Chapter 66: Sweet Relief

Moana

“Did you decide?” the doctor asked.

I felt completely helpless, and began to cry harder. The doctor was silent and let me cry, and when I was finally able to speak around my sobs, I looked up at him and shook my head.

“I can’t do it,” I said, my chest heaving with each word as my lungs felt like they would explode. “I don’t want to go through with the abortion.”

The doctor nodded. “Okay then,” he said with a warm smile. “You don’t have to do it.”

He left to let me get dressed again. As I did, I felt Mina practically leaping with joy inside of me, and I couldn’t help but smile a bit. I finished dressing, then headed back out to the elevator with the intention of calling a cab home since Edrick thought that I would be spending the night here.

When the elevator doors slid open, however, I was utterly shocked to see Edrick standing there with a blue surgical mask on to hide his identity. He had a panicked look in his eyes, We stared at each other for a long few moments before he finally spoke.

“Well?” he asked. “Did you do it?”

I shook my head. “I couldn’t. I decided that I want to keep it.”

was all he said, but I could

help but notice the rude secretary’s eyes on me as I walked past with Edrick — no doubt she was shocked to

to the driver’s side and pulled away from the curb. I began to feel suddenly light and free, and was certain that I’d made the right decision. Whatever obstacles

like to tell Selina and the maids,”

anything else out loud. I wondered what

mostly quiet, aside from that brief agreement to tell Selina and the maids about the decision when we got

I asked. “I thought that you were going to pick me up

meeting got canceled, so I decided to come and check to see how

any other questions, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that he came back for

surprised to see me there; meanwhile, Selina looked rapidly between Edrick and I with a

me. “I thought you were gonna be gone all

her cheeks. “I decided I missed you too much,” I said,

play in your room for a little bit?” Edrick asked

exclaimed as she scurried off. Once she was gone, Selina stood. I noticed that

“Well?” she asked.

didn’t answer. Instead, he gestured for both Selina and I to follow him to the study, and called for Amy and Lily to come as well,

opened his mouth to speak, then promptly closed it again and cleared his throat; I could tell that he was struggling to find the

decided to keep

sigh of relief. Amy and Lily sighed too, and in that moment I realized that they certainly already knew about the pregnancy, despite Selina having promised not to tell anyone. Still, I couldn’t be mad at her for secretly

is wonderful,” Selina said. Much to my surprise, the housekeeper walked briskly over to me and wrapped me in her arms. Once again, I was taken aback by her sudden display of affection, but it was over more quickly than it began. She stepped back, then looked

going to tell Ella?”

once, and I was still unsure as to whether he would even tell her that the baby was her sibling, or if we would hold up a facade that the baby had a different

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