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His uncle's sweetheart Chapter 54
"I don't even know who I am anymore."This was a whispered utterance from Bernice as she stared up at the ceiling of Liam's apartment. The room was dimly lit, silently evasive into the muted sounds of the city outside. She sat on the couch edge, arms tightly wrapped around her as if holding together the pieces of a shattered life.Liam sat opposite her, both his eyes locked onto hers in equal measures of sympathy and frustration. He'd seen Bernice fall apart before, but this time it was different, deeper, it seemed, the damage having been wrought."You're still Bernice," Liam said softly. "But you are not the same person you were with Rafael. You've changed."A harsh, contemptuous snort blew out of Bernice as she shook her head. "Changed? I lost everything, Liam. My home, my husband, my dignity. And to think where to begin piecing it all back together is just something I don't know."Liam leant forward, his elbows on his knees as he looked down at her. "Perhaps it is time for a clean
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Bernice sat on the little wooden table in the small, new apartment staring out of the window at the quiet town below. The street was still; morning's hum as quiet as her thoughts.“How did it all go wrong?” How did I let my guard down? she'd left it all behind, and somehow that problem found its way to where she was,miles away from Rafael, Ethan, and Olivia. But yet still they etched themselves in her brain, every single betrayal fresh as an open wound.The ringing in her hand snapped her back into focus as her phone bleated Liam's name across the screen."How're you holding up?" His voice came through steady, yet laced with concern.Bernice let out a heavy sigh. "I don't know, Liam. I thought it would be easier, you know, once I got away from there, but-" Her voice fell silent as her eyes scanned the small apartment now called home. "It still seems like they are here. Like I am still mired in the middle of their deceptions.""You've only been gone a week," he whispered. "It's going t
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"You're pregnant, Bernice."These were words which to her sounded like a freight train which had just run over her. She sat looking in utter disbelief at this older woman, holding onto the edge of the examination table. "I'm what?" Her voice shook between shock and confusion.Dr. Marshall gave her an understanding, sympathetic smile, softening in her eyes. "You are pregnant, Bernice. And from the scans, it does appear that you have twins."Bernice blinked, her mind attempted to reach out and process the words. “Twins?” She shook her head, as if stirring from a dream. "Impossible. This isn't supposed to happen.""I know this is a lot to take in," Dr. Marshall said in soft delicacy. "But I have reviewed your results, and you are about ten weeks gone; both of your babies look healthy.’Bernice's stomach did somersaults, and her heart quivered right there in her chest. She barely heard the words above the wild rush of panic running through her head. Twins. How could she be pregnant, much
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"Still thinking about her aren't you?Rafael jerked at the suddenness of Ethan's voice, hadn't even heard his nephew slip into his office. Rafael finally raised his head from his desk, his eyes unyielding and cold, but there was something in his gaze that betrayed him. His mind had played over and over again, the image of Bernice in that hotel room entwined around some boy like a betrayal made flesh.I'm fine," Rafael growled, trying to shove the memories aside. "Just… a lot on my mind."Ethan smirked as he plopped himself down in the chair across from Rafael's desk, leaning back casual-as if he owned the place. "You don't look fine, Uncle. You look like a man who's been played."Rafael's jaw tightened. "I'm not in the mood for this.”"Come on, " Ethan pressed, in a falsely light tone. "You don't have to playact for me. I know what's going through your mind.""Do you?" Rafael snarled, eyes slitted. "Because right now I'm not altogether sure I do."Ethan bends forward, his voice taking
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“How big are you now?” Bernice mused, sitting by the window, her hands laid upon the soft swell of her tummy. The sun set so gradually, casting a soft golden light upon the little garden outside. She watched the light dance across flowers and thought about the small lives inside her growing stronger with each passing month. Are you kicking because you're happy or just stretching?She splayed her fingers to draw lazy patterns on her stomach as the soft kicks of her unborn babies jabbed at her. Twins. It still felt so unreal, so real within the confines of her mind. She had not known whether to laugh or cry when she found out about them six months ago. Now, all she felt was an overwhelming responsibility and fear.It was this gentle rap at the door that finally withdrew her from the abstraction. "Come in," she said, loud enough to be heard.Liam stepped inside, he had been there for her and visited frequently. Clutching a bag of groceries. A slight, crooked smile danced upon his lips
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Rafael sat in his big office, staring at a small leather wristband that was in his hand. A modest piece frayed and faded, but its significance was far from ordinary. Bernice had given it to him, saying they needed something tangible to show a symbol of their commitment to each other. One year into their marriage, everything felt so perfect. Their love story felt like a fairy tale that came through He leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his hair. Six months and I can't get you out of my head. Why, Bernice? Why did you do it? The questions tormented him, kept him awake at night and distracted him during the day. Sure she had committed the crime, he caught her in the act. But he gave her no chance to explain, to tell her story.And in that smooth backward movement of his back, somehow, a resolution crystallized in Rafael's brain: he would get to the bottom of it, and he had to hear it from no other than Bernice's lips herself.He leaned forward and punched the intercom bu
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Ethan was wearing a trench on his office floor. Eyes that had scanned ceaselessly around the room again came to rest on the map of the city across his desk, circled in red at every place he'd gone, every dead end.Where in the name of all that's holy are you, Bernice?" he growled aloud, hunching over the desk as though his will could wring from the map its secret. "How can you just disappear?His new secretary, Ben, was fidgeting beside the door, unable to bear his boss's obsession to trace this vanishing woman off the face of the earth. "Boss, you're running crazy," he dared to say. "You have been on it now for weeks; perhaps it is time to let go.”Let her go?" Ethan repeated, his voice low and the flash in his eyes belying it. "She is not some loose end to be tied up and then forgotten about. She is a threat. She can come back and ruin everything I built. She has already turned Rafael against me once. I won't give her another chance.”Ben swallowed hard before continuing a great
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"Liam, it's Rafael. Come out so we can talk.The call had been short, his voice clipped and curt, almost as if talking to his ex-wife's cousin was the chore with which he was barely willing to put up. Liam stalled for quite a while longer before calling him back, agreeing to meet Rafael at a downtown coffee shop. It wasn't much more than what it had been; then again, he wasn't exactly looking to let Rafael off easy.Now he sat at the corner table of this dingy café, eyes fixed on the door. He'd seen Rafael out of control once before, the nasty mess of their divorce. What then, for God's sake, could he be looking for with Bernice?Rafael walked in through the door, his eyes scanning the room until they zeroed in on Liam. His face didn't show any form of emotion. In one decisive stride, he cut across the room to slide into the chair opposite Liam and didn't waste any time extending a greeting."You're late," Liam said coolly, leaning back in his chair.Rafael flipped the comment onto
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