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.”

let out a deep sigh. “Come on. I’ll drive you home,” was all he said, but I could tell just from his body language that he was happy with

secretary’s eyes on me as I walked past with Edrick — no doubt she was shocked to

began to feel suddenly light and free, and was certain that I’d made the right decision. Whatever obstacles we faced, I was sure

to tell Selina and the maids,”

wondered what was going through his head,

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

I asked. “I thought that you were

meeting got canceled, so I decided to come and

didn’t ask any other questions, but I couldn’t shake the feeling

with Selina. Ella was surprised to see me

jumping up and running over to me. “I thought you were gonna

my head and crouched down to her level to pinch her cheeks. “I decided

little bit?” Edrick asked then.

was gone, Selina stood. I noticed that she was

“Well?” she asked.

and called for

his mouth to speak, then promptly closed it again and cleared his throat; I could tell that he was struggling to find the right words, so I decided to take it upon myself to

to

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

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,

to

Edrick; we hadn’t talked about it even once, and I was still unsure as to whether he would even tell her that the

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