Supernova by Kate James

Author:Kate James [James, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-17T00:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

TWENTY-THREE

Madelyn

(Seven months later)

Sitting alone in the bathroom, staring down at the little white stick in my hand, I have a hard time catching my breath.

No, no, no….no. This cannot be happening.

Those two pink lines mock me.

Hastily swiping the tears from my cheeks, I grab the other box from the counter and rip open the box. This first one has to be wrong. It has to be.

False positives happen, right?

Through a mess of tears, I pee on the second stick. The digital test I bought just in case. The instructions say to wait for at least two minutes, but I don’t have to. It’s right there in unmistakable lettering.

Pregnant.

People always say that life won’t give you anything more than you can handle. My life has been one big series of hurdles, but this...this I can’t handle. This is practically a death sentence.

My relationship with David is already volatile. He’s angry, violent, and unpredictable. And that’s on a good day. Other days, he’s the worst kind of nightmare. I’ve wanted to leave—so many times—but I can’t. Not only has he threatened my life, he’s threatened to hurt the ones that I love. I could never forgive myself if that happened.

Avoiding his anger is impossible and this new development will only make things worse. If he finds out I’m pregnant it will send him careening over the edge. There’s no coming back from this.

Over the course of our marriage he’s made one thing explicitly clear.

Absolutely no children. Ever.

He’ll kill me if he finds out.

The thought instantly sobers me.

I have to get the fuck out of here.

I’ve spent too much time on the receiving end of his abuse. I could never chance subjecting a child to it, to him. Though I fear it would never get that far. If I know my husband at all, the baby wouldn’t survive the pregnancy. David would make sure of it.

I can’t let that happen. I’ve lost one baby already and it almost broke me. I’ll do whatever I can to make sure that doesn’t happen again. I’m not sure I could survive another loss.

I need to leave, but I can’t just walk out the door. It’s not that simple.

It’s going to take a little time and planning, but somehow, I’ll find a way to get free of him.

I have no choice.

Our lives depend on it.

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