Phonso slammed the phone down with a curse. He looked over his shoulder at Vanessa who watched quietly. He cursed again. His brother was a d**k! How could he refuse Vanessa's phone call? Yeah it was one thing to refuse visitation and a phone call from him, but not from the mother of his unborn child.
Vanessa turned and walked out of the room.
"This has to be hard on him." Phonso said.
Vanessa returned to the kitchen.
"Him? This isn't just about him!"
"I know-"
"All he can say is that he doesn't want to do his time with the memory of …" Her throat began to close and she left the room. A month ago she had written him a letter—the most important letter that she'd ever written. Two days ago she gets a letter telling her to leave him alone.
Yes, she knew it would be hard on him knowin
