NATHANI turned in the chair I was sitting in, rising out of the chair. I couldn't have heard right. I chuckled. This was a very good idea at pranking me during all the madness. Funny, but not funny. "There's absolutely no way she's pregnant, Maya.""Ooh, so you mean she's never had sex with a man?" Her brows rose to stare me down with ridiculous questions in her eyes."This isn't something I want to talk about. Not right now. Faye can't be pregnant.""Why, Nathan? Because you don't want her to be pregnant, or because she really shouldn't be?""Maya, are you absolutely sure?" Carolyn asked her, coming to stand beside me. "Of course I am. The test results don't lie.""Nathan?" Carolyn faced me now. I had no idea what they both wanted to hear from me, but I had to go find Zelda. "Maya, run those damned tests again. I'll be back." I told them as I walked past of Maya to the door. On getting back to the pack house, I took the last known location of Zelda's car and hurriedly left aga
FAYEMy eyes slid open and shut tightly against the blinding light. It had hit me with so much force I was almost blinded. Why was everywhere so bright and white?When I opened my eyes, it was to a stark white ceiling. The walls too, were a milky white. I looked down at myself. I was lying on what looked to be a hospital bed, in a hospital dress. What was happening?I looked at the drip pierced into my hand, and I could see where it hung over the bed. I was in a hospital. But why? Last I remembered, I was in the dungeon. Why was I in the hospital and who had brought me here?I raised my head up from the pillow and immediately dropped my head back. It felt too heavy on my neck. I was far too weak. I silently took in my surroundings, noting that the room itself was a big one compared to the smaller, often shared rooms in hospitals I'd been to before. My tummy felt tight from the need to pee and I considered what to do with the needle stuck in the back of my hand.Just when I went
NATHAN"She's awake, you say?" I asked Maya, who'd just returned from her hospital."Yes, she woke up just today." She told me and then smiled, a slow suggestive smile. "And the tests?" I asked her, interlocking my fingers and dropping them on the desk before me. "She's pregnant, Nathan. Nothing you do, no amount of tests will undo it."If the tests wouldn't undo it, something else had to. I've never wanted to be a father, and I damn sure would not be one cause some ridiculously wondrous miracle had made Faye fall pregnant even when I'd used protection the very few times we'd had sex. "You're going to get rid of her now, aren't you? Just like you did–""Maya, what gives you the presumption that I want to discuss my inner thoughts with you?" I asked her, staring her down. She sure had some nerve to waltz in here and try to bring up my ex-wife."I… I just thought… since she's still in the hospital, my hospital–""That I'd discuss plans for the pregnancy with you?"She looked chagri
FAYEMy eyes felt heavy when I tried to open them. My throat was itchy and my head throbbed. I lay still in bed, waiting for the heaviness in my eyes to go away.I'd been in bed for two more days doing nothing. Only resting, like Maya had said to do. Why did she care if I got better? She probably was keeping me here for a reason. The door opened and someone walked in. I peeked out of one eye and saw the same nurse from yesterday. She walked in carrying a tray with her.She walked straight to the window and pulled the curtains open and it felt like someone shoved the sun up my head. "It's too dark in here. You don't mind me pulling up the blinds, do you?" She asked.Ha, funny. She was only asking after she had already pulled the curtains open. She came to me and changed the IV bag into a smaller bag."Um... Is this my normal dosage?" I asked as soon as the extreme pounding in my head lessened."Oh, yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. A lot has been going on. You're being disc
FAYEThis was a horrible nightmare. I knew it was. If not, how could Nathan ever think this baby was not his? I don't even leave the pack house!The one time I had tried to, I'd really messed things up, and I was still paying for doing that. Was it just that one time that had made him distrust me so?I'd only ever been with Nathan. Why couldn't he see that?I pulled the sheets over me, tightly fisting it in my hands. The covers held little comfort. What was I supposed to do now? How would I handle this?If Nathan didn't believe the baby was his, then he wouldn't let me keep it. Would he?He might actually throw me out for real this time!I shot up to a sitting position in bed. Outside was already dark, my room also shrouded in darkness because I had been too angry and in my feelings to turn on the lights when I had returned from Nathan's study. The look of distaste on his face made me shudder all over again. I had to explain myself to him somehow, make him see reason. I climbed ou
FAYE I turned around in a circle, trying to remember at which point I had gone the wrong way. I was pretty sure I walked toward the lights, but then again, I couldn't see as well in the dark as I had earlier from my room. And the trees shrouded the entire area in thick darkness. Should I try to retrace my steps back to the house? But if I did, I would definitely get caught. I was already lucky I had gotten out without being seen. I took a deep breath and decided to continue. Looking ahead, I saw the faint glow of lights that played peek-a-boo with the leaves. I exhaled. I'll just head in that direction. It had to be Maya's house. As far as I knew, it was the only house in that area. I hastened my steps and walked for minutes before I came out to a rocky road. I moved to cross to the other side when suddenly a horn blared at me. I turned towards the sound and stood in shock as the car sped to where I stood in the middle of the road. Was it Nathan? Had he discovered that I'd
FAYEI couldn't believe what I'd heard. I felt sick to my stomach. And my skin prickled with sweat despite the air conditioning in the room. "Wh.. what?" I whispered.I shivered as cold fear seized me. I heard the words in my head again. He'd drowned the baby… in a tub. In a freaking tub! With his own hands!Maya ignored me. She walked to the closet in the living room and hung up her purse."What do you mean by that?" I asked, chilled with fear but still, sweat dripped off me, wetting my nightdress inside the robe. It stuck to my skin just like the dread which filled me did. It couldn't be true. It had to be a lie. It couldn't possibly be true."Maya..." I squeaked, when she didn't even attempt to say anything."Was he spelled?" I asked.Maya turned around and fixed me with a cold stare."He drowned the baby in cold blood." I flinched."No.. he wouldn't do that. Nathan wouldn't do that!" I said."We also thought that." She said. She came and stood opposite me and leaned forward o
NATHANI swiped my identification card to open the heavy glass doors of Carver Tech. It was still an hour before everyone started trickling in, a very nerdy range of tech engineers, data consultants, programmers, research assistants, and other support staff. Still, I was probably an hour behind a few of the board members and Avril, of course.Avril would have arrived first, usually by six AM. I had only taken the last two weeks off work because I had Avril as my secretary. She could handle the heat whenever I was off work until I was back. Daniel wouldn’t have been far behind, but he liked to stop by his favorite coffee shop on the way in and flirt with the cute barista there. He wasn't the type that liked to play. He was the Chief Operations Officer who wouldn't get off my ass about returning to work. I had really wanted to get in early this morning. Things weren't exactly fucked up by my absence, but they needed me to straighten out a couple of stuff urgently. I didn’t bother wit