Chapter 01|When it all Started

Chapter 01|When it all Started

I never pictured myself as becoming a mother, especially from a sperm donor. I am glad I did. It's all started five years ago. 

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I walked inside our two-bedroom apartment and noticed David's suitcase near the door.

"Hey, baby, what's up with your suitcase? Are you going on another business trip again?" I said.

He was standing in the middle of the living room as he walked towards me.

"I am leaving, " he stated. 

“Leaving? What do you mean?” my voice cracks. 

"I am leaving you, Anna."

Tears streamed down my face. 

"What did I do to deserve this?" 

He walked past me and stood near the door. 

He sighed and opened his mouth. "You have failed to give me what I wanted."

The man who I thought would marry leaving me. 

"What did I fail?" I cried, tears still rolling down my cheeks. 

"A child, Anna. "

Was he serious? He was leaving me because I couldn't give him a child? 

"You know I have been having trouble with carrying a child, and you are leaving me because of this." 

He shook his head. "Anna, it shouldn't have taken this long for you to get pregnant.”

I didn't know what to say to him. 

“For God's sake, I would have put a ring on that pretty finger of yours." He ran his fingers through his hair.

I couldn't do anything but silently sob in front of him. 

"I have been trying to convince you for five years that we have been together, and you know that. And you are leaving me because I can't give you that.” 

He shook his head. "No, Anna. I am leaving because you didn't try hard enough. You had one simple thing to do, and you failed at that.” 

"I need someone who can give me a child, not have multiple miscarriages," he said to me. 

"And you didn't think I wanted a family too, David? Not only you."

Why did he stay with me all of these years?

He remained silent for a moment, and I watched the man who I thought would place a diamond ring on my finger pick up his suitcase from the ground. 

My world crashed down in front of me. My body silently shook as tears fell down my face like a waterfall. 

He stopped and turned his head towards me.  

"Goodbye, Anna," he said with a blank expression on his face. 

I stared at the front door, hoping David would return, but I know that would never happen.