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She had to tell him. No she couldn't. She couldn't bring herself to do it. Over the past few days she had called him a countless number of times, laving black messages on his answering machine, hanging up as soon as he picked up and even hanging up as soon as she got a dial tone.
She didn't have the guts to tell him something like this. What would he say to her? What would he do? Would be dump her? No, she knew that he wasn't that kind of a guy by still she couldn't stop from thinking that way. He had to be told sooner or later, it was his child after all.
She had arranged to see him later that afternoon to go for a walk in the park. The park would be a nice calming place to tell him, it was the best way, the only way.
But still doubt continued to fill her mind.
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He met her by the park gate, his hands shoved in the pockets of that green jacket that he wore. She rolled her eyes at the sight of it.
Let me count the number of ways I've told him to discard that ugly green jacket before…' she began to think.
She put on a fake smile as she stood on tip-toes to kiss him briefly on the cheek. He took her by the hand, his strong hand loosely holding on to hers. She mentally sighed at the romantic moment but then a feeling of sickness brought her back to reality. Luckily she was able to contain it.
He led her through the rose garden. Lightly touching the roses as he id so, caressing them with his free hand. He had told her only a few times that the only roses he liked where the red ones. There was something about them that attacked him to them, she had seen it before and she was seeing it now again.
He gestured for her to smell one I particular that he was holding delicately by the stem. She lent forward and smelt it. Oh how lovely it smelled, how romantic it was. The day would be perfect; she knew that, if only she didn't have to tell him the heart wrenching mod.
Again she took him by the hand and led him towards the bench, the one that out looked the dock and the lake.
They sat there in silence just admiring the view for at least a half hour. Only the lonely birds chirped. He didn't wrap his arms around her shoulder or hold her hand, instead there seemed to be a giant gap between them on that bench. She had suddenly become more lonely than she had ever thought imaginable.
Little did she know that the next day would change everything.
She didn't tell him.
