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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
"Here we are," her father proclaimed as he pulled the car up a driveway next to a quaint house. As he got out of the vehicle and rounded to the back to retrieve the bags, she sat there for a few seconds and stared blankly out her window. She felt isolated and cornered at the same time. Taking in a deep breath that caused her entire body to shiver, she pushed the door open and got out of the car. As her father walked towards her with her bags, she took one from him and obediently followed the silent man to the front door. But before he could even open it, she stopped dead in her tracks and made a pathetic little sound.
"I can't do it. I can't go in there dad," she held her hands up in defeat as her voice trembled from the emotions that flooded her. "I just can't." She felt worn out and weak from everything. She was tired of life and all the roller coaster rides it had taken her on. And she was especially tired of getting off the ride without any good memories to take away.
Her father stared at her for a moment before slowly walking up to her. Laying a callused hand on her shoulders, he said in a gruff voice,"She needs you now more than ever. She asks for you every day. Please. Don't make her suffer any longer." With that said, he turned away and went into the house leaving her at the driveway feeling torn.
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"Please Faith, you have to help me! I can't do this alone," Ray pleaded with her twin.
"I never said I wasn't going to help you," Faith said sternly even as she placed a comforting hand on her sister's, "I'll never leave you, ever." Ray collapsed into tears the moment Faith said those words and Faith held her sobbing sister as she spilled tears over her lost innocence.
"I didn't expect this to happen Faith. I don't know what to do," Ray managed to get those words out in between her sobs.
"Hush. Now listen carefully. I'm here for you and we're going to get through this together, okay?" Faith looked into her sister's eyes. Ray nodded her head as she brushed away the tears that had dampened her cheeks.
"Good. Now first, I need to know who got you pregnant?" Faith asked her twin sister calmly.
"I can't tell you that," Ray shook her head.
"Why not? It would help Ray. Have you talked to him about this? Does he know you're pregnant? He needs to know Ray," Faith poked her sister for the truth.
"No! Please just leave it! He doesn't need to know alright!" Ray spit out venemously.
"Why not? I think he deserves to know. You need to atleast give him a chance to make a choice!" Faith counter argued.
"I can't because he's married!" Ray shouted. Faith looked away as she absorbed this piece of information.
"He's married?" She whispered. This changed everything. All at once, Faith's anger was riveted onto this unknown man who had slept and impregnated her sister. How dare he?
"Who is he?" Faith asked. "Do I know him?"
Ray fell silent as she sat beside her sister.
"Do I know him Ray? Have I met him before?" Faith persisted on. She wanted to give the scumbag a piece of her mind. Her sister did not deserve to be treated like this. "Ray?"
"You don't want to know Faith," Ray mumbled softly.
"Why not?" Faith asked and it was at that moment, a bad feeling crept over her. Just then, the front door to her house opened and she heard the familiar voice of her husband of two years.
"Honey, where are you? I got us dinner reservations at that restaurant you've been eyeing," his velvety voice floated down the hallway to where Faith and Ray sat.
Faith, in all slowness, turned to look into her sister's face and what she saw there jarred her to her very bones. For there, on Ray's face was a look of fear and guilt and it was then that Faith knew who the married man her twin had feared mentioning.
Anger seeped away only to be replaced by cold fury.
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