Chapter 92. Always My Ex

"Rissa, would you just listen? Listen to me for Christ's sake!" Bernard repeated.

"Stop taking the Lord's name in vain, boy." Mr. Babalola chastised Bernard, and Bernard muttered sorry, his eyes on Marissa.

"I think I have listened enough to you. More than enough. I have had enough of your bullshit! I do not bargain for this, you hear me? I tried to avoid messy stuff like this, did I not? I told you that I want nothing to do with things like this!" She poked him in the chest. "You made me believe you! You made me believe that this child could rely on you, and now what? I get called names because of you! I get insulted by a tramp in public in my car! My new car was vandalized, and what should I expect from my child? To be yelled at? To be pushed about? No, buddy. You are not putting me through that."

"Don't you think we should excuse ourselves at this junction?" Mr. Babalola said in a loud whisper to his wife:

"Not yet; this is just getting interesting. I am