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Decisions
A short story.
Pop Pop knocked on the bathroom door. “Regina?”
“Just a minute,” I answered before coughing and throwing up.
“Are you alright?”
I flushed the toilet. “I’m fine.”
“Can you come downstairs? I need you to watch your grandmother while I head out to ACME.”
“Give me five minutes,” I replied, wiping away my tears.
The sound of my grandfather’s footsteps grew fainter as he moved away from the bathroom, approaching the staircase.
Get it together, Gigi, I thought while quickly brushing my teeth. This was the third time in the past week I had morning sickness due to me being almost three months pregnant. Neither of my grandparents were aware of my current condition since I recently moved back to live with them in Lansdowne after the lease expired at my former apartment in the Overbrook section of West Philly.
Leaving the bathroom, I walked downstairs. Pop Pop sat beside Nana as she watched television.
He touched her hand. “Regina is going to watch you until I get back, Renee.”
Nana smiled. “Okay, Earl.”
My grandfather rose to his feet, kissed me on my cheek before leaving through the front door. I told my grandmother I was heading to…