ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Kathy Pov

I smiled as I left the exam hall that morning, waving at everyone I passed by, I was looking for Marilyn I wanted to say goodbye to her and also ask her a question before I leave she came around during the exams and have also been a great motivation for me, she has finished earlier than I did and had signaled that she will wait for me, I looked around for her but I couldn’t find her anywhere, hoping that she would be her car, I walked towards where she usually parks her car.

Life has been so good lately that I was glad that I gave Cross a chance, he has been the best, simply the best, I couldn’t ask for more and everyday I fall more in love with him, to the extent that I could no longer keep it in and decided to always tell him and he didn’t reject my love for him, I knew he was killing him self and walking on himself too, but I told him he could take his time, handle whatever it was he still felt for his ex and just don’t over work himself, I know I shouldn’t be so relax knowing my husband loves another woman but like he said and I trust his words, nothing was going on between them, he still contacts her though, I haven’t met her in person yet so I couldn’t really tell what she was like but by the way Cross talks about her, I feel she must be someone cool, I still get news if Cross does something for her, I get it someone make sure I find out, they always send texts and receipt to me but that didn’t bother me anymore because Cross always tell me what he was going to do for her, like when he got her a job, when he rented her an apartment and also when he got her a car, I knew about it so when those texts comes I just overlook it, whoever it was clearly didn’t know that my husband wasn’t keeping things from me, I found Marilyn in her car and I smiled brightly at her.

“Hey baby girl, how did it go?”

She asked and my smile got even brighter, I studied so hard for the exams, it had be hard and exhausting but it was worth it in the end.

“It went better than I thought, now I can rest,”

I said feeling extremely proud of myself, I smiled when I thought of Cross, he would be proud of me too.

“That’s good to know, so what are you going to do during the breaks?”

She asked and I just couldn’t hide my smile, it just kept getting better and better.

“I am going off to Arizona with my husband, we plan on spending sometime with my our family.

I informed.

“That’s nice, I hope you have a good time there, I don’t have anywhere to go right now so I will spend the holidays working and then, I might go camping with my daughter if she says yes,”RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

She said with a smile, I kind of felt sad that I couldn’t keep her company, and it made me wonder if that’s how my parents are too, wanting to spend time with us and yet not getting that time, even the thought of it made me laugh because my parents were the ones who never made out time for us, we had all the times in the world but they were always busy.

“I hope she makes out time for you,”

I said.

“Don’t worry about me, I know how to have fun on my own too, you just have fun okay?”

She responded. I nodded with a smile before something came to my mind.

“Thanks, I wanted to ask you a question though,”

“Yes, what is it?”

“Hmm, I don’t know how to put this,”

“Just ask, if I can answer I will, if I can’t I will get someone to help,”

She replied, I was shy to ask, it’s not like I didn’t know how to put it, I bit my lips trying to get the words out.

“Okay, so the thing is, I wanted to know, you see, I,”

I stammered.

“Just say it out, Kathy,”

“Okay, here it is, how soon can you know if you are pregnant?”

I voiced out covering my eyes in shame, I honestly wanted to know because I have been having the symptoms, and I thought maybe I hadn’t done the test well before, and I still haven’t gotten my period, which was over three weeks late.

“Why are you ashamed to ask? It’s simple though, how late are you?”

“More than three weeks late,”

“Oh, then have you done a test? Because it will show already, for most women, they will know as early as a week plus, right now it is more than a week so it will show,”

She said calmly.

“I did, but I think I didn’t do it well,”

“Oh, let’s go do it all over again,”

“Okay, I will just text my husband not to bother to come to get me,”

I said texting Cross, he didn’t respond so I felt he would be busy, Marilyn drove us to a pharmacy and we got the kits, and she drove us to her house where she helped me do it properly, I realized I had done it wrongly the first time, don’t know how I didn’t notice, now I stood waiting for her to tell me what it was, I was both scared and excited, scared that it might be negative and excited that it might be positive, I wanted it to be positive so bad.

“Okay baby girl,” Marilyn said and I felt my heart skip a beat.

“What is it, Marilyn?”

I asked anxiously.

“Relax, don’t be tensed, it’s not good for the baby,”

She said and I got up in excitement and shock.

“I am pregnant?”

I asked to confirm.

“Yes, you are,”

“Oh my gosh, I am going to be a mom”

Cross and I made a new life, and I was excited to share the news with him…