The Thicker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice by Kendra Rainey

Author:Kendra Rainey [Rainey, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw
Publisher: Royalty Publishing House
Published: 2016-10-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Cherish-Let Him Go

It had been a couple of weeks since the Walgreens incident, and I couldn’t stop thinking about everything. Caine had my phone turned off, he didn’t return back to school, and I hadn’t heard from him. It was like he had disappeared. Ashanti even stated that he didn’t live at home anymore and had gotten into it with his dad over some money.

I had to admit that I was scared and overwhelmed when I returned back to school. No one knew my situation but Khalil, but I knew he wouldn’t say anything. My counselor reiterated to me that my score of 1580 was one of the highest grades in our district for the SAT. I was going to be on the local news for my accomplishments and the school district wanted to honor me for having a score like this at only my junior year. I was grinning from ear to ear as I heard my mom shouting at work on the speaker.

The happiness that I felt quickly evaporated when I felt light-headed instantly. I asked to be excused so that I could get a drink of water. I knew it was the baby. I shook my head as I went into the restroom to throw up, I couldn’t even shut the restroom stall door. Ashanti came strolling in and noticed it was me. She held my hair for me as I threw up into the toilet.

“Are you okay?” she asked with concern.

“I hope so,” I nodded.

“You probably just ate something bad. You know the lunch here is disgusting as hell.”

“Yea, you’re right,” I agreed as I washed my hands and face. I guess she had no clue, and I was going to keep it like that until I began to show. She started talking about how distant Khalil had been with her. I brushed her off, so I could go back to the counselor’s office.

The only thing that I could think of was getting my grades back up within the next few weeks. My mom helped me to make an appointment for an OB-GYN so that we could make sure that everything was okay with the baby and to be certain that the STD had went away. I hated that I blurted it out in the store that day. I was so fucking embarrassed for Khalil to hear it. I didn’t know why I cared so much about what he thought. He had really grown on me. I swear he was truly one of the best guys that I had ever met. I guess somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought we could eventually be together but I knew it would never be.

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“Baby, you got some mail,” my mom shouted from the living room.

“Okay, here I come.” I stated as I jumped off the bed, placing my feet in both slippers.

I ran into the living room, as she distributed five letters into my hand that had come in the mail from different colleges. She looked at me, as I looked back at her.

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