Phaedra's POV
"And We Let Him Go After That" Said Ronnie . I Sat In Complete Silence Because I Was Completely Broken All Over Again . Trudy Was Like Family To Manny , But What He Did To Her Body ... Was Something a Enemy Did . We Could Barely Recognize Her . It Was All My Fault . Here I Was , With Every Sign In The World To Leave This Man . Meanwhile , I Declined Every Chance I Got .
I Ran Out Of The Hospital As Fast As I Could . I Sat Outside Alone For Maybe About 5 Seconds Before My Fiancé Came After Me . Hugging Me , Holding Me Tight . I Needed It . I Had Never Ever Felt This Alone And Hurt In My Whole Life . I Couldn't Take It . I Had To Call My Parents .
I Explained To My Husband That I Was Gonna Go Away For a Few Days . He Was Very Worried , But It Had To Be Done . My Father Had a Nervous Breakdown From The Fact That He Couldn't Save His Baby Girl . He Needed To Know Who Did This . Im Just Praying That Im Not Blamed In The End .
A Few Days Later , I Approached Their Home With Regrets Of Even Coming Here . I Needed My Parents But I Was Terrified To Tell Them What They Had To Know . I Stood There For a While , Thinking Of How To Say Everything. I Took a Deep Breath And Slowly Walked To The Front Door .
"Baby Girl" My Father Yelled As I Entered My Childhood Home . I Was So Glad To Be Here , It Brought Back So Many Memories , With Trudy Of Course . We Had The Best Life , Just Me , Trudy , Mommy , And Daddy ! Singing Church Songs , Playing In The Pool , Enjoying The Playground ... I Couldn't Help But Miss This Place . "Everything Okay" Said My Mother As She Hugged Me Gently . I Just Looked At Her , And Sat Down . I Motioned For Them To Sit Down Because This Was Gonna Be a Long Few Days .
I Began Explaining Everything . From Manny And Tracy , To Ronnie And Drew , And The Family Reunion , And Ty'eese Having Laila Early .... And Everything Else . Afterwards , I Took a Deep Breath . This Is All I Was Thinking About On The Way Here. How Disappointed They Would Be In Me , How They Would Turn Their Backs On Me Once I Told Them. I Just Didnt Wanna Lose My Parents AND My Sister !
We All Sat In Silence , Both My Parents Looking Down . My Father Came And Sat Close Beside Me , He Looked Me In My Eyes In Complete Silence For What Seemed Like Forever . I Could See The Hurt In His Eyes Through The Tears Running Down My Face . He Grabbed Me And Hugged Me So Tight , Crying On My Shoulder . I Hugged Him Back , Thanking God That He Didn't Blame Me . I Laid On His Shoulder Peeking At My Mother , Wondering How She Was Gonna Take Everything . She Walked Towards Us , With So Much Hurt On Her Face . She Hugged Me From Behind , Crying . We All Sat On The Couch Crying For What Seemed Like An Hour .
"I Would Never Want You To Think This Is Your Fault. Every Woman In The World Has Come Across a Man That Mean Them No Good. Because I Was That Man When Your Mother And I Was Younger , I Changed For Her . Some Men Change , Some Don't . But U Cant Blame Yourself For The Actions That He Chose Because She Caught Him. I'm Only Mad Because U Didn't Call Me During Any Of This . Don't Ever Do That Again . I Wanna Make Sure You're Always Safe , Along With My Grand Babies" My Father Said , Kissing Me On The Forehead . My Mother Nodded , Agreeing With My Father .
That Night , We Went To Trudy's Gravesite . We Stood There For a Moment , Talking To Her As If She Was There In The Flesh . Crying , Laughing , Smiling . It Was The Closure I Needed . I Even Told Them All The Story About Me Waking Up At 4 In The Morning Chasing After "Her" . There Was a Weight Lifted Off My Shoulders . I Couldn't Help But Thank God All The Way Back To My Parent's Home . I Took a Shower , Ate Something , And Laid Down In My Old Bedroom .
Which Everything That Went On , I Never Even Thought To Check My Phone . I Had Almost 10 Text Messages From Drew . Asking If I Was Okay . Asking How I Was Doing , And How Things Were Going . I Replied To Him And Fell Straight Asleep .
