Steph stared at her belly in front of the mirror in her room. She had only a few weeks left. About 3 weeks and the closer it got, the scarier she was about it. She was trying her best to keep her mind away from it by focusing on other things, it was the only way to keep her from being so anxious and to be able to pull through. Steph was meeting up with Mia at the mall, she wanted to get some new dresses and since Steph had nothing doing at home, she had offered to go with her. Steph went down and she had the driver went to the mall. Mia had texted her to meet at the food court at the mall. Steph got there just in time, only about few minutes after Mia got there. "Hey dear," Steph said to Mia and they both hugged."Now let's go shopping. I am excited," Steph said and Mia smiled."Staying home as really taken a toll on you.""How have you been coping by the way?" Mia asked."Trying not to go insane just staying him," Steph said.Mia laughed as they walked into their first sto
Steph watched has the driver carried Lucy's boxes out. She and Alex stood next to each other like they had lost something so valuable. Their faces looked sad and they wished it wasn't happening but they knew that she had to go. "I wish you didn't have to go," Steph said, as they all walked out. "I know right.""I will call you everytime and send us pictures from the wedding also. Everything you do," Steph said, excitedly."I will."Alex and Steph had decided to accompany her to the airport. They couldn't watch her just leave like that.They all entered into the car to the airport."Don't forget to send a message as soon as you give birth to your little princess," Lucy said and Steph smiled."I won't. You will be the first one I call.""I wish you could stay and be here when it happens," Steph said."I wish I could too. The wedding is this weekend that's why," Lucy explained.Steph was due anytime next week and had hoped Lucy would be around when she went into labor.They arrived
"Are you going to be fine on your own?" Alex asked as he was about to go out to work. He had requested for another help at home but they had not gotten one yet. It was also already past Steph's due date and Alex knew how anxious Steph was. He wanted to calm her down but she was telling him she was fine even though he knew she wasn't. Alex moved towards where Steph was sitting on the couch. He dropped his bag on the side and sat next to Steph."I know you're worried about the fact that it's already the second day already past the due date," Alex said and Steph turned her face to the other side."No, I am not," she said and turned her face to the other side so he wouldn't see her face.He smiled and turned her face back to him with his hands on her jaw."You will be fine and Isabella will come to us at the right time, that I am sure of," Alex said with a smile."Alright, alright," Steph said."Or do you want me to stay home with you? Let's watch friends together and eat popcorn on t
Oliver looked down at his phone. It was a message from Luna. He looked at the picture she had sent, it was a picture of his mum with a gun to her head. He wondered what kind of game they were playing, he couldn't believe that things could get to that point. He immediately called her back."What is this you're doing?" He asked upset.Luna laughed wickedly at the other end. "What do you think it is?" She asked."Do not do anything to my mum," he said. He was scared but he didn't want to show it.The past few weeks he had known Luna and Frank, he had perceived them as very crazy people who didn't care so much about life and anything.He knew they could do anything just to get what they want."I won't do anything as long as you follow my instructions. But the moment you deviate and do something I don't like. I will call him to pull the trigger," Luna said.Oliver's heart raised rapidly. He blamed himself for ever being involved in the first place. He hated the kind of situation he had
Alex went home and opened a drink for himself, he needed something to make him forget. He needed something to take it all away. The pain and all.What made it worse was that it was also his birthday.Early in the morning, he had thought it was the best day ever as he had been given Isabella but slowly it had turned to his worst day ever.He had not gone to meet Steph. He wasn't sure how to be strong for her, being that way.He couldn't pretend to be strong for her and he knew she didn't need another person crying next to her.He rather just stayed away.He picked up his third glass of wine. He wondered why life could be so cruel to him especially in this kind of moment. He opened his phone and the first picture he saw was the one he had asked the doctor to take if he and Steph with Isabella.Has he looked more at the picture, his eyes got watery again. He wished he could turn back the hands of time and held her longer, hugged her tighter and stared at her longer. He wished he did a
Steph opened her closet as she made up her mind to park up her things. She wasn't sure if she was making the best decision but she knew there was nothing for her in Alex's place again.The reason they were both together at first was cause of the baby and now that she was not in the picture anymore. Steph figured that it was best that she left.She decided to accept her mum's proposal and go to the house.She wasn't even sure how her dad was going to react yet but she felt it was better to get there and find out.As Steph packed the stuffs into her bag, she came across the knitted dress and hat that Lucy had gifted her before going. She sat by the edge of her bed as she stared at it.She held it closely and a tear dropped down her face. She didn't even get to give Isabella the dress. She didn't get to wear it for her and tell her how it was made with so much love.Steph decided to take it with her. She didn't know if it was the best decision since it would keep making her remember.Ste
Steph was in her room when she heard a knock on her door. It was evening already and she was just going through the things on her phone. She had seen the pictures from when she and Alex had gone out for the shopping and it had been so much memories for her.She didn’t know whether to keep the pictures or to let them go, she wasn’t sure if she still needed that kind of memory around. Steph went towards the door wondering who it was. “Who is it?” She asked.“It’s me,” she heard the familiar voice and realized that it was her dad.He was the one who was by the door. She didn’t know what to expect by opening the door but she knew she had no choice. She was in their house now and was supposed to live by their rules.She thought about the time that she would just hide inside the room so no one would see her or talk to her. Her room was her safe heaven and it had always been that way.Steph opened the door for her dad to come in. He was still in his work clothes so she figured that he ha
They all stopped watching the TV and turned over to their dad. "I am sorry," Steph said, whispering next to Anna."It's fine. Was about time anyways," Anna said.She wasn't sure if Anna was ready to tell her parents yet so she felt bad that she took away the opportunity from her."Dinner will get cold," their mum suddenly said. In an attempt to divert the attention from what was happening and back to the food she had prepared."We really should go now,"their mum said.She started walking towards the table and everyone followed her. Anna was glad that her mum was able to do something to help her evade what was coming next for her.They all sat by the table and they started to serve the food."So, tell me about this new hobby," her dad suddenly said as they started to eat.Steph turned to Anna to give her a reassuring look. She had also thought that their dad would forget about it all when he sat down to eat but the opposite was the case.Anna looked back at Steph and their mum glance