She's No Angel by Janine A. Morris

Author:Janine A. Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2012-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The next morning, Charlene woke up a complete mess. She had cried nonstop for hours, crying her soul out. It wasn’t even just pain from the harsh things Isaac said; it was the pain from knowing he was right.

She staggered into the bathroom and slowly walked in front of the mirror. She was a sight to see, her face and eyes puffy from the rough night. Her mascara had run down her face, and her hair was wild all over her head. Although she was awake, she wasn’t ready to face the world. She didn’t want to be bothered with anybody or anything. She couldn’t have been happier that it was a Saturday morning and she didn’t have to go to work. If it had been a workday, she surely would have had to call in sick, she was in no mood or condition to work on anything in that office.

She hadn’t spoken to Isaac since he left. She didn’t even bother to call him, and of course he didn’t call her. She washed her face with some Dove soap as she tried to think on her own what to do next. Through the night all she did was cry, she couldn’t even begin to think of what she should or shouldn’t do next. Now that she was done sobbing and a little more alive, she knew it was time to make some decisions. As Charlene washed her face with the washcloth, she watched her every movement in the mirror. She watched herself wash her face in a way that she never had before. She stared at herself in the mirror, straight into her own eyes. It was as if she was trying to find something within herself, she was trying to see the real Charlene.

Once she had shaken off some of her self-pity, she went ahead and called Paige. She would have called her last night but just couldn’t pull herself together. She wanted to let her know that it had hit the fan, but she needed time to be able to tell the story clearly.

“Hey, why you sound like that?” Paige asked as soon as she heard Charlene’s voice through the phone.

“Take a wild guess,” Charlene replied.

“What? Isaac?” Paige asked.

“Yeah, let’s just say I’m no longer his little princess, now I’m a lying, dirty ho.”

“Did he say that to you?” Paige asked.

“Pretty much.”

“What happened?”

“He was asking questions again, and then he started getting upset when I told him I didn’t make the appointment ... Before I knew it—I just told him everything.”

“Everything?” Paige asked in shock.

“Everything ... about the abortion ... everything.”

“Whoa ... And he was mad?”

“Was he? He said that not only was I really a ho, but I was going to actually let him try to have kids with me knowing I couldn’t and that was the worst part of it all.”

“Aww, Charlene. I feel so bad for him. He is probably so hurt.”

“For him!” Charlene blurted out. “What about for me?” she continued.

“You, too, but he probably really feels terrible and deceived.

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