Yours, Never Again

“I can never understand your gender.” Mr. Keys said to Eloise. “You moved out of your own house the second time and you cut things off with him a day after we all saw your babies during the ultrasound”

“You are never on my side.” Eloise barked at her dad.

“Am I supposed to be taking sides? I am only telling you what is right. You saw a rumor and you believe it without confronting your husband, you took that risk without telling anyone. If no one tells you this. I will tell you.”

“That’s enough honey.” Rose tried to calm him down.

“Stay out this Rose. ” He glared at her and faced Eloise back. ” And you, you moved out without an explanation while you were in college, never told us if you were in town or not, you were in therapy for addiction and you didn’t tell me. You got married on your own. I get that you are an adult, but as the father who birthed you and took care of you I have a right to know all these things.” He paused.

“Maybe I can feel what Victor has been feeling since you sent those divorce papers. That man deserves better than that.”

“He still cheated.” Eloise said amdist her slient sobs.

“He didn’t. He had that kid before he knew. A drunken mistake. All this is on you. I am tired and I won’t be able to accompany you to the hospital. It’s not like I am sure you want to be a part of it”

“Dad” “Honey” Eloise and Rose called at the same time.

“You don’t know how much you have hurt me El. I bet Victor is as hurt as I am.”

“It’s okay for you to think like that. I always knew you would never support me anyway. I will take a cab to the hospital, you can keep your cars to yourself.”

Eloise went to her room downstairs to grab the babies’ things. Her room was downstairs because she always felt tired while she was using the stairs.

“You should have bottled this up till after she had the babies.” Rose scolded Mr. Keys.

“I have let her have her way enough. Who knows what she would decide to do after the babies come?”

“You should have supported her with her decision with Victor.”

“Since Kate is acting like Victor isn’t her son, I can act like Victor is my son.”

They heard the entrance door open and close. Rose grabbed the car keys and she ran to meet Eloise downstairs Mr. Keys followed suit.

Rose grabbed the bags from Eloise as soon as she got to her side.

“Let me hold that for you,” Rose said. “You haven’t told your mom about your babies have you?”

Eloise shook her head. Her eyes were red and she kept wiping the tears from her eyes.

“We should go see her then,” Rose said.

“I will drive,” Mr. Keys said and Rose threw the keys at him. She dropped the bags in the booth and they all sat in the car and went to the cemetery where Eloise’s birth mom was buried.

On getting to the cemetery, Mr. Keys went to his first wife’s grave alone. Eloise remained in the car, sulking.

“El, I brought you here to clear your head and don’t mind your father. He will come around.” Rose said.

Eloise stuck her head outside the window, after a while her dad came to the car then she got down and she went to her mom’s grave.

Her steps were quite slow as she was close to childbirth.

“Mom,” she called as she stood in front of her mom’s grave.

“I am sorry I didn’t get you flowers. I am sorry for not coming to see you in a very long time. I didn’t do any of the things I told you I was going to do well.” Tears streamed out of her eyes.

“I have my own magazine company, that’s the only thing going on well in my life. I got married for my company, now I am divorced and pregnant with twins.

I have been trying to make myself believe I have been making the right decisions, but it turns out that I have been hurting the people who love and adore me.

I really hope I don’t die during childbirth, I want to give my children the chances you didn’t get to give me. Be my guardian angel during this, mom.”

Eloise felt water trickle down her thighs. She pulled her phone out of the cross bag she hung across her body and she dialed Rose’s number, she picked on the third ring.

“I think my water just broke,” Eloise said, immediately Rose picked up.

“Shit.” Eloise heard Rose cuss for the first time in a long time.

“What’s wrong?” Eloise asked her.

“Your dad had a heart attack, I had to drive him to the hospital”

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“Okay, dear. I will call you back as soon as I get your father admitted.”

She hung up. Eloise managed to sit by her mother’s grave then she called Victor. He picked on the first ring.

“My water just broke and my dad had a heart attack.”

“Chill. Talk slowly. I didn’t hear you.”

“My broke just broke.” She said with a shaky voice.

“Don’t say a word, just listen to me, baby. Just turn on your location on your cell phone.” She did as he said.

“I will be there in a jiffy. Stay on the phone with me.” He got into the car and drove to the cemetery.

“I am sorry Victor, for hurting you again.”

“Shush, let’s talk about that later, right now, we need to focus on you and our babies” He interrupted her.

“Can you raise your hand up? I am at the cemetery already.”

“I am sitting on the floor, I can’t get up on my own, ”

“I will just use the GPS.”