Three Times Dead by Grant D C

Author:Grant, D C [D C Grant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Standfast Publications Ltd
Published: 2013-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

“I’m late,” Gina said to me as we lay in her bed. Her flatmates were out so we had the place to ourselves.

“Late?” I was in that dreamy afterwards state and I was wondering why she was telling me she was late for work, when it was obviously night-time and she didn’t need to be there until the morning.

“You know – late.”

I was missing something here. Late? What was she on about?

She sat up and sighed. You know that when a girl sighs like that, you’re in big trouble. I pushed myself up, knowing that some response was required of me, but not what that it should be.

“You really don’t get it – my period is late,” she said. "Like - I could be pregnant - late!"

“Ah,” was all I could say.

I tried to think. She couldn't be pregnant, her period was late – so what? It would come: it was just taking its time. I really didn’t want to think about it. It was girls’ business.

“I’m never late,” she said as she sank back on the pillow.

“You taken a test or something?” I asked after a pause.

“I’m scared to. I mean, I bought one at the chemist but I’ve hidden it in my drawer. What am I going to do if it’s positive? My mum will kill me for a start, and I’ll have to leave my job – and where am I going to stay? How will I be able to look after it? I’m too young to have a child.”

From the way she was speaking I knew that she had been holding onto this for a while and chasing the thoughts around in her head. No wonder she’d been a bit distant when I had first come in through the door. I needed to calm her down. I put my hand on her stomach and was instantly reminded of my dream and of how proud Haki had been when he felt the baby kick under his hand. For a second I imagined that I felt that kick myself, but if there was a baby in Gina’s tummy then it would be too small for me to feel any movement. Looking at Gina, I thought that Reka had to be about the same age as her … and yet she was not too young to have a baby.

“It’s all right, Gina. We’ll handle this together. You need to take that test though, or else you’re just going to get yourself worked up for nothing.”

She opened up the drawer beside her bed and took out a rectangular box. She sat in bed, turning it over and over in her hand.

“If I am pregnant, would you leave me?”

“No, never.” I remembered Haki promising to protect his wife and his baby. I would do the same. “I will keep you safe.” I kissed her shoulder. “Go on, take the test. What do you need to do?”

“I have to pee on it,” she said, and laughed.

“Yuck!”

“Wait here,” she said, jumping out of bed.

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