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Valentina

A baby

I’ to have Gabriel Louw’s baby

Gabriel Louw

The

Oh, God

I clutch a hand over my mouth to silence a sob and place the other over

While the taxi takes me farther and farther away from my captor on hts How did this happen? Did I forget to take my pill? I’m sure I took it every day at the sarammed on my phone Did I slip up? How? When? I haven’t taken any medicine that could’ve interfered with the contraceptive

For the life of me, I can’t think of an explanation My rational mind, the part of nancy test is wrong, but e pounds in my ribs

I’nant

And alone

I have littlefrom Gabriel Louw

I’ure out rong I need to think of how I’ to stay alive

“Where to, ma’am?” the driver asks

When Gabriel finds out I’ive the driver Kris’ address and sink back in the seat, nauseous from fear

He glances at ht?”

I lower rip the door handle I need to hold on to so “I’m fine, thank you”

It feels like forever before we pull up at the clinic I ask the driver to keep theand skirt around to the back of the house where I won’t be visible from any of the clinic s I try the kitchen door, but it’s locked I knock softly

Please, Charlie, hurry

For several painful heartbeats, nothing happens

Biting my nail, I run fro on his bed, reading a co I want is to scare hi on theNo reaction I knock harder I can’t afford to attract Kris’ attention In thea hole into the small amount of cash I have on me

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