The Wrong Man

Shrugging, he stepped toward them. How could I say that you weren’t sleeping around withother men?Anger swept through her. How dare he! Could he easily forget that he took her virginity?Used goods. That’s all I am and that’s all I’ll ever be. However, it wasn’t time for regrets. Shehad to protect her son.I know Johnny is mine. He took another step closer to her. I want to do right by you and him.No, no you don’t.She didn’t trust him. Something was wrong. Aft er fi ve years, he showed up at the boardinghouse and asked her to marry him.She refused, figuring she was better off continuing on as she was rather than condemningher life to a man who left when she needed him most. And now he was threatening to takeJohnny from her!Norma Iris Pagan Morales was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She comesfrom a very lovable family. Her parents, Juan Jose Pagan Rodriguez,and Digna Morales Figueroa, now deceased, always helped her with herprojects as a writer and teaching career.Norma had three siblings, Adelin Milagros Pagan Morales, Juan JosePagan Morales, and Julio Manuel Pagan Morales. Julio Manuel PaganMorales died on September 19, 1998, and my dear sister Adelin MilagrosPagan Morales died on February 17, 2023.Norma did all her academic studies in New York City, Puerto Rico, and Canada. She workedin the City of New York Police Department. As an Educator, she worked in New York City Bd. Of Education as an English Teacher, in Puerto Rico Bd. of Education as an English teacher, and in the Puerto Rico Army National.She has teaching certifications for English as a Second Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language.She had published seventeen books: Proud of My Puerto Rican Bequest, ¿Porque Soy Boricua?Poemas del Alma, Art in Written Form, A Baffl ing Short Stories Collection, On Job in the Big Apple, Puerto Rican Soldiers Serving with Pride, Nature’s Rage in the Caribbean, Boricua de Pura Cepa, You are the One, The Unfaithfuls, Christopher Columbus, Violence in the City, Poemas Tiernos, Mis Raices, My Little Sister and Two Strangers.