Caleb had taken Samson's advice and told his family what he had done and now they were all sitting around the table looking at him as if had grown a second head. His father then slammed his fist on the table, push back his chair, got up, and stormed from the room, and Caleb wasted no time going after him.
"Father, please wait!" He pleads. "You do not want to confront me right now boy." Mr. Jackson sneers angrily. "Dad please let me explain..." "Explain! Explain what Caleb. How you have blatantly disrespected the woman you married. Yes, we had a lot to do with you marrying her and yes she has some serious issues but she did not deserve this!" He shouts.
"You have a sister, for crying out loud, how would you feel if some man did something like this to her? This is going to crush her, ruin her, are you trying to prove Edwards right? That you're all animals with your ding-dong hanging out?" His father asks angrily.
"Is this the way I raised you?" He asks slapping Caleb across his face which caused Caleb to stumble backward. "Steven please….." Their mother pleads, "No honey, we're the reason he's like this, we've been too lenient with him! You…" He said pointing at Caleb. "you saw how badly Kayla hurt your brother by sleeping with all those men and now my son! my son is guilty of doing the exact same thing to someone's daughter! How Caleb? How could you be so careless and inconsiderate? I'm so disappointed in you!" His dad growls in a tone that made Caleb take a step back from him.
"I'm sorr….." "Finish that sentence, I dare you." His father sneers coldly cutting Caleb's sentence short. "Maybe if you tell her the truth here, we could help calm the situation down a bit." His mother said wringing her hands. "Really honey? Do you really think we're going to be able to calm this situation, I seriously doubt that.
Well congratulations, you've finally given her the power she has been seeking to take your child from you. Hell after what you did, you may have to give her a kidney if she asks for it!" his dad growls and storms from the living room and up the stairs. "Actions have consequences, son, I just hope the consequences of your actions aren't more than you can bear." His mother said hugging him. "Just know that I'm here for you if you want to talk. I'm always here for you." She whispers as he rests his chin on her head and tightens his arms around her.
"I'm sorry for disappointing you, Mom." He said softly. "I know son, and I'm sorry for what you're about to go through because of this."
Thirty minutes later Ty, Fabian, and Anna poke their heads around Caleb's half-open door. "May we enter?" Anna asks Caleb as he lay on his back on his bed. "Mmm-hmm, I'm surprised you're all still talking to me," Caleb said not looking at them.
"Dude please, you may be a colossal inconsiderate numbskull…." "And a whore." Anna adds to Fabian's sentence. "And a humongous man whore." Fabian adds. "But you're still our brother and we love you," Ty adds. "Even though I'm just like Kayla?" Caleb asks his head down.
"Yes, even though in some ways you're like Kayla." Ty snorts. "Does that mean you're going to forgive her now?" Caleb grumbles. "For the love of God man, I didn't come in here to talk about Kayla, I don't even want to think about that woman much less talk about her.
What I need to know is how do you know that all these children are yours?" Ty asks. "Yeah and did you find out about these pregnancies before or after you tried to break things off with these women?" Fabian asks right after. "Well I know they're mine because I did a blood test on both of them and with Latoya, she kept it from me for so long because she wanted to wait until after her first trimester before telling me, to ensure everything was okay with the baby.
But that night when I went to see her she was having a rough time with what appeared to be morning sickness, so she spring it on me before I could say what I went there to say and with Shania, well she told me after I gave her a bunch of reason why we shouldn't be together, all of which was a lie because the truth is, Aisha is the main reason I want to rid myself of these girls." Caleb explain.
"Anyway Shania said she knew we didn't really have a future so she's okay with it and I told her I will, of course, take care of my baby." "And Aisha? I mean I've heard of women using babies to hold onto men but you got that girl pregnant just so she'll always be in your life, what is up with that?" Ty asks.
"She makes me want to be a better person so yeah, I need her in my life, so what better way to ensure that happens." "By derailing her dreams?" Anna asks slapping Caleb's arm. "Only for a few months, after that, I'll ensure she achieves all her dreams." "You know that makes you a selfish person right?" Fabian asks. "yes, I know."
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A word of prayer
Thank you Heavenly Father for making
me the way I am, with all my strength
and weaknesses