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He put s, but he stopped s, just go upstairs and take a shower I’as out and I’ll be up there in a few minutes,” he said

I nodded and took the stairs to his master bedroom

I walked into the roo boots then placed them in the corner After that, I went into the bathroom to start water for my bath I looked at myself in the mirror and I couldn’t help but notice that I wasn’t the sao The ie that faced ainst the wall

This week, I would to be forced to do so that I never in my life believed in I knew one day that I wou

ld want to have kids, and I have never been too keen on abortions, but there is no way that I could bring this baby into my life because I would be stuck with the constant reminder of the events that happened that day It would all be a lie, and I didn’t want to live with that type of feeling in my heart I just kneithout a doubt that the baby was indeed James’

I really didn’t plan on telling Dre about the pregnancy because I kneould crush him, that’s hen I makeabout it

After h in the tub, I turned it off and walked back over to the h bun When I finished doing that, I stripped out ofinto the water, it was scorching hot, just the way I liked it I swear, it was nothing like a good ass bubble bath because it seems to relieve all the stress, if only for a tee of the tub and pulled hs

“What you in here thinking about?” Dre said, scaring the hell out of me because I hadn’t even heard him come in

I broughtme to hold in this secret from him, but for some reason, I was just too scared to see what his reaction would be All my life, I had been afraid of rejection, and that’s what I thought I would receive fro a baby that wasn’t his

“Nothingthat he didn’t catch on to the stress that I had written all over e it while I was downstairs with hi again

“Nah, I took one before you got here, but I atch,” he said, walking over to the tub and taking a seat on the edge of it

Hi there reminded me of the very first tiive me used to draw my eyes away from him because it made ive hiht back I knehat Dre was doing right now, though He was trying to readhins of weakness I was his wo er on it

“Pass e and the soap,” he said

I passed hiel I watched as he applied the shower gel onto the sponge, then he brought the sponge to an to clean my body I lay back and relaxed as my man bathed me After he repeated that process three e of the tub

“Stand up,” he said

I put both of e of the tub and stood e and rinsed all the soap studs on , red oversized towel open for me to step in I stepped into it and he wrapped it around my body then carried me into the bedroom

“Thank you, baby,” I told him when he lay me down on the bed

“No need to thank , though? Because before you went on the trip, I know you were having nightmares and shit about your mom,” Dre said and I could see just how much he cared for me in his eyes

I lay on my back and looked up at him “I’m better, baby It’s just that last week marked the anniversary of her death, and I often findabout her more than I normally would whenever her anniversary approaches I swear the dreams always feel so real sometimes,” I said and my voice choked up

I would never be okay with the fact that I lost my mother, but I would have to learn how to cope with it Over the years I’ve gotten stronger because there was a ti God to bring her back, even though I knew that it was impossible

“Alright, justyou that way You need a strong fe to take you down to randma I would never try to use her to take the place of yourthat’s been on my mind for a little while now,” Dre said and I smiled

“Okay, baby, that’s fine with randma, so I know I’ll love her,” I told him