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that choice!” she shouted, startling Maddie into tears. “If you’re so ashamed of who you really are, then quit playing both sides of the fence and go be with her, Pastor Matthews .” She spat, snatching her bottle of wine and turning to walk out of the kitchen. “Oh wait, that’s right…” she said, turning back around as he comforted Maddie. “…she has no idea about the church does she? She thinks your own car dealerships or some shit, right?” she asked, chuckling. “Whatever, Michael.”
                  “You trippin’ tonight I see.” He said, following her to the living room.
                  Milan said nothing as she sat down on the couch and poured herself a third glass.
                  “Mi-Mi, you need to chill with all that drinking. We’ve talked about Alana more than once already, so what’s this really about?”
                  “Do you know how hard it was for me to look at the love child you made with her?” she asked, her eyes welling up with tears as she turned in her seat to face him.
                  “What are you talking about?” he asked, seemingly confused.
                  “The same doctor’s office, Michael? Really?! Why would you send me to the doctor’s office your bastard child goes to?”
                  “Hey, watch your mouth.”
                  “ Fuck   you.” She spat. “I was wondering why you wanted me to drive two hours for a damn check-up.”
                  Michael snatched her up by the wrists, his angry face within an inch of her defiant one.
                  “In case you’ve been too drunk to notice, our daughter isn’t right. I sent you there to see the best doctor in the state. I forgot Alana was taking Michaela the same day, and for that, I apologize, but I’m not going to allow you to talk about my daughter that way.”
                  Milan just stared into his eyes with hostility, saying nothing. He finally spoke.
                  “Why is this coming up now? You took Maddie to the doctor the other day. Not to mention, we had a fantastic night when I came home yesterday…so why is this coming up now? Because you’re feeling a little liquid courage?”
                  “We were supposed to have our first child together , Mike.” She said softly, pulling away from his grip and picking Maddie up from where she stood next to her father. “…and she might not be right to you, but she’s perfect to me.”
                  Michael watched silently as she walked away with his beautiful daughter in her arms, his heart breaking. With a heavy sigh, he walked off down the hall towards his study, having to prepare his sermons for the Sunday morning service.
                  “…and now I’m going to ask everyone to open their Bibles to Hebrews, chapter 13, verse 4. And it says, “Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.”
                  Milan flared her nostrils as she sat in front of her husband while he preached to the congregation about marriage and adultery. She smirked a little, thinking he couldn’t be serious. There’s no way he could stand before all ten thousand of these people and preach something he wasn’t living himself. Maddie began to fuss a little, and Milan rocked her back and forth slowly, her eyes narrowing as she stared at Michael.
                  “What an ass.” She thought to herself. “I wonder what all of these good church folk would think if they knew the real you.”
                  “Preach!” Sister Bertha Johnson called out from the pew directly behind her. Milan rolled her eyes, becoming more and more agitated as everyone shouted in agreement.
                  Maddie squirmed and began to cry loudly,