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"Well Jayden it's not ether" She vowed pulling her son into the folds of her ar the top of his head

"Yup…"

"It's me… Marla" She responded to his aloofness

"What?" Marla heard the annoyance clearly in his voice yet she pushed on

"Are you going to sign?" She asked for as the thousandth time

"I'm busy… I've told you already…" He snapped

"But… You…" She nervously atteue with him however she was hastily cut off

"I've got to go…" The phone abruptly went dead A deafening silence lingered in the air Marla choked back her pain and flipped her cell phone off Her long eyelashes blinked rapidly forbidding the tears that were already for in her eyes

"Break," she all but whispered to her coworker as she exited the store Dejectedly Marla leaned against the side of the building of the super her out also She was al ork and parenthood overwhelning Jayden's birth certificate had her in a depressed state

"Forget it… You can just forget about him from now on" Her aunt's word replayed heavily in her mind "Froiving Marla a cold stare Marla choked back the painful memory froet the disgusted look on her aunt's face as she e juice in her cup Aunt Shirleyin her favorite recliner and lit up a cigarette to go with her cocktail It seemed like Aunt Shirley words were true, however Marla was far fro just yet She was sure Jacob was a decent man deep down inside He needed a little s and anger

She clinched her hands in tight fists as she atte to build up inside of her She was sure he was still having trouble dealing with the newness of being a first ti back her tears; she still wanted to believe in Jacob She held down a rage that wanted to rise up inside of her Surely Jacob had a conscience and would eventually do the right thing He couldn't have been fooling her and if so, how coh his lies?