Chapter 3 : Choices to be made
"Sweetheart, listen to Faith. You know she has your best interests at heart. She's only looking out for you and of course my little nephew." Lizella sat on the couch holding a still crying Rosalynn. Faith got up from the chair she was in and gave Alexia a hug.
"You know what you got to do and you know I'll be with you through it all. We don't need men like him..hell we don't need men at all! We're two very independent women. Sure you are having a baby but lots of our friends and many others have been single parents!
"Besides you know little Jonathon Matthews will have all the loving from the men in our family then that asshole in the other room could possibly give him!" Lizella said with Rosalynn adding," You know Uncle Scott will love having a boy around. Especially after Aunt Rachael miscarrying his two sons. He'll be like the son he never got to hold!"
"Alright! Alright! You guys once again win! Anyone else want to decide my life and my sons for me? I'd sure like to know now so I don't screw up your grand plans!!! You guys know any talk like this stresses me out and yet you're worried about Ryan stressing me out? I'll do it ok? Everyone happy now?" Alexia screeched with tears coursing down her suddenly pale cheeks. Faith held tighter as she had started to violently shake. Lizella and Rosalynn looked shocked at Alexia's sudden outburst but knew what had been said was more out of anger then the actual truth.
" I'd forgotten how much worse her temper got when she became pregnant mommy" whispered Rosalynn looking scared again" At least she's not like daddy!"
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Once Alexia had calmed down enough to talk clearly, Faith took her by the arm, and led her out to where Ryan had been the whole time. He looked up and cringed at the fury in Faiths eyes then looked sad when he say the tears and the sadness and pain in Alexia's eyes. He started to get up from the couch and Faith snapped. "Sit down!!! Don't you dare touch her! You have caused enough problems for her and she has something to say now. You better shut up and listen very close buddy boy!" Ryan sat down meekly and raised scared eyes towards Alexia. He had a feeling he knew what was coming and if Faith hadn't been there was sure he could have stopped the words.Why must she do this now? Why must she listen to her family over her own heart again? Does she not know how much I love her? How much I want to make her part of my family? How much I always have even before th-"OW! What the hell was that for Faith?" He yelled out in pain. Faith sneered and said "Maybe if you had been paying attention you wouldn't have gotten slapped…O wait. Ya you probably would have!" He hadn't realized alexia had started talking. He looked up and actually paid attention this time as he didn't want another slap about as much as he didn't want to here those words that had just come out of his baby girls mouth. "It's over Ryan. Do you understand? My family can't stand you nor can my friends. You stressed me out to the point where I don't think I love you anymore. I'm sorry but this is for the best. Please leave now!" and the tears started to fall harder out of her eyes and welled up in his own baby blues.