Chapter 86: Would He Ever Come Back?
I walked through the garden for a few moments, looking around the bigger hedges and bushes, trying to find Ethan, but I didn‘t see him anywhere.
It was like he had vanished from my life again.
With a hand over my baby, I walked back home and went inside, closing the door behind me.
It seemed so lonely inside now. Not long ago, Soren and I had been sitting at the table eating dinner, laughing, and having a good conversation about our day. Now, the entire house seemed still and quiet.
“What was Ethan even doing here?” | asked myself aloud. I had no idea.
He said he‘d come there to see me, but why?
How did he even figure out where I was?
I wanted to talk to Ethan again. I wanted to find him and make him sit down and answer a thousand questions.
But that wasn‘t going to happen.
I lay backward on my bed and stared up at the ceiling, wondering if I‘d ever even see him again. There was a chance he would just go back home. Perhaps all he wanted was to see me, and now that he had, now that he knew that I was alive, he would just turn around and head right back to Madalynn‘s open arms.
Madalynn… and her ring.
I decided there was nothing more I could do, so I got ready for bed.
However, In my restless dreams, I kept seeing Ethan again but not being able to speak to him.
When I woke up, I couldn‘t stop thinking about him.
Seraphine was there to check my vitals, and Lola was tidying up the cottage. We were all friends, but I knew | couldn‘t talk to them about this. I couldn‘t risk them finding out the truth about my past.
Thad left that all behind.
Or at least, I thought I had.
“Ro?” Seraphine asked as she put her stethoscope back in her midwife bag. “Are you okay? I‘m done checking the baby, and you usually ask me a thousand questions. Today you‘re just staring off into space.”
“Oh. I‘m sorry.” I shook my head, smiling at her. “I guess I‘m just distracted this morning.”
knew from the twinkle in her eye that she was prying. “I know you had dinner with Soren
I ran a hand over my belly. “Everything is okay
course,” she said. “It really won‘t be
know how that made me feel. Was I ready to give
child with Seraphine‘s help, came to mind. The fuzzy form of a man next to me came into view, but I wasn‘t quite sure who he was–was it Ethan, or
based on who it was next to me. Soren would be so
just fine. I‘ll be there with you every
the images out of my mind.
Your baby is healthy, and you‘re young and strong. I‘m sure this will be a perfectly normal birth where everything will go as planned,
finish packing her bag. I knew she had some
business, and I needed to
working on a baby blanket that I needed to hurry
evening fell, I went outside to pick some flowers. At least, that was what I told myself I was doing… but
was looking
home. How had he managed to reduce me to this state again? I had come so far,
was like a teenage girl, pining after a
times, but he didn‘t answer.
there. She smiled at me as I came in.
Thank you,” I told
to come here if
go,” Lola said, and I thanked her as I took the vase full of water from
to set the vase on a table. It slipped from my
floor, spilling
no!” I said as Lola also cried out. “I‘m so
Miss Ro. Let me get a broom and mop. Pregnancy can make your grip weaker than
to clean up my mess, and I backed
reached for the
said, waving me off. “You could hurt yourself. I’ll get it, Miss
awful that I’d
straight. I was
as
I still didn‘t
I pretended to prune the trees, but I didn‘t see any
to think that perhaps he hadn‘t actually come to see
Whatever it was that had brought
sewing the blanket, staring at nothing as Seraphine organized the drawers of
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