Chapter 178 Dead Serious

A few minutes later Caleb's fingers were balled into fists as he storms up the stairs. He saw Maya coming from the nursery with her headphone over her ears. He grabs her arms roughly and shoved her into his room. "Caleb, what the hell!?" she shouts angrily.

"What the hell is your problem? Why do you insist on turning my family against me?" He sneers yanking the headphone off her head. For a second the hostility in his voice send chills down her spine but then she remember that this was Caleb, her husband, the father of her child, his bark was much worse than his bite.

"Why are you angry? I just told him the truth." "The truth? That I have sexual feelings for his wife?" "Yes, I know you do, you know you do and now he knows it too." She said hands folded across her chest.

He made a step towards her but then stops and turn towards his closet instead. "What? Were you going to hit me, Caleb, go ahead, and hit me! See what happens. You think I haven't noticed how you just love running to her rescue. You treat her like she's some damn porcelain doll that will shatter if you're too rough with it." She sneers as he took out his suitcase.

"But I see her for who she really is, let me ask you something, we were all in this house when your cousin came onto her, so why didn't she scream, huh, alert someone to what was going on? She did nothing but just stand there while he feels her up, because she wanted him to… she….."

"Don't you say another word?" This time his voice was as cold as ice. "You call yourself a woman of God, yet you dare to stand there and say she wanted this." "I think she did…." "No, she didn't!" Amara shouts from inside the door. "I was there with her when she woke up, I watched her almost scrub the color from her skin and she couldn't stop crying and shaking, so no, she didn't want that, she didn't scream because she was terrified that he was going to hurt her baby," Amara said angrily.

"Oh please, she has mastered the art of playing the damsel in distress, oh someone save me," Maya said in a mocking tone. "Why are you being like this, Janice has been nothing but nice to you," Amara asks. "Yeah so nice she'll make your teeth rot and I would appreciate it if you didn't butt in when I'm talking to my husband," Maya said in a scornful tone.

"You really have changed, and not for the better," Amara said shaking her head. "Yeah, she began showing her true colors the moment I said I do." Caleb snorts. "You almost sound jealous of her," Amara states. "Oh please, why would I be jealous of her?"

"Actually, Amara, she is very jealous of Janice but unlike her, Janice is a true woman of God," Caleb said folding and putting some of his clothes in the suitcase. "And just where do you think you're going?" Maya asks as she just realizes what he was doing.

"I'm packing my suitcase to go to Atlanta," Caleb said with a wicked smirk. "Like hell you are, you board that plane and you'll never see your daughter again," Maya said in a threatening tone. "Yeah, right whatever." He said as he continues to pack. "I'm dead serious Caleb." "And I'm dead serious when I say, threaten to take my child from me again and you're the one that will never see her again." He said between clenched teeth.

"For God's sake, she literally just left here and now here you are packing your suitcase to chase after her. Now tell me Caleb as you've said countless times, if you don't have feelings for her then why are you now chasing after her, hmm?" She asks with a nasty attitude.

"Because I would rather be over there with her than here with a hateful pretender like you." "Oh, so you are calling me names now? I am your wife and the mother of your child and you will treat me with respect." She said in a demanding tone.

"Yeah, you might be all that but you're also my greatest mistake." He growls over his shoulder. His words were like a bucket of cold water to her face, she felt as if she was about to explode with rage. "Oh, Oh, really? I'm your biggest mistake? The biggest mistake I made was letting you into my life, and to think I was this close." She said indicating with her fingers

"This close to telling you to take a hike when I found out I was pregnant and even then my inner voice kept telling me to cut you loose but I ignore it because I thought that being a father and eventually a husband might change you but oh was I ever wrong. you're still the disgusting playboy you always were.

One that will do and say anything to get what he wants. You pursued me for months, making all kinds of promises you had no intention of keeping. I ignore my better judgment and bought into your lies, so I guess I deserve all this. I told you over and over that, if you were just looking for a fling, I wasn't the one for you and now I'm your greatest mistake, wow.

Well put on your big boy pants and buckle up, it's time to step up and make good on all your promises because this mistake won't be going anywhere anytime soon." She states in a challenging tone.

"You might not be going anywhere, but I am." He said zipping his suitcase shut. "I'm warning you, Caleb…" "Go ahead, threaten me one more time woman." He said in a menacing tone.

"Hmm, you know, people always say that things happen for a wise reason, well, I now know why this is happening. I've always been cynical about what Samson has been going through with his wife but now I really feel for the dude because for months you've been trying to control me, to mole me into what you think I should be

But get this through your thick skull my lawfully wedded wife, that's never going to happen." He said grabbing his suitcase and storming towards the door, towards Fabian and Amara who was standing outside his open bedroom door, it seem as if they were trying to come up with a way to stop the argument but now they were looking rather relieved that it was over.

"Okay family, I'll see you when I get back." He said with a wink in their direction.

Thank you all for reading.

Food for thought

Only by being on the level

Can we rise in the eyes of others.

( Psalm 15)