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“It‘s ok, you‘re absolutely right. I should slow down and think about my baby more than me. It‘s just that the man I was having a relationship with, he dumped me. I was sleeping with another woman‘s man and he left me to go back to his girlfriend. I just can‘t believe he did this to me.”
“You shouldn‘t be driving in this condition. Are you trying to go over to his house to confront him?”
“Yes, I am. I know it‘s stupid because seeing me won‘t change his mind, but yes, that‘s precisely what I‘m trying to do.” Suddenly, she realized that she didn‘t know where she was and this was not the right way to go to Stephen‘s house. “Oh, my God, what am I doing? This is not the way to go! Oh, my God, I‘m lost! What do I do?”
“You‘re lost?” said the man, astonished.
“Yes, I got lost, and I don‘t know what to do. I don‘t know where to go!”
“You‘re not in the condition to confront this son of a bitch who‘s planning to abandon you and your baby. My advice is to call a family member or a friend to take you home and just relax. I know it‘s not easy to do and I can‘t imagine the situation you‘re in because I‘m a man, but…”
“No, no, it‘s ok, don‘t say that. You‘re a man, but you‘re trying to help. You‘ve just acknowledged that he‘s a son of a bitch. You sympathize with me. You‘re on my side. That shows you care, so I‘m going to take your advice.” She took out her cell phone and dialed her sister‘s phone number. Tanya‘s sister, Teresa had been telling her all this time to leave Stephen alone and end this ridiculous relationship with him, even before she got pregnant. She didn‘t listen and now she was in a huge predicament. Teresa was three years younger than Tanya, twenty-four years old, but she was already married and she had a one-year-old boy named Shelton. Shelton‘s father, Newell, was twenty-six years old, same age as Tanya. Tanya was older than Stephen because Stephen was Sheena‘s and Sheila‘s age, twenty-two years old, but when they were together, that didn‘t seem to matter to Tanya. Teresa and Newell were sleeping at that moment, but Teresa always told Tanya that she could call her at anytime and that she and Newell would help her with anything she needed. Newell woke up when the phone rang.
“Hello.”
“Newell, this is Tanya. I need your help.” Her cries were uncontrollable.
“Oh, my God, Tanya, what is going on?” He got out of bed in a flash and in a matter of minutes, he was dressed and ready to go, but he still didn‘t have answers from her. “Where are you?”
“To tell you the truth I have no idea where I am.” “Tell me what happened, please!”
“Stephen reconciled with Sheena. He told me that we‘re through, and I wanted to go over to his house, but then I got lost and I don‘t know what to do. The first thing that occurred to me was to call you.”
“How do I know where you…?”
“Newell, there‘s a guy here with me. He found me driving on the road and he…” She didn‘t know how to explain her current situation to her brother in law.
“Hand me the phone, please. I‘ll tell him how to get here.” Tanya handed the phone to the stranger.
“Hello, this is Lee Tyler. How are you doing?”