One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 18

Chapter 18: I lost everything because of you!

~~~Here I am, standing close to you and it's still so far away. So many times, I tried to say but my heart was afraid. Look at you is all that I can do, like a silly girl I stare. 'Coz you might leave me when I reveal what my heart is really feeling. If I could just say the words, all the secrets in my heart and in my soul you'll hear. Will you take me in your arms or let me go?

-Juris Fernandez-

"Sam? What the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you at home?" Jack's eyes widened in surprise when she found me standing right outside her apartment.

I smiled and walked past her to the living room.

"I want to sleep here," I said resting my tired body on the couch.

"What do you mean you want to sleep here? And what have you been doing all day that you didn't answer my calls?" She asked crossing her arms over her chest as she sat down across my seat.

"Well, I'm sorry because I had a date and I didn't notice that you called all day."

"Haha... date your face!" I chuckled when she rolled her eyes.

"I'm just kidding. Well, the truth is that I had lunch with Dean earlier and he accompanied me to buy some maternity dress."

"Dean?" She asked and I nodded. "As in Dean Scott from school?"

"Yup." I nodded again and started telling her about what happened last night when I talked to my husband, when I woke up this morning and found him gone and when Dean and I met at the parking lot of hospital.

"Are you serious? Dean Scott really accompanied you to buy a maternity dress? Jeez! He's not the father of your baby. Isn't it awkward?"

lunch, so who am I to deny?" I

"Anyway, what happened to your

It's a girl, Jack!" And we

Sam!" She immediately stood

what, I'm thinking of naming her after my mom

the tears that formed around my eyes when she hugged me again. But I immediately pushed her when I felt my stomach crumbling

here and I'll just prepare some dinner for you and

the couch as I waited for her to prepare dinner for me. And

my husband. She put

"Sam?"

bite of meatballs before glancing at

know that you're going

in front of her as a sign of 'wait' and she waited until I swallowed what I have in my mouth. My goodness!

notice that I wasn't at home tonight. And I'm sure that even if left for a week or for the whole month,

thing. He will definitely

her but I just chose remained

that I wasn't home all night, because he hadn't

tell him our baby's gender and somehow deep inside me, I was hoping he could find even

to call him, but he didn't even once pick up my call. I really wanted to call Dale or ask my in-laws about him but I refrained myself, instead,

but he just ignored me, so I

and called his name before he could open the door to the

frown automatically showed on his forehead

slipped through my lips instead of surprising him of our baby's

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