Page 53 of Come Inside

Izzy stopped her comforting, and I missed it immediately. “You know, you are going to catch these hands. How did you know what my plans were?”

If I wasn’t dying, I would have laughed. “You forget, I am your best friend, and I know everything.”

Best to not tell her I read through her entire profile when I said I wouldn’t. Add it to my list of secrets.

“Now leave me to my misery. Nothing to do but wait till this passes. Throw me one of those fifty-dollar bottles of water from the mini bar first though, would you?” I would fake it till I make it.

“You’ve got jokes.” I felt Izzy put my hair up for me, keeping it safe from the toxic waste below. “Feel better. You got your phone in case you need me?”

I finally removed my face from the toilet, lifting my phone and waving it at her. “You mean if you needme?If you bail on tonight, just know I will never let you live it down.” I coughed and swallowed down another wave of bile creeping up my throat at the same time before leaning back over my unwanted home for the time being.

Izzy finally left me alone to my misery.

I could hear her talking to someone outside, but I ignored it.

I leaned back long enough to type out a text to Kazi, the more reasonable of my two men. I had banned them from coming near this floor, but I knew they were steaming on the one below.

Me:I cant stop puking. I neeeeed you to get me meds. Wait until Izzy leaves with Oliver and Maddox.

Kazi:Okay, Miss Yara.

Me:And I need you to bring me something else… PLEASE dont ask me about it.

Kazi:What is it?!

Me:A pregnancy test.

I dropped my phone to the ground below, my forehead resting on the disgusting toilet lid. I ignored the incoming call. Kazi would do as I asked.

What if I am pregnant?

Which was more likely?

The condom failing, the birth control, or the vasectomy?

Fuck. I wasn’t being serious about Izzy calling me mommy.

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