Come Share My Love - By Carrie Macon Page 0,28

to go but she didn’t want Zackary to think she was anxious about spending some time away with him. She had a feeling that he already had that idea in his head. He was a little too happy. He had a giant smile on his face. Maybe they could start over and get to know each other better.

“So Shy, are you going or are you going?”

She looked at Zackary and then back to Essence who was poking out her lips waiting for an answer. Even though Essence was the older she was spoiled and had ways of getting Shyla to do what she wanted. Shyla could not say no to her favorite and only cousin.

“Yes, Ess,” she sighed. “I’m going.”

Essence jumped from her seat hugging her. “We are going to have so much fun. You’ll see. I know we will.” Shyla looked over at Zackary who was still smiling, then turned and winked at her. ‘What am I getting myself into this weekend?’ She thought. It almost seemed like Zackary was reading her thought. His smile widened and then he mouthed the words while pointing from him to her several times. “This weekend, you and me,” she moaned. She was really in trouble.

Felton was not surprised to see Zackary sitting in his favorite spot when he walked into the house minutes later. He was the one to tell him where he could find Shyla, while Shyla thought it was his wife. Felton wasn’t sure if he should because both of them had been hurt badly before and had promised never to get heavily involved with anyone else but he also knew that Zackary cared a lot about his wife’s cousin. He wasn’t quite sure how Shyla felt about him but he prayed that she wouldn’t hurt him like his ex-wife had.

Back in college Zackary had met and married the woman he thought would be his forever. It seemed to be love at first sight. Gloria had other ideas, he soon found out. The wedding started off right but after six months it was on a slow slope to hell and it grew faster with each passing day.

Gloria was a beautiful woman and she knew it. That was her problem. She was spoiled and selfish. Zackary gave her everything, asking for nothing but her love in return. She took and took until she chose to walk away. She left a year before college ended.

Zackary became a veterinarian and established his own office in the city then built himself a home on his family’s property in Monterey California. Word got back to Gloria and she slithered her way back into his life. After all they were still married. She came back and Zackary welcomed her with opened arms. She explained that she was not ready for that kind of a commitment at that point in her life, she was young and eager and wanted to see the world but now she wanted what she had left behind. The man she loved. Some of his family members were not happy with the situation but he was his own man and it was his life. Less than three months after her return she fell pregnant.

Once again he catered to her every need, giving in to whatever she wanted. After giving birth to beautiful twin daughters Gloria was no longer the only female in his life. His daughter’s, they became the apple of their father’s eyes. Zackary no longer catered to Gloria. He still loved her, he still did the things that she needed but he was there for his daughters more. Soon she became jealous of their children. Everything he had done for her he was now doing for his children. Bathing them, feeding them and spending quality time at home. Nothing else was more important.

Gloria was not being the mother that Zackary felt their baby girls needed. She was still spoiled, self-centered and a user. Zackary bought beautiful diamonds and other valuables that the girls would inherit when they became of age.

He started trust funds and college funds for them. Things any good parent would do for their child whether they thought they could afford it or not. This disturbed Gloria to the point of leaving with the girls and only accepting monetary payment to get them back. It wasn’t kidnapping, these were her children, also. It was only fair, she had given these babies to him and she deserved something in return. She lost her figure she couldn’t party like she was