*3 months later
Eden (and all her natural glory)

"Ready to eat?" I asked Benji, opening his new bag of dog food

He barked and sat, waiting for me to pour it in his bowl.

"We just ate, little guy" I looked down at my big seven month pregnant belly, feeling light kicks

Going through this pregnancy alone is kind of hard, but I manage. I know if Chris could be here, he would.
  Yup, he's still in jail. They're holding him until his court date- which is next week-. Apparently, the DNA test from the sneakers linked Chris to more people's deaths. He could be charged for the murder of over 20 people throughout his lifetime. His lawyer is doing all he can though. I just hope it works because I miss my fiancé. I can only see him once every two weeks and it's killing me.

"Wanna call uncle Fe?" I asked my baby, rubbing my belly to soothe the kicks

I pulled my phone out and pressed on Felix's contact. It rang a few times, then he answered.

"Yes, worrisome?"

"Me and lil peanut are bored" I chuckled, grabbing a pickle out of the jar

"I see you've started realizing that your child is gonna be bad as hell" he said, referring to me using the nickname

"No, I was just joking. I'd never set my son up for failure" I walked up the stairs

"Whatevaaa." He chuckled "What you doing, baby cakes?"

"Going to this lamaze class before I visit Chris" I said before taking a bite of the pickle

"I don't know why you waste your money." He smacked his lips "You not gonna remember none of that shit when you pushing out that big headed baby"

"You gone stop coming for my child" I chuckled "But speaking of, you gonna be there when I'm in labor?" I put my water bottle and towel in my gym bag

"Ehh, I don't know yet"

"Come on, Fe." I sighed "I don't wanna do this alone."

"I'm gonna try to be there. I have to see when the next flight leaves from Paris."

"Alright"

"If I can't be there, ask Sean"

"That's a little strange. I don't want him to know me like that" I said, putting my bag over my shoulder

"He can just hold your hand, fool" he chuckled "He don't gotta see all the other stuff"

"I'll see" I opened my front door

I immediately dropped my jaw and everything in my hands. Shocked as shit.

"Hi honey" she smiled

"Mom?"

Chris

"Your court date next week, huh?" my cell mate, Levi, asked

(Levi ^)

Levi is an older dude. He's been in here for 3 years and has more 17 more to go.

"Yeah. My girl and my lawyer coming to visit me later to discuss everything" I took the clothes out the dryer

We have laundry room duty for this week. This is my "job" for now.

"I hope you get out of here man. This ain't no place to be" he sighed, shaking his head

"You never told me what you was in for" I said

"Basically falling in love with the wrong woman" he cleared his throat

"What you mean?" I asked, wanting to know more

"I met this woman when I was in my late 20's. We started dating, fell in love, got married, and had a beautiful baby girl together." He folded the clothes "Then, she started doing crack. I pretended I didn't know for years. As long as it didn't interfere with our family, I was fine. I just didn't want my family to fall apart..." He took another pause "After a while, she started coming home late, using more often, and stealing money from me and our daughter. Then one day I came home, and she was fucking her supplier in our bed, in our home...that was the last straw. I stabbed him from head to toe, with no hesitation." He stared off into a distance

"Damn..." I lowered my head "That's some sad shit."

"I had never killed nobody a day in my life." He started folding again "And just in an instant, I lost everything and everyone I loved"

"What about your daughter?"

"I don't want her coming to this place. She probably don't wanna see me now anyway. I made sure she was taken care of financially though"

"I'm sure she'd wanna see you. If she understands that you had a reason behind what you did, she'd wanna see you." I nodded "What's her name?"

"Eden" He smiled, showing me a tattoo of her name on his arm

"Eden what?" I asked, realizing that his story started to sound familiar

"Eden Jacobs"

"That's crazy" I chuckled

He's talking about my Eden.

"What?" He asked

"I got some good news for you..." I started

Heyyy 😏 y'all thought I was gonna leave y'all hanging like that? I could never 😌

Thoughts?

-Carlisha ❤️