Chapter 5
“PATRICIA”
I blinked away tears as my hand traveled to my flat belly, thinking of that broke me because even if I was pregnant, even if 1 lost my baby–our baby because of Irene, Logan would still choose her side; he would even blame me if he would even want the baby.
Irene always came first, it was always her before anything.
I snapped out of my thoughts as Poppy started walking me toward the door. I shook my head and was going to beg her to stop when she told me she was taking me to the hospital.
“I’m doing this for Logan’s baby; there’s a possibility of saving it. She said before she opened the backseat door of her car for me. helped me in before she closed the door and went back to the house door, which I assumed was to lock it.
She returned after a few minutes and got in, but before starting the car, she turned and asked if I was doing okay.
“I’m going to call Logan now.” She said, but I didn’t want that. I was going to stop her, but it was already late as she connected her Bluetooth to the phone.
The car started, and it seemed Logan wasn’t picking up as she removed the earbuds and threw them on the passenger’s seat.
then
ost, I was
The ride to the hospital didn’t take time; Poppy called for emergency help as soon as she parked, and it happened so fast that next. on a stretcher with nurses rushing me to a rooITL
The stretcher was moving at such a fast speed that it made me a little dizzy, and before I could concentrate, I felt everything turn black
The sound of hospital machines and the familiar smell of disinfectant reminded me that I was in the hospital.
I shot my eyes open, and the first person I saw was Poppy, who looked worried.
“Oh thank god you’re awake; I was just waiting for you..” She warmly smiled. This was the first time she ever smiled at me. I blinked thrice just to make sure it wasn’t my imagination. “So should I call Logan? I wanted to hear from you, you know, maybe you plan to surprise him?” She winked, and I was so confused that I sat up and looked at the IV connected to my wrist
“W–what happened to me?” I asked in a weak voice.
“Oh, nothing to worry about; the doctor Cald must be
“Stress?”
www
the
stress
“Yes, you’re a few months ahead,” she said, and I shook my head as I didn’t understand, “You’re pregnant. Patricia, three months.”
“What?!”
“Uh, you.. You don’t sound happy. I mean, with the pregnancy, even I can support you now. You just need to say the word, and I’ll take Logan from Irene. You know what? Let me call him, he needs to-
“Please don’t, I—
“I’m not telling him, but I’m calling him.” She cut nie off, and before I could argue further, she pressed the call button, and since it was on a loudspeaker, I could hear it going through. “And it’s going through,” she was excited.
1 couldn’t stop her as my mind was on something che, pregnant? Three months! How!
I mean, it should be good news, right? It could be, but Logan never wanted kids, that’s what the contract said, so this would just coapplicate everything. No doubt he would even ask me to abort it just so he could be with Irene.
“Take her to a fucking hospital. I’m not a doctor, she has insurance, so no worries about bills. I heard Logan tell Poppy, who now argued. that I was already admitted
“At least come and see her and find out if
“Good, she’s at the hospital. I’m not her shadow that I need to be with her twenty–four seven
“But Logan-”
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“Listen, I’m only tolerating you because I know how much Michael loves you; next time you try to waste my time, I won’t be too nice. Logan said and then ended the call.
Poppy looked at me with apologetic eyes while I shook my head and told her I was used to it
“How can
ant used to
to such treatment?”
can you get
“You know our marriage isn’t a regular one.”
“But still, nobody deserves to be treated like this. You’re too pretty for this, Patricia.”
“It’s a contract.”
“Well, good thing Irene is back, as this can be your escape” She said, and I knitted my brows as I tried to make out what she was
trying
to say, “Listen, I don’t like you, and you know that, but this is about humanity. I can’t watch another human suffer especially now that you’re pregnant. I mean, I just called him, and you heard his reply”
“Please don’t tell him.”
“I won’t if you do something.”
“There’s nothing I can do.”
“You’re already three months; a month more and you’ll start showing”
“Your point?”
“File for a divorce.”
“What?!
“It’s your only chance to save your baby, Patricia”
“But he-
“Proposed to Irene” She cut me off, reminding me of the ring on Irene’s finger. My chest tightened, and I felt a fresh tear roll down my left cheek. “Crying will never help, trust me.”
“I have no resources,” I said as I wiped the tear, “how can I
“I will help you; I know some people and can have the papers ready before the end of t why she was being nice to me, but she had a point: Logan finding out I was pregnant would ruin everything,
the day, you j
you just need to say yes I don’t know
1 thought for a second and gently rubbed my flat belly from the hospital gown fabric.
“It’s a human, its life depends on the decision you make now,” Poppy said, and she was right, besides, it wouldn’t be long for Logan to throw those papers at me; I might be doing him a favor, so after swallowing my saliva, I asked her to do it.
It was the least I could do for this child.
Poppy pulled out her phone and dialed a number while I sat up and thought of the life growing in my womb.
This was for the best.
After Poppy was done with the call, the doctor came in and explained everything to me, why I needed to take care of myself and the danger I was in
“You should thank your friend here because not only could you lose the baby but your life too.” He said, which made my heart beat so fast. I almost died. I almost died because of Logan: I mean, I signed to be his wife; I didn’t sign to be killed by him.
It made me so mad that after the doctor removed the IV, I asked Poppy to drive me to where she would get the divorce papers. She said she would bring them to me later, but I couldn’t wait, so I went with her, and everything turned out as planned, as I was now back home with the documents in my hands.
I was seated in the dining room when I heard whistling, which I knew was Logan.
As usual, he came straight here to the dining room and, without greeting me, removed his suit jacket and placed it behind the seat. “I saw blood in the living room; are you hurt?” H
hurt?” He asked, not really concerned.
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“Nothing to woITY –
y about, just a minor cut.
“And why the fuck is it still there? You were waiting for me to clean it!” He questioned, and I didn’t respond as he opened the plates I ser for him. I was a great cook, and one thing that always brought him home was the food. I knew he was expecting food, so sering the documents on the plates shocked him.
“Bon appetit.
“What the fuck?! Patricia—”
“No, did you expect m
me to cook for you after you left me to die in the hospital?”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
The phone was on loudspeaker when Poppy called you
“And so do I look like a fucking doctor?!”
THE
“I don’t look like a fucking chef either I answered with the same tone. Those are divorce papers, sign them as I already signed my part.
“You what?”
“This marriage is over…” I stood up and made sure to look into his eyes before saying: “I am done, Logan. You and Irene can finally be together.”
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