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Chapter 54
Jessica's P.O.V
I opened the door looking at the person or persons. I just keep on getting surprises. It was mom, dad and Phillip. I wasn't too surprised again, not after yesterday. I let them in not looking at either of them. I knew they wanted to talk. I walked into the kitchen with them not wanting to disturb the kids. Phillip went to greet Jase and Jessy; seeing that he already met them in Canada after he paid a little visit a few months ago. Mom and dad sat at the island table looking at me. I stood there waiting for them to speak. " You've really grown into a beautiful young woman Jessica", mom started off. I didn't answer her. " Nothing can excuse my actions towards you when I last saw you. Our intentions were not to hurt you Jessica and it seems as if we did. And for that we' re sorry. What we did to you is unforgivable now. We threw you out of the house when you needed us the most.", dad said looking at me. I had to intentions of looking at them. " We were only thinking about ourselves at that time. We were thinking about what our church members, friends, colleagues, family members and community members would think of us. Of the daughter that we've raised. The daughter that was valedictorian at her graduation, prom queen, a straight A student. And we could go on and on. The fact of the matter is that we were wrong to do that. And we realized that it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside to people; it matters how you deal with the situation on the inside and we didn't handle the situation correctly.", mom added. " At some points we allowed our pride and dignity to get in the way and so we didn't look for you. You have every right to be upset Jessica.", dad said holding down his head. " You guys are my parents. You were suppose to be there for me. To be there when I was giving birth. One of the most painful things in my life; but you guys not being there was even more painful. You were suppose to be there when they were getting christened. But you weren't there when I needed you the most. You missed all of that because of your pride. Because you were afraid of what other people may think?. What about your daughter?. What about your daughter mom?. The little baby girl who you gave birth to?", I asked looking at her with tears flowing down my face.
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I opened the door looking at the person or persons. I just keep on getting surprises. It was mom, dad and Phillip. I wasn't too surprised again, not after yesterday. I let them in not looking at either of them. I knew they wanted to talk. I walked into the kitchen with them not wanting to disturb the kids. Phillip went to greet Jase and Jessy; seeing that he already met them in Canada after he paid a little visit a few months ago. Mom and dad sat at the island table looking at me. I stood there waiting for them to speak. " You've really grown into a beautiful young woman Jessica", mom started off. I didn't answer her. " Nothing can excuse my actions towards you when I last saw you. Our intentions were not to hurt you Jessica and it seems as if we did. And for that we' re sorry. What we did to you is unforgivable now. We threw you out of the house when you needed us the most.", dad said looking at me. I had to intentions of looking at them. " We were only thinking about ourselves at that time. We were thinking about what our church members, friends, colleagues, family members and community members would think of us. Of the daughter that we've raised. The daughter that was valedictorian at her graduation, prom queen, a straight A student. And we could go on and on. The fact of the matter is that we were wrong to do that. And we realized that it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside to people; it matters how you deal with the situation on the inside and we didn't handle the situation correctly.", mom added. " At some points we allowed our pride and dignity to get in the way and so we didn't look for you. You have every right to be upset Jessica.", dad said holding down his head. " You guys are my parents. You were suppose to be there for me. To be there when I was giving birth. One of the most painful things in my life; but you guys not being there was even more painful. You were suppose to be there when they were getting christened. But you weren't there when I needed you the most. You missed all of that because of your pride. Because you were afraid of what other people may think?. What about your daughter?. What about your daughter mom?. The little baby girl who you gave birth to?", I asked looking at her with tears flowing down my face.
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