“So tell me again why you’re getting married again, or better still renewing your vows when you just got married” Cheryl asked her Emily while they sat together in her dressing room getting ready for yet another wedding. Emily looked at her old friend, surprised to see her wearing a cute buzz cut instead of her usual bright dyed hair colors. It’d been a while she had seen Cheryl, more like since her last wedding but Cheryl had been touring round the country since then but she had to make sure she was back for the second wedding.“We’re getting married this time for real” Emily said, amused at her friend’s unbelievable expression.“As opposed to the fake one you did the first time or what? I haven’t even had one wedding but you’re having two and what? In the span of 6 months?”“Come on Cheryl” Emily laughed, staring at her reflection in the full – length mirror before her, her dress was white and flowing in inches on the pristine floor, almost as elegant as her first wedding dress but
Emily dashed past Anita’s mocking expression with everyone staring at her, as she ran out the church, Ethan running behind her, yelling her name.“Emily! Emily! Wait goddammit!” he yelled continuously until he managed to catch up with her after she had run a good distance.“Emily!” he grabbed her hands and turning her around to face him, but they were tears in her eyes and she panted heavily. Big fat ugly tears that ran her mascara down her cheeks, staining her face.“You liar!” she yelled, pushing him with her hands “You bloody liar Ethan!”“I don’t know what she’s talking about” Ethan pleaded as he tried to grab hold of her hands but she was relentless refusing to be touched by him“You slept with her, didn’t you?” she asked, looking him straight in the eyes and daring him to lie to her but Ethan suddenly went silent“You did, didn’t you?”“Yes he did!” a voice sounded, and it was Anita as she marched up to them, in a white silk gown and Emily scoffed.“You stupid bitch!!” Emily scr
When Emily woke up the next morning, her heavy eyes fluttering open in the unfamiliar hotel room she had staggered into the previous night after she had pulled away from Jackson, her chest heavy and her mind with the thoughts running to and fro but she only one agenda plaguing her mind, the moment she sat up on the fluffy bed.Revenge.She had refused to pick up her phone, having to resist the urge to fling it at the wall but she managed to restrict herself. Her phone buzzed again beside, Ethan’s name springing on the screen but she ignored it, walking towards the window that overlooked the city’s view as she poured herself a glass of wine; red sparkling and sour, she winced but she allowed herself to enjoy even though it burned through her throat in an unusual way.Anita was pregnant for Ethan’s baby, Anita her half sister that she never acknowledged and Ethan her contract marriage husband that she was going to marry for real.Maybe it was time, maybe it was time she met her father.
“This is your sister Anita” Mr. Brown said just as the shock registered on Anita’s face“She knows” Emily said immediately “She has always known”"How? How have you always known" Mr. Brown asked but Anita wasn't paying attention to him.Angry, Anita charged towards Emily and grabbing her by her arm “What the hell do you think you’re doing”“You’re pregnant for Ethan’s baby, my husband”“You don’t even love him” Anita cried out“It doesn’t matter” Emily said “You crossed the line and you don’t expect me to just sit and watch you do that, you underestimate me a lot”“You’re pregnant?” Mr. Brown voiced out but Anita only spared him a brief glance “Stay out of this dad” she said turning back to Emily and moving a step closer to her in a threatening manner“So what are you going to do about it now? I’m pregnant with your husband’s baby and so what?”Emily stared back, feeling her anger totally engulf her when Anita’s phone started ringing out loudly when she looked at her phone, she smiled
The silence was loud and lasted for several minutes than it need be, Ethan in shock and Emily equally in shock but tainted by uncertainty. A million thoughts ran through her hand, her hands were unsteady and the positive pregnant test staring at the both of them. She looked away from Ethan, she tried to act aloof even though her heart kept pounding loudly behind her chest.Who was the father? Was the question that kept repeating itself round her head and yet unable to come up with an answer. She washed her hands by the sink but not saying a word to Ethan because what exactly could she say? Her hands were shaky, no matter how much she tried to steady them.She was pregnant? How could she be pregnant? It was worse that she wasn’t sure who the father was.“Emily?” Ethan called again, this time making way for her to pass through out of the bathroom.“I’m not ready to talk about it yet?” she told him, collapsing herself unto the sofa, her head in her hand as the felt the pressure closing
Jackson stared at Emily’s text from seated inside his car from the location he was supposed to meet up with, just a few seconds he dropped the call with Blair asking to see him in the location. Weird. But he decided not to think too much about it, instead he got down from the car and headed inside. Immediately he saw Blair smiling and waving at him, beckoning him towards her. She had a weird nervous glint in her eyes that he decided to ignore for the reason that she always seemed to have that weirdness ingrained in her mannerisms.“Hey sweetie” she got up to hug him, her raspberry scent filling his nose completely, hesitant at first but he returned her hug. Why couldn’t he concentrate? He kept checking his phone, expecting another text from Emily but instead he sent a text back.“What’s wrong?”Why did he feel something was off? There was Blair smiling weirdly at him and being overly affectionate even though they promised to be affectionate with each other in public, and there was Emi
“What the hell happened?!” Ethan stormed angrily into the emergency room of the hospital where Jackson was seated, waiting. He grabbed Jackson by the collar, pulling him up, his eyes dilated in anger.“Where’s Emily?!” he thundered again and Jackson pried himself away from his Ethan’s hold.“Relax damn, she’ll be fine” Jackson said, even though within him he knew he was worried but he didn’t have the strength to deal with Ethan’s tantrum, he was the dealing with the shock of it all.“What do you mean? She’s pregnant” Ethan said and Jackson froze.“What?” Jackson looked at Ethan now, his eyebrows raised and his heart rate suddenly picking up.“Emily’s pregnant?” he asked again and Ethan gave him a strange look“She didn’t tell you, I thought she was going to – ”“She didn’t have the chance to” Jackson said now, the realization suddenly dawning on him. That was why Emily wanted to see him, to tell him she was pregnant?This time, Ethan grabbed Jackson by the shoulder, his eyes conflicte
When Jackson returned later that night to Emily’s hospital room, she was wide awake with her eyes fixed on the television, a slow movie playing.“Hey” Jackson said, his head peeking into the room with a small smile on his face and she returned the smile giddily.“Hey” she said back “come in?”Jackson walked in, flowers in one hand and chocolate in another and he handed them to her “How you feeling?”“Just tired but I couldn’t sleep, I had this movie on but turns out it’s quite interesting” she explained and Jackson nodded, sitting on the arm chair beside her bed as he studied her face. Her beautiful that had remained stuck in his head since the first time he realized she was the girl from the masked ball, and now she was possibly pregnant with his child. He meant every word he had said to Ethan, he wasn’t backing down this time, he was going to for her and he didn’t care the consequences.“Blair?” Emily asked, her eyes watching him and Jackson shrugged.“She’s on the run with Jesse, i