Chapter Four

-- Grizelda --

After the two police officers were sacked without consideration and my purse was eventually returned to me, the higher ranked officer refused to stop begging us.

"Please, ma'am. I will make sure to have the real culprit arrested by officers who are more reliable in the job than those other two."

"No, no. Nevermind about that." I said as I figured Alex could be the real culprit behind the theft of the one million dollars from an innocent man's account and pretended to be me. "I don't want you looking for the culprit anymore, you hear me?"

"What?" The man was shocked to hear my words. Even Jax was shocked as his eyes scanned me with refusal to believe that I meant what I said.

"I will pay back the million dollars if that's what it entails for you to stop looking for the culprit. Just forget about it, please."

"Um, okay... okay ma'am, but I suggest you don't worry about that as well." I could see the sweat forming on the man's head as he addressed me with much respect. "It will be on us to take care of the stolen money after all that we did to you. And I will do as you've said. I'll have us stop searching for the culprit at once."

"Good. Thank you." I smiled, although it didn't reach my eyes as I was too tired to give a better smile. "Let's go Jax." I turned around and didn't wait for him as I strode out of the hospital.

I saw his car parked outside and I entered the front seat. He joined me in no time and he fixed his eyes on me.

"Is there a reason why you told them to stop looking for the real culprit? Is it because you know who it might be?" He asked.

"You mean a strong idea of who? Yes. But please let's not talk more about it or my headache will only increase. Just take me to your house. I need a long rest." I pleaded.

"My house? Not yours?" I could feel his curiosity building up. "Is there something you feel I should know?"

I took in a long, deep breath and let it all out, slowly. I figured he had to know and I gave up being mysterious about it. "I got divorced, yesterday."

"You what?!" His voice erupted so high that I had to close my ears and I felt the banging in head become much worse.

I winced at once as I regretted not warning him before spilling the news. I should have known better to tell him not to shout. He noticed my discomfort and he reduced his voice when next he spoke.

"I... I'm so sorry. You told me you had headache and I shouldn't have shouted like that." He apologized, although his grip on the steering tightened and I immediately felt bad for the poor thing being manhandled like that.

"It's fine." I nodded and eventually dropped my hands. I looked at him and his eyes were still fixated on me. He looked like he wanted to hold me in his arms right at that moment.

"How come you never told me? I thought you loved him."

"It happened, last night, Jax. And yes, I still love him." I pulled my eyes away from his gaze and looked the other way as I felt my emotions sprouting up again. I had to pinch myself not to cry. Not again. I'd had enough of it.

"And it was only just a misunderstanding. He thinks I'm cheating. I'm sure he'll come back to his senses very soon. I know he will call me back. If not, I will never make sense of all these."

"What the fuck does that mean? He thinks you're cheating?? Is an assumption enough for him to want to divorce you?" I felt Jax trying his best not to shout at the top of his lungs, again. "I don't feel there's a point in waiting though. I'll drive right back to your house and beat the senses into him if that's what it takes."

"No, Jax. You can't do that. It'll only make things worse." I took a look at him and expected him to read the hurt in my eyes. "He thinks I'm cheating on him... with you."

"What?" His hand on the steering loosened and his chest fell. "Are you still hiding your identity from him? Why, Grizzy? I told you all these wasn't worth it. He doesn't deserve you."

"I was going to tell him about my identity last night but he refused to listen. But I will try again. I will... Aargh!" I screamed as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

"What is it? Are you okay?" Jax quickly jumped to me from his seat.

"Take me to the hospital, please." I winced and held my tummy very hard. "This isn't the first time I'm feeling this pain in a short while. I think I need to see the doctor to know what's wrong."

"Those officers better not have done something to you." He greeted his teeth and quickly jumped behind the wheels again.

He started the engine as fast as he could and began driving towards the nearest hospital while I hugged my stomach and hoped to God that it was something minor so that I wouldn't feel like the world was going against me all of the sudden because I swear, I had no idea what I had done wrong to deserve all this.

First it was divorce, then being wrongly accused of theft and sent to jail, now it was an excruciating pain coming from my stomach.

Quickly, I was attended to and some tests were ran. I waited a bit and the doctor returned with a smile on his face while he held my results. Confusion swept over me as I wondered why he was smiling.

I awaited the words to come out of his mouth and took it as sign to hope for the best. I knew he won't be smiling that way to me if it was bad news indeed. Yet, my hands were cold and my heart was beating fast as I felt myself being placed on the suspense seat.

"Congratulations, ma'am." The doctor showed his white set of teeth to me as he still proceeded to inform me of my test results. "You're four months pregnant."