Masuk"I have thought hard about how I would like to proceed with all this and I did not come up with anything, unfortunately. So much to think of and consider. In the meantime, though, I would like to ask if you are okay with me not clearing the air about what Lucas's wife to be assumed." The text message ended.Marcus read the last part of the text message three times. He could not comprehend it.At some point, mid-way through the text message, he had assumed Isabelle would suggest ending whatever was going on between them, but she did not. Instead she asked him if he was alright with pretending to be her baby's father.Marcus had already silently placed himself as a stand in father for her child and was more than willing to be her or his legal father if he was allowed to of course be, but this? this was a different request. She was asking him to be her child's pretend father not a stand in father but a pretend one.Marcus weighed his options, he considered what would be of his yet to be
Marcus woke up to the annoying sound of his loud alarm clock which did not go off even after his many attempts to hit snooze and dismiss, all he knew was that he was aiming for one of the buttons right at the top of the alarm but could not hit either one.He was forced to rise from his pillow of despair to properly disarm the alarm. Marcus scoffed at the irony and the chuckled a little bit.He had picked that particular alarm clock for how conveniently placed its snooze and dismiss buttons were placed at the top. He assumed it would be easier for him on mornings like these to disarm the alarm or snooze it, but that theory had just been proven wrong.He sat up on his bed and buried his face in his palms after he had disarmed his alarm. He thought about the events of the previous day and it some what did not matter, or so he thought.Marcus reencountered the events of the previous day. From the very first thing he did when he woke up to the very last.He remembered how he woke up to a c
Lucas stormed into his bedroom and locked the door behind him before he proceeded to punch his bed multiple times in anger. "How could she? How could she do this to me?" Lucas continued to hit the bed while screaming at the top of his voice. He felt an uncomfortable, burning sensation in his chest. A feeling he could not recognise. He wanted it gone but he did not know what it was or how to get rid of it. His mind quickly went to a time when he and Isabelle were still together and nothing meant more to them than each other. * FLASHBACK * "We should have ten kids," Lucas said with a big smile on his face, looking at the ceiling while he lay his head on Isabelle's stomach. They had just come back from their date night at the movies where they had seen a cute, yet chaotic big family. "In whose body will those ten little human beings grow?" Isabelle responded while she tried to get up from the bed where she lay facing the ceiling to but the weight of Lucas's head on her stomach wa
"I understand." Marcus responded. "Take all the time you need. I am always a call away whenever you need me.Isabelle smiled and mouthed a thank you before she opened the car door and got oof the car. She walked straight into her building without even looking back. Her tears had already found their way out of the corners of her eyes and were now rolling down her cheecks. She quickly wiped them away and tried the best she could to keep more tears from coming.Isabelle rushed into her apartment building and headed towards the elevator. She instead decided it was better for her to take the stairs after she saw how many other people stood in the hallway near the elevator, obviously waiting their turn.Isabelle took the stairs, and for some reason she felt the need to go as fast as she could. A part of her felt she could out ran the tear drops that sat in the corners of her eyes awaiting their turn to rolll down her cheeks like children at a playground in a que awaiting their turn on a sli
"Mind your own business for once." Lucas barked at Lucy.Lucy was taken aback by Lucas's outburst towards her. From her conversation with Mia earlier, and how upset Lucas was, she knew that their plan had gone just as planned.Lucy was impressed by Mia for the first time in a long while. She had expected Mia to call her back and tell her that their plan had gone side ways or expected that she would be home waiting for them and Mia would walk in looking like a wet dog but that was not the case.Even though Mia did her best to hide her joy, It was evidently there. This made Lucy happy.Mia tried to mask her smile but it was too hard to. She knew something in Lucas had broke. The love of his life was pregnant for another man.Even though Lucas had not opened up to Isabelle or any body else about how he really felt about about her, it was evident to Mia and Lucy that he still was very much in love with her, he was just blinded by Lucy's comments about her. And the promise he made to her.
Isabelle walked out of the examination room with Marcus right behind her.He had just finished consoling her when she decided she was alright and that they needed to get going. She whiped her tears and took a deep breath to calm herself before she walked out of the room.The doctor handed Marcus Isabelle's pregnancy vitamins and her doctor's appointment schedule and guide before he walked out of the room behind her.Isabelle stood in the waiting area of the obstetricians ward, she needed some time to think but the movements by the staff and other patients moving around did not make it easy for her. Marcus walked up to her and asked her if she was alright.She wanted to say yes but she knew she would be telling a lie. So she shoock her head instead.Marcus whispered, "Okay, let's get out of here."Isabelle nodded without a word.As they approached the general waiting area near the entrance and exit, Marcus felt a tap on his should and A tiny female voice spoke as she tapped. Both Isabe







