Chapter 71: End of the Line

Moana, The gap that existed between Edrick and I could never be bridged; I knew that now.

Our ride home was silent. The steak that I could still taste on my tongue now tasted foul. To think that I had spent the entire day feeling as though we could have some semblance of normalcy; even if we never became romantically involved, why couldn’t we still be proud of what we had created between us? Why did he always have to hide me and Ella? Would the new baby also face the same struggle of having a father who didn’t want anyone to know about his or her existence?

We went home that night, still without a word spoken between us. I took Ella to bed with only a brief word of thanks for everything he did that day, but after that, I didn’t look at him again.

On Monday morning, I awoke to the sound of someone knocking on my door.

“Come in,” I called, sitting up and rubbing my eyes. The door cracked open and Selina poked her head in.

Your first appointment is in a couple of hours,” she said. “I’ve already made breakfast for you. Come and eat before you get dressed.”

I sighed, having completely forgotten about my appointment that day, and climbed out of bed. As I followed Selina to the dining room in my robe, I noticed that Edrick was nowhere to be found.

I sat down at the

some hot coffee into my cup. “He has something to

feeling my shoulders droop a little. It was my first prenatal appointment; I was hoping Edrick would be there to see the first ultrasound, seeing as how he was the

go alone, then,” I said, taking a

Selina said. “I’ll be

least, hearing that Selina would be there with me was a bit of a comfort. “Thank you,” I replied with a smile. “That would be

down, I realized that this was only the second time that I’d ever seen her going out into public, with the first

asked as we

she said. “Only if I

out with friends for a meal

simply shrugged. “No one ever invites

little for her. I decided, then and there, that I

hospital that was actually owned by the Morgan family, so I would get the best treatment; not that I couldn’t have gathered that myself, just from the enormous modern building with the Morgan family logo on the sign. When we walked into the hospital, I was even more taken aback by how sleek and clean the hospital was. The hospital I went to for the abortion was nice, but this one was even better

room. I even recognized a few of them as well-known

Selina whispered to me as we approached the counter. I quickly averted my gaze, feeling embarrassed as

the receptionist said.

“Moana Fowler,” I replied.

to see that they were also a well-known werewolf couple that I’d seen in various television shows. I felt my face go red as they looked at me, and I

of the way so I can assist our

dropped. “I was here first,” I said.

but this is a werewolf hospital, and our policy is to always serve werewolves

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