Widow on the World by Pamela Fudge

Author:Pamela Fudge [Fudge, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Endeavour Media
Published: 2019-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I slept fitfully, with unwanted dreams and memories of Gerry invading my mind. I had hated the sleazy bed-sit he took me to when we left my parents’ house, even though I had spent so much time there in the past, loving the things he did to my body and the heights of ecstasy he took me to.

Sex was the very last thing on my mind as I hung away the few clothes I had brought with me, wondering what the future held for me and my baby, and if I could really trust Gerry to look after us both.

Looking at the unmade bed, the sink full of crocks in the curtained off ‘kitchen,’ I knew I had grave doubts. Looking at Gerry, sitting in the only armchair, a can of strong beer gripped in one hand while he scratched his greasy curls with the other, I was suddenly terrified.

I was seven months pregnant when I knew, for sure, he was cheating on me, though I’d had my suspicions for some time. From wanting me practically every minute of every day, I had become lucky to get the benefit of his attention once a week.

His explanation that he was frightened of harming the baby, didn’t hold any water with me. I wouldn’t have cared to be honest, since I no longer felt anything much for Gerry, but I did miss the sex. It was about the only thing that made me forget my surroundings, and was probably the one thing that he was really any good at.

As I said, I had my suspicions, and don’t think I hadn’t asked him more than once. His answer was always the same, ‘I’ve got what I always wanted, you and our baby. Why would I bother to look elsewhere?’ but somehow it failed to convince me, and he had been ‘meeting his mates’ more and more often of late.

However, I allowed myself to be lulled into a sense of false security when he swept me off to bed, quickly driving me into a frenzy of hot desire that culminated in the kind of throbbing orgasm that might have kept me his slave forever - if only I had been enough for him.

Of all things it was a hospital appointment that brought things to a head. It was just a simple ante-natal check, but Gerry couldn’t drive me there because he, ‘had something else on.’

I had the distinct feeling it was more that he didn’t like to be seen with me, now that I was so obviously pregnant. It was probably bad for his image, but I couldn’t find it in me to be bothered any more. I was just looking forward to escaping from the bed-sit for an hour or two.

The trip to the hospital involved catching two buses. One for the journey across town, and the second to reach the hospital on the outskirts. I was only halfway through the first stage of the journey, when the whole thing began to seem like a very bad idea.

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