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Chapter Twenty-Eight

Abigail

Iwoke up this morning the same as I had for the past week or so. That nauseous feeling that came first thing in the morning when you were over a month late with your period. I had been putting the inevitable off for the past week. The box that I had asked Mateus to get me was still hidden away from Kye. I knew I needed to bite the bullet and just do the test, but I was scared. I realised I was late not long after the whole incident with Bianca. I put it down to the stress of the situation and thought no more of it. When I missed a second period, I started to worry.

I didn’t want to speak to Kye about things, as I wasn’t sure how he would take the news, so I reached out to Mateus. He was more than helpful and went and got me the test. The one that I was staring down at right now.

I knew Kye suspected something. His demeanour had changed over the past week. He was spending more time alone than he had before, and although when we went to bed, the sex was still amazing, he was not as caring as he once had been afterward. A couple of times, he had just gotten out of bed and made the excuse that he had some work to do.

A couple of times, I waited for a while and then followed him down to his study, just to make sure the darkness as both he and Mateus put it, hadn’t returned. But on both occasions, all was quiet.

Could it be that he realised his mistake? Did he no longer want to be with me? If I was pregnant, then I would be a single mum raising a kid. I could imagine the tabloid press: Famed Supermodel, Lila Goddard’s fall from grace as she gets pregnant by a mystery man. It wouldn’t matter if it was true or not. It would end my career and all chances I had of running my own agency. No one would touch me or want to be associated with me.

I knew I had a while before Kye got up, so I decided to call the one person that I knew would be able to help me and guide me in the right direction: my little sister. She may have been younger than me, but she was always the more grounded and gave the best advice ever. I picked up my phone and dialled her number. She picked up almost immediately.

“Hey, sis. Is everything okay? Are you and Kye alright?”

I didn’t say a word before the tears started to fall.

“Abi, what’s wrong? Has Kye hurt you? If he has I’ll be on the next plane with Lucas and we will—”

I laughed to myself. The chances that Lucas would be able to do anything against Kye were laughable. Chrissy, however…well, that was a whole other story. I cut her off before she could continue.

“No, Kye hasn’t hurt me, and we haven’t split up. Not yet, anyway. Chrissy, I think I’m pregnant.”

I heard her squeal at the other end of the phone. I was glad that someone was excited, because the whole situation filled me with dread.

“That’s fantastic news. How is Kye taking it? I assume not well, as you as you are speaking to me now.”

I took a deep breath. “He doesn’t know. I don’t even know for sure. I asked Kye’s brother to get a test for me last week, and I still haven’t used it. I don’t know what to do. I’m scared.”

“Oh, Abi. I’m sure you are worrying over nothing. You might not even be pregnant. You have been through quite a trauma, and you know how that can affect your body.”

“What if I’m right, though? How do you think he will react?”

I could feel the panic start to rise in me again as the sick feeling I had managed to subdue started to come back with a vengeance. I knew that if I was pregnant, this wouldn’t be good for the baby, but I couldn’t help myself.

“I am sure he will be fine with it. He loves you. Both Lucas and I could see that. Stop delaying.”

“I know I’m delaying the inevitable, but I’m not sure I want to know.”

I could hear her sigh at the other end of the phone. This would be so much easier if she was here with me now.

“You need to know, Abi. If not for you, then for the life that is possibly growing inside you right now. Please don’t put it off any longer.”

“Yes, I know I can’t put it off any longer.”

“Go and do the test now, and call me back later to let me know. Okay?”

“Okay, I will call you later. Just be ready to pick up the pieces.”

I was sure that someone would need to pick up the pieces, and my guess was it would be my sister and Lucas. They had always been there for me, no matter what. I had been the one to finish raising Chrissy, but more recently, our roles had reversed and she had been the one that I turned to.

“It will be fine, and you know Lucas and I will always be there for you to help fight your battles. I love you, sis.”

I looked up at the clock and saw it was nearly eight o’clock. Kye would be up soon, and I needed to finish the call so he wouldn’t suspect any more than he already did.

“I’d better be going. Kye will be up soon. Love you too.”

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