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"What?!" Craig screamed after Lina spoke. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"I'm sorry," she said crying. "I panicked."
"I can't believe this!" he yelled again. "I can't believe you lied about that. What kind of psycho are you?"
"He just left me Craig. He was gone. I told him I was pregnant and he left me," she said pleading with him. "He just left me!"
"So, you lie to me and say that you're having MY baby?" Craig yells.
"I didn't know what else to," she said. "I was having a child that was fatherless. Do you know what my parents would do to me? Do you know what they would have done to me and my bastard child?!"
"That wasn't my problem damn it!" Craig screamed. She buried her face in her hands. She couldn't breath, she was crying so hard. "Listen," he said calmly. "That was the cruelest thing you could have done and you know it. What about all the abortion threats? If you were so cool with an abortion, why didn't you get one in the first place before you found some random guy........I mean before you found ME to screw over?"
"I was just threatening you," she looked down ashamed. "I wanted to keep my baby." She had taken advantage of his kindness. She looked up at him and tried to stop crying. "When I met you, you seemed like such a good guy. They way you talked about your friends........your little sister. You seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn't leave a girl if he got her pregnant.......and I was right about you. You didn't leave me when I told you. My parents would kill me if I didn't marry the father of my child, but he was long gone. You were there. You took care of me and....... I didn't know what else to do Craig. I'm so sorry," she said only crying softly now. "I really thought if I had the baby, we would be a good family." Craig tried to let everything sink in. He was marrying a girl he was forced to care for because of a lie. It all seemed so unreal. "Craig?" Lina asked.
"What?" Craig asked back feeling his knees buckle. The whole world was spinning and he felt like throwing up.
"I love you," she said then paused. "I want to marry you. Will you still marry me tomorrow?" she asked.
"What?!" Craig screamed after Lina spoke. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"I'm sorry," she said crying. "I panicked."
"I can't believe this!" he yelled again. "I can't believe you lied about that. What kind of psycho are you?"
"He just left me Craig. He was gone. I told him I was pregnant and he left me," she said pleading with him. "He just left me!"
"So, you lie to me and say that you're having MY baby?" Craig yells.
"I didn't know what else to," she said. "I was having a child that was fatherless. Do you know what my parents would do to me? Do you know what they would have done to me and my bastard child?!"
"That wasn't my problem damn it!" Craig screamed. She buried her face in her hands. She couldn't breath, she was crying so hard. "Listen," he said calmly. "That was the cruelest thing you could have done and you know it. What about all the abortion threats? If you were so cool with an abortion, why didn't you get one in the first place before you found some random guy........I mean before you found ME to screw over?"
"I was just threatening you," she looked down ashamed. "I wanted to keep my baby." She had taken advantage of his kindness. She looked up at him and tried to stop crying. "When I met you, you seemed like such a good guy. They way you talked about your friends........your little sister. You seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn't leave a girl if he got her pregnant.......and I was right about you. You didn't leave me when I told you. My parents would kill me if I didn't marry the father of my child, but he was long gone. You were there. You took care of me and....... I didn't know what else to do Craig. I'm so sorry," she said only crying softly now. "I really thought if I had the baby, we would be a good family." Craig tried to let everything sink in. He was marrying a girl he was forced to care for because of a lie. It all seemed so unreal. "Craig?" Lina asked.
"What?" Craig asked back feeling his knees buckle. The whole world was spinning and he felt like throwing up.
"I love you," she said then paused. "I want to marry you. Will you still marry me tomorrow?" she asked.