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Chapter 8 - The Phone Call

Troy stepped out of the room to answer the phone. "Hello?"

"Troy, its David. How is Gabi?"

"You know its funny you should ask. Right now, she is lying in a hospital bed mourning the loss of a baby. Maybe if she hadn't been so stressed, she would have been able to have a normal pregnancy with no problems."

"Man, I am so sorry. I've been such an ass to her."

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. Do you know she has sat in her apartment every night for the last 3 weeks and cried herself to sleep? Ever since that day you walked out on her. I think her body finally had all it could take though. But we also found out today that she was going to have twins."

"So she lost two babies, not just one?"

"No, she only lost one. But she is still grieving the loss of that child that she was carrying within her. To you, those babies may have been conceived out of hatred and anger at the world by someone who I personally am going to hate for the rest of my life. But those were your girlfriend's babies. Ones that she had come to love and feel a need to protect."

"Well she was my girlfriend."

"What do you mean was?"

"Didn't she tell you? She called about four days ago and left a message on my phone saying that we were over. I was so heartbroken when I got that message."

"Yeah, well if you were so heartbroken over losing her, why haven't you been preventing it by answering her phone calls?"

"I was too scared to. That day when she told me that she was pregnant was one of the scariest times in my life. I had actually planned on proposing to her sometime soon. But then she told me she was pregnant with some other man's baby and it scared the shit out of me. I could just see it now. Assuming she did accept my proposal I would become a father immediately, and not to my own child. I'm not ready to be a father."

"Do you think she's ready to be a mother? She didn't ask for any of this. She didn't ask to become a mother yet. But here she is, finding out that in about 6 months she will be a mother to a beautiful baby that you and I both know she will love with her whole heart."

"Dude, I'm sorry I hurt her. Please tell her that for me. I still love her, but I don't deserve her. I've treated her like shit and I don't deserve to even be given the chance to ask for forgiveness. It would probably be best if we went our separate ways."

"Yeah, I think that would probably be wise. Have a nice life." And with that, Troy hung up, hoping to never deal with the bastard again.