Burning Passion: Love Never Die

“Carlos, what a surprise! You’re not busy now?”

“No. Mom, when did you see Debbie take birth control pills?” Carlos asked outright.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line. Tabitha figured that it must be Megan who told Carlos.

Carlos waited on the phone patiently. After a while, Tabitha finally opened her mouth.

“I think it’s good she took a contraceptive, since your grandma and dad don’t like her. It’ll be a problem divorcing her if she gets pregnant with your child…”

“Mom!” Carlos’ powerful voice interrupted Tabitha’s mumbling.

“Whether they like Debbie or not has nothing to do with me. Just answer my question. When did you see Debbie taking birth control pills?”

her voice. His cold voice stung

like this before! You’ve become distant from

to answer if she had indeed seen it with her own eyes, but she kept jumping

I have work. I’ll call you later.

Carlos…” Tabitha wanted to talk to her son for a while longer, but he had

sat staring blankly at her phone for a while before coming back to her senses. She stood up and walked

smile on his face when she pushed open the door and walked in. At the sight of her, he instantly pulled a long face and ended the call in haste. The smile had vanished from

asked, “Anything?” He returned to his seat and

that it was impossible for Tabitha to not have

taking contraceptives,” she said, trying

file and asked with a

merely nodded without saying anything. The truth was that she was the one who had blurted it out to Megan. But she couldn’t dare