Please Come Home

Please Come Home part 21

J-"Betty-"

B-"Where have you been!?"

J-"I-"

B-"And why is there lipstick on your lips!?"

He stayed quiet and looked down while I began to cry.

B-"Did you even listen to my voicemails?"

He nodded his head no softly.

B-"I lost her!"

He looked up quickly and stared at me.

B-"I lost our baby girl! I tried calling you and calling you but you never picked up!"

J-"W-What, no, t-that's not true"

B-"Oh really?! Well here"

I threw him a picture of me holding Addi's lifeless body in the hospital.

B-"That is me holding our dead daughter! I had to give birth to her without you! And you have the audacity to tell me that I'm lying!"

J-"Betts-"

He tried to reach for my arm but I pulled back.

B-"No! Don't Betts me! You weren't there for me for one of the hardest things I have had to do in my life!"

J-"Betty I was at work-"

B-"No you weren't! You were somewhere cheating on me while I was giving birth to our dead baby"

J-"I-"

B-"I know about the bills Jughead, I know that you haven't been giving the money to our landlord. I stressed myself out all week because of it! I started working a second job!"

J-"Betty please let me explain-"

B-"No, I'm done. I can't do this anymore"

I took of my engagement ring and threw it at him.

B-"I'm going to my mom's for the night, I can't stay with you. Maybe try spending some time with Jay, I'll pick him up in the morning"

J-"No- Betty please" (voice crack)

B-"Don't. Don't talk right now"

I walked past him and walked out to my car then drove to my mom's house and knocked on the door.

A-"Betty?"

I was sobbing in the rain, my clothes were drenched and I couldn't speak.

B-"He-he. I hate him! I hate him! I don't wanna be here anymore Mom! I wanna go!"

She pulled me into her arms, not caring that I was drenched.

A-"Honey your freezing, come on let's get you inside"

I held onto her arm as she walked me inside and set me down on the couch then went to her room and grabbed me some sweatpants and a t-shirt.
After I changed she got me some tea and sat down on the couch while I rested my head on her chest.

B-"He was cheating on me while I was giving birth to our dead baby" (sobs)

A-"What?!"

B-"He came home with lipstick on his lips, he didn't even deny it"

A-"I'm so sorry honey, you don't deserve this"

B-"Maybe I do" (whispers)

A-"Betty, you don't deserve any of this. You deserve happiness"

B-"Why can't I have it" (cries)

A-"I don't know" (softly)