Chapter Seven

It was almost two weeks after Amaliah found out she was pregnant. The girls were still with her parents. It had been quiet. Quiet and heartbreaking because Amaliah had been receiving rejection mail after rejection mail.

Sheila had tried to encourage her, but it was to no avail. Skyline Corp hadn’t gotten back to them and Sheila was anxious. She hoped that would be the big break they needed. She had gotten a therapist for Amaliah and Amaliah had objected heatedly at first.

“I’m not going crazy, neither am I on the edge of going crazy.” she glared at Sheila. “And I certainly do not appreciate the way you try to do things on your own without asking me first. If I didn’t come out for a drink of water yesterday, you would not have told me about the job until you were done applying.”

“Like I said yesterday, I’m just trying to help you Amaliah. Please, don’t push me away. This therapy will be good for you. Please.”

Amaliah had eventually relented and had been going thrice a week but sa