I USED TO CALL HIM EVERY WEEK... HE DIDN'T GET ANY HOLIDAYS...

DAYS PASSED, WEEKS PASSED, MONTHS PASSED...

I WAS IN MY 9TH MONTH...

I ASKED HIM TO COME BACK ATLEAST TO MEET THE BABY...

HE WASN'T GETTING A ONE DAY OFF TOO...

SO, THAT DAY I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL...

AND WE WERE BLESSED WITH A DAUGHTER...

BUT HER FATHER WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MOMENT, SHE CAME IN THIS WORLD...

WE BOTH WERE FINE BY HEALTH...

1 AND A HALF HOUR LATER, I GOT A VIDEO CALL FROM HIM...

HE STARTED WITH...
I AM SO SORRY... I COULDN'T COME... I FEEL SO BAD THAT I WASN'T THERE...

I SAID... IT'S OKAY...

HE ASKED...
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANY NAME ?

I SAID...
I HAVEN'T THOUGHT FOR A NAME ?

HE SAID...
OKAY.. WE WILL THINK ?

I SAID... I AM JOINING AGAIN FROM NEXT MONTH...

HE SAID... WHO WILL SHE BE WITH ?? AT THE TIME YOU WILL BE AT DUTY...

I SAID... I AM THINKING OF CALLING MOM HERE...

SHE WILL LOOK AFTER HER WHILE I WILL BE AT DUTY...

HE SAID... SHE IS A NEWBORN... SHE NEEDS A MOTHER CURRENTLY...

I SAID... I AM THE ONE WHO ALWAYS HAS TO SACRIFICE...

I ADDED...
I SACRIFICED MY FAMILY, MY LIFESTYLE FOR YOU...

I SACRIFICED MY 9 MONTHS AND WENT FOR A LEAVE FOR THIS CHILD AND YOU...

AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO SIT AT HOME LIKE A HOMEMAKE...

YOUR AUNTY EVEN SAID...
LEAVE THIS DUTY, AND FINALLY BECOME A HOUSE WIFE...

HE SAID...
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT...

I QUICKLY REPLIED...
YOU WEREN'T THERE HERE WITH ME THROUGHOUT THESE 9 MONTHS...

AND YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ALSO...

I ADDED... YOU WILL HAVE NO CONTRIBUTION EVEN IN RAISING HER...

HE SAID... I CAN'T COME...
HOW SHOULD I TELL YOU...

I JUST ENDED THE CALL...

IT FELT LIKE...

HE ABANDONED BOTH OF US...

MAYBE HE REALLY DID...

FOR WHAT HAPPENED NEXT YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT...

THIS WAS A 10 PART SEQUEL, THE FURTHER STORY WILL BE CONTINUED IN MY NEXT 5 PART SEQUEL, THE REVEAL...

#nowandforever #SHONA0903

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