Prologue
*ISABELLA'S P.O.V*
"Baby?! Where you at?" My jobless fiancé yelled barging through the front door.
*He must have failed another job interview...
"In the bathroom in the room." I said hold three different pregnancy tests in my hands. We've always been unprotected, but since it's been so long, I thought I couldn't get pregnant.
He walked in and I sat them down in the sink.
"How did it go today, baby?" I asked as he sat down on the edge of the bed loosening his tie. His head was hanging low and I hated to see him like this.
He's been unemployed for nearly that past year now and it's been hard on the both of us. He continuously gets turned down and I've been stressed out from all the overtime and extra work I've been doing. I felt really bad at first. But since I've been taking care of everything financially it's starting to kill me.
*And now this. A baby...
"They said they preferred someone with a degree and at least two year's experience. Even though it's an entry-level job. With training." He said and from his tone, I didn't know if I should tell him today or if I should wait until he feels better.
He seemed so defeated by everything lately and the last thing I wanted to do was lay some more weight onto his shoulders.
*But you're pregnant. Just tell him...
Instead of listening to my inner self, I just stood in front of him and stroked the back of his head before he moved my hand. I asked him why and he said he didn't want to be touched right now.
I moved to sit down beside him to offer him some comfort and that's when he stood and walked straight into the bathroom and closed the door. My heart started pounding in my chest when he opened it again with the tests in his hand. He glared at me and I gulped.
"You fucking around on me? HUH? WHAT IS THIS SHIT?!" He yelled and screamed in my face. I cowered back onto the bed towards the middle to get away from him.
"What?! NO! Why would say that?! You're the only man I've ever been with! You know that!" I said defending myself because this nigga knows he's been my one and only.
"This can't be my baby. After all this time. You ain't never been pregnant before? Why now?"
*Is he really doing this to me?! I'm having his fucking baby!....
Tears fell from my face as I watched him go to the closet and get his bags. He pulled out all of his drawers and dumped them in. He made sure he didn't forget one thing.
All while I pleaded with him not to go. I tried to explain how I could never cheat even if I had the time. He was always home and I was always at work or home with him.
He called me a lying bitch and a whore.
"Are you really doing this? After all these years? You're gonna do this to me?"
"Get rid of it and I'll stay."
"What? You're doing all this just to get me to get rid of our baby?! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! GET OUT!"
"Have it your way." He said loading the rest of his bags into his car.
"You made it this way."
"No, I didn't. You did. Hoe!" He said slamming down the trunk of his 2011 Charger.
"Fuck you, O. When you realize that you've made the biggest mistake of your life-- do me a favor. Kill yourself. Save us all the trouble." I spewed before I turned to walk back into the house I'm going to sell. After I burn the rest of his shit he's leaving behind.
"And to think I used to loved yo fat ass." He said hopping into the car and pulling out of the driveway and outta my life forever. At least I had hoped so.
"No, you didn't! FUCK YOU!" I screamed as he sped down the street.
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*TREMAINE'S P.O.V*
"You got this baby. You got this."
"I can't, Trey! It hurts. Everything hurts!" Valencia shouted in Trey's face as he tried to feed her ice chips.
She had been going on 13 hours of labor. She was having contraction after contraction, but she wasn't dilating. Their doctor told her any longer and they would have to do an emergency C Section and that is something they both feared.
"V? Baby, you are the strongest woman I know beside my mumma and grand-mumma. I know that you have it in you to deliver Little Lizzy."
"I can't." She blew out as she tried to rest in between contractions."
"Oh, God! IT FUCKING HURTS! I WANT HER OUT TREY! I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. PLEASE!" She began to sob through her contraction until it was over.
All of a sudden the baby's heart monitor started beeping erratically and Valencia passed out.
A few nurses and two doctors came running in and tending to her. My hearted began to beat faster as they wheeled her out.
Now I know somebody was talking to me but the next thing I knew, I was sitting beside an unconscious Valencia while they were working to get our babygirl out of her.
I felt so helpless because I couldn't do anything to help her.
"You can talk to her. She can hear you." One of the scrub nurses said as she blotted up V's blood.
I nodded my head and leaned into her ear.
"V? Babygirl, it's Daddy. They're getting Little Lizzy outta ya right now. And I know ya probably mad at yaself and the situation for being asleep but you gon wake up. Ain't ya? So ya can hold our little girl and give her ha first meal." I talked more and more saying any and everything that popped into my head to get her to wake up.
Not more then 10 minutes later I heard the loudest and cutest little baby cry.
I held V's hand and stood up from my stool. I watched as they did all the little tests to see how alert she was and check for blindness and such. I felts tears fall from my eyes as I held my hands out when the nurse came over to hand her to me.
I looked down and instantly fell in love. This little girl I was holding in my arms was my everything now. Everything I am to do on this earth would be for her. So, she could have everything I didn't and more.
"Her name, Mr. Neverson. For the birth certificate." Another nurse stood before me as I sat back down on my stool. Never taking my eyes off of Lizzy I answered her.
"Eliza Lashawn Neverson."
"Isn't it pretty?" I heard Valencia say.
I turned to see she was awake and holding her hand out to touch the baby. I angled her so she could kiss her forehead then I laid one on her.
"She's beautiful, V. She has your mouth and nose." I said holding her up for her to see her better.
"She does have my nose. I'm so happy, Trey. I love you." She said with a weak but big smile on her face.
"I love you, too. Now save your energy. We gon be sitting right here."
"Okay. I love you Lizzy. Mama will hold you soon." V said as she closed her eyes again then I heard a long beeping sound that never ended.
I jerked myself up and they ushered me outta the room.
"She's flat lining. Code Blue! Code Blue! Start chest compressions! She's bleeding out! Call the blood bank!" Was all I heard before the silence of the hallway. It was 3:56 in the morning and I didn't know that would be that last time I would ever get to speak to her.
I looked down at Lizzy and she was looking straight up at me.
"Mama's gonna be fine." I teared up.
"She's gonna be fine."
*Please God! Don't take her from us...
