Chapter 13

Mildred

I was not sick when I woke up this morning, but I didn't want to risk getting sick, so I didn't have breakfast. I just grabbed some saltine crackers and called in sick to all my work places. I decided to stay at home today to regain my strength.

I also wanted to get some home pregnancy test packs to know for sure the cause of my illness. I really hoped I was not pregnant, I mean, the Father was gone and I don't even know anything about him. He was also kind of strange when he was here, I certainly won't like to birth a weirdo's child.

"Hey, what's up?"

I was talking to Aya on the phone, I didn't want to pick her calls, but when she called the tenth time, I realized she wasn't letting it go so I picked the call. Normally, I would have called her to inform her about my sickness, but I was still wary of her.

"Girl, I have a bone to pick with you. What's going on with you? Let me rephrase that, what's been going on with you since all these days? I have been watching you, I was go