French Kissing: Season Three by Bliss Harper

Author:Bliss, Harper [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Ladylit Publishing
Published: 2016-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

EPISODE THIRTEEN

JULIETTE

“While there is, purely theoretically, about a five percent chance that the procedure will work and you’ll become pregnant, the actual chance is, in fact, zero, Juliette,” Dr. Dupuis said. “I’m very sorry to have to tell you this. I know you were hoping for a very different outcome.”

Hoping… yes, Juliette thought. But she’d known it was going to be like this. All her life, the universe, or whatever else, had been messing with her. Why would it have been any different now? Why would someone like her be deserving of mothering a child?

“Okay.” Juliette kept her voice steady. “Thanks for letting us know.” She rose from her chair.

“Jules, we don’t have to go immediately. We can talk about this with Dr. Dupuis.” Nadia looked up at her. At least she would be happy. This was probably what Nadia had been hoping for all along.

“I don’t need to talk about it,” Juliette said and gathered her purse from the floor.

“Juliette, we have people you can talk to. I can refer you to—” Dr. Dupuis started to say, but Juliette cut her off.

“I don’t need to talk to anyone about this.” She would deal with it herself, the way she had done with every other bad thing that had happened to her.

Nadia finally stood up and put her hand on Juliette’s shoulder. “I’ll take care of her.”

The hell you will, Juliette thought. Then another thought entered her head—quite possibly the most destructive thought she’d ever had in her life, and she’d had many.

Nadia thanked Dr. Dupuis and they exited her office.

“I’m going back to work,” Juliette announced. “I don’t want to stay at Saint-Vincent one second longer than I have to.”

“Let’s go grab a coffee first. We need to discuss this.” Nadia’s tone was insistent.

Juliette couldn’t bear to be around Nadia right now. She needed to be alone with her dashed dreams for a while. She needed some time to really wrap her head around it. “We’ll talk about it tonight. I promise you we will. I just need some alone time right now.”

“Jules, don’t do this,” Nadia pleaded. “You shouldn’t be alone right now.”

There were so many things running through Juliette’s mind. So many things she wanted to say to Nadia. Things she’d want to take back after she’d dealt with this disappointment. Therefore, she couldn’t possibly stay.

“I’ll be home later, but right now, I can’t be around anyone.” Juliette did her very best to keep her voice level, and to not show Nadia how much she wanted to throw this in her face. It was as though, while the doctor was saying that one sentence that sealed Juliette’s fate, she finally understood why Nadia had crossed over to the Maybe-camp, and had agreed to make inquiries together. Nadia had never actually said out loud she wanted to have a child. She’d just gone along with Juliette, accommodated her wish… to shut her up, most likely. Because she knew what the outcome was going to be all along.

“Okay.” Nadia grabbed her hands and gave them a squeeze.

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