of them getting married in Las Vegas. He doesn't like it at first because his father is there. He doesn't want to see him. But with their situation, that is the best and simple solution.

Kamiah was lucky to get a tourist visa. And Acwell's best friend who works in a travel agency had given them a discount for their hotel and flight ticket. So, they flew to Vegas. They went there with no wedding ring, no wedding dress, and suit but just enough money to buy food, pay for their transportation, pay for the marriage license, and the booking of a so-called studio package wedding. Whatever money they have left is saved for Kamiah's birth and the baby's needs.