Harold smashed his hands in the room, he
was out of his mind.
I had never seen this, and I was scared.
The doctor came in, and I covered my
stomach.
“Harold, if you abort my child, 1 will hate you
for the rest of my life.”
Chapter 2
The second I said those words, Harold
stopped the doctor dead in his tracks. His
eyes were all desperation and pain.
“Riley, why? Why can’t you love me just a
little? Just a tiny bit is all I need.”
Harold didn’t end up doing anything to hurt
the baby.
He just locked me back in my room, wouldn’t
let me out again.
“Riley, if you want to keep it, we’ll keep it.
Connor isn’t your kid, anyway. You have this
one, and we’re even. We can have our own
kids after this.”
I couldn’t wrap my head around Harold’s
twisted thinking. But unlike when my sister
was pregnant, Harold had a nutritionist come
in and fix me up, getting me all the vitamins I
needed.
Watching my cheeks get rosy again, I
remembered how my sister had just faded
away during her pregnancy, and then died
giving birth. A horrible thought hit me.
My sister was pregnant soon after the
wedding. Harold used that as an excuse to
never let her come home.
He just kept asking me to come over and visit
her.
“Riley, you don’t need to come, I am fine.”
“Riley, don’t come over anymore.”
I was so worried about my sister, I didn’t get
what she was telling me.
But Harold, if you didn’t love my sister, why
marry her?
Where did this crazy obsession with me come
from?
I was scared, I dug out that cell phone Luke
had given me:
“Luke, I am pregnant, we are having a baby,
when are you taking us away?”
I want to run away.
“Riley, please wait, I need the info, and then
you’ll be safe.”
I knew he was right, but I felt something was
off.
I told him everything I knew, all the info I
could get from Linda and Harold.
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These days, Harold was working until late,
and then he would always come to my room
no matter how late.
He never said anything, and would just watch
- me. I would always fake being asleep.
Harold was looking worn down, bloodshot
eyes and a tired face.
