Chapter sixty six Last night

Fabian, Jessica, and Jason were about to enter Janice's room but pause when they notice Tyler on his knees at her bedside, they thought he and her were having a prayer session but soon realized that Ty was the only one praying and Janice was sound asleep. They stood quietly by the door unsure what to do next. It was as if he felt their presence because he lifts his head, dried his eyes, and turn to face them.

"Hi, you must all be tired of seeing me like this." He said in a shaky tone. "You've our permission to deal with this however you need to bro," Fabian said. "Seeing as though it's your last night as a free man, we were thinking that you may want to do something but….." Jason didn't need to finish his sentence; the look on Ty's face says it all. "Thanks, guys but no… I don't want to leave her right now." "Yeah, we should have thought about that before we came in here," Fabian said.

"She was in so much pain earlier and there was nothing I could do to help her, what's the point of being financially stable if it can't ensure your happiness?" Ty asks with tears in his eyes. "This is supposed to be the happiest night of my life but there is a pain inside me that is so raw and numbing that I want to scream and hit something, but I can't because I would blackout and I need to be strong for her and my child." He said fighting his tears.

"Whatever you need, we're here for you," Jessica said wrapping her arms around his shoulder. "Thanks, that means a lot to me." "Is there anything we can get for you right now?" Jason asks. "Yeah, something to eat would be nice." He replied forcing a smile. "On it," Jason said leaving the room before anyone could see the tears in his eyes but they weren't missed by Jessica's observant eyes and she follows him out the door.

"Stop trying to hide it, I know you're hurting," Jess said rubbing his shoulder. "I just wish there was something we could do to ease his pain, I mean damn it; why the hell does his life have to be so damn hard, there are hundreds of despicable people out there having babies they don't want." He said turning away from her.

"He was even willing to stay with that horrible woman, just because he thought that kid was his and if it was then he would have spent the rest of his life with her just to be the perfect father to that child." He said through gritted teeth.

"I really hate this Jessie." He fumes. I do too, I mean I know of men who walk away from their girls because they were pregnant and when I think of everything he went through because he wanted to be a father, it's just not fair." She states. "Anyway let's get him some food so he can eat something because no matter how strongly we feel about this all we can do is pray." she sighs.

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Food for thought

To experience God's strength

We must first admit our weakness