When the festivities of the day ended, I headed to my room to get some work done. Lincoln stayed downstairs to prepare himself a cup of coffee. He loved late night coffee. I had a lot of fun that day and I was just happy that things were feeling normal, almost as if nothing had happened. Lincoln came up to the room and he had prepared two cups of coffee. He then sat next to me on the bed and because I’m clumsy I spilled the coffee on my lap and slightly burnt my thigh. He then went downstairs to get ice so that he could nurse the burn. I sat there facing the ceiling with my eyes closed because I was in pain.
When I opened my eyes, I found Lincoln looking at me smiling. “Do you know how much I love you though?” he asked. I just blushed and told him I loved him too. He then said he had a confession to make. My heartbeat tripled. I hated confessions, especially when they came from Lincoln. I sighed and sat up straight as I prepared myself to hear whatever he had to say to me. “I don’t even know where to start, I think after I tell you this, you might want to leave me…” he said. At that point I felt like throwing my hands in the air. “Do you remember the conversation we had earlier on in your office?” he asked. I nodded. “Truth is I had just received a call from Kelebogile” he said. “Yes and?” I asked as I was running out of patience. “Baby… Kelebogile is pregnant...” Lincoln confessed.
My brain stopped working. I felt a tap of tears opening inside of me and I couldn’t hide it. I wanted to say something but I was in so much shock that I couldn’t even move my lips. It felt like someone was pulling my hair from the inside. I was speechless. At that point I even forgot where I was, I just zoned out, completely! “Babe, are you okay?” asked a concerned Lincoln. When he asked me that, I realized that I wasn’t dreaming. Everything he had told me was true.
“I’m fine!” I said as I faked a smile. “My parents know about it and they’re so excited” Lincoln added. I didn’t know what to say, in fact I don’t think I’d be lying if I said I looked like a fool. Kelebogile had found a way to keep Lincoln in her life. I really wanted to stay up and talk about it but I forced myself to shut down and slept. I told Lincoln that we’d talk about the situation some other time.
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