Chapter 199

[Cordelia]

"Tilly," I look up to see my best friend's face as she sits down next to me.

"Why are you out of bed?" she scolds, wiping my face. "You should be resting."

"I heard about Atlas," I explain. "I tried to see him but..."

"Oh Cordy," she pulls me in for a hug. "You weren't supposed to know about Atlas yet. We just found him. We were waiting until he could take visitors before we told you. None of us can see him, not even Clark."

"Oh." So they were going to tell me. They were just waiting for the right time.

"We didn't want to stress you out before we had more information," she looks down at my belly, smiling wistfully. I wonder if she is thinking about her own lost child. "We wouldn't want to risk hurting either you or Jasper with unnecessary stress. How did you find out?"

"Sydney stopped by," I moped suddenly feeling all of my aches and pains, "She told me he wasn't dead, but she didn't tell me anything else."

"That's because she doesn't know," Tilly looks like she is about