As Long As We Got Love by Tina Martin

Author:Tina Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: black love, love story, womens fiction, african american romance, marriage romance
Publisher: Tina Martin

Chapter 13

-*- Eden -*-

She didn’t know where Dilvan was. She didn’t care where he was. The only thing on Eden’s mind was taking care of her baby. Alone, unfortunately. While she had suspected Dilvan would be a little thrown off base by the news of her pregnancy, she didn’t expect the reaction she got – for him to walk out on her like she told him she was pregnant with another man’s baby. The baby was his, and he knew that but didn’t want it. And if he didn’t want the baby, he didn’t want her.

Sitting out in front of Charity’s house debating on if she should go inside or just call her on the phone to save face, she rubbed her temples trying to understand the scope of what was happening. How could Dilvan not want their baby? Didn’t that violate some moral code of decency?

She took her phone from the center console and decided that calling Charity might be the better option. Charity already knew about the pregnancy, but it would still be embarrassing to tell her about Dilvan’s reaction. Charity wasn’t a fan of Dilvan from jump. Before they married, she’d told Eden about Dilvan and his shady past. Called him a psycho, a maniac and anything else negative that you can say about a person you don’t like. But Eden chose to see past all those things and listened to her heart instead of her sister. She saw the good in Dilvan, but this circumstance was just too bad to see any good in.

She sighed heavily and took her phone in her hands again, pressing Charity’s name in her contact list, then placed the call on speakerphone.

“Hey, Eden,” Charity answered. “Did you tell him?”

Did you tell him? Oh, she told him alright…

How was she supposed to explain his reaction to her sister in a way that made sense? How would she have Dilvan’s back this time? She couldn’t, she realized. There was no talking her way out of this one. Right now, she wasn’t talking, period. She couldn’t find the words to say anything. Tears formed in her eyes and she sniffled while Charity listened.

“Eden, are you crying?”

“I’ll call you back, Charity,” Eden told her.

“No, don’t hang up. What happened? Talk to me.”

She sniffled again and tried to collect herself but was having a hard time doing so.

“That’s it…I’m going to kill him,” Charity snapped. She suspected the source of her sister’s tears was Dilvan.

“Charity, this is my problem, okay. Not yours.”

“You’re my sister. That means it is my problem.”

“But you don’t know what the problem is yet?”

“Um…you’re married to Dilvan Alexander. I do know what the problem is, now what did he do? Did he put his hands on you?”

“No, Charity. He didn’t. He wouldn’t. What he did was much worse than that, anyway,” Eden said. She found a Kleenex in her purse and blew her nose.

“What did he do?”

“This morning, he was acting normal, like my husband—like the man I fell in love with and married.

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