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But I didn’t do any of those things As her tears soaked the front ofon the side of her neck

I let her stay

I couldn’t do anything else

“Get offTrix aside as I climbed wearily from the bed

I needed more sleep I could feel it in every muscle My eyes were scratchy and tired, but as soon as I’d woken up, I kneouldn’t be able to fall back asleep

Especially when Trix was curled up next to me, completely passed out

“Ca her head from the bed

Her eyes had dark circles under the

I shut my eyes and shook my head

“Ca up onto her knees

“What do you want from me?” I asked harshly

“I want you to support h her words, and I wondered if she kne completely fucked up her request was

“Not gonna support you killin’ my kid,” I told her tonelessly

“Can we at least talk?” she asked, her voice shaking

“Sure You agree how fucked up it is that you’d even think about having an abortion and we’ll talk all fuckin’ day”

“This isn’t e planned,” she pleaded, reaching toward me

I stepped back

“That is our child, Bellatrix!” I roared, pointing at her belly

How could she even consider this? How could she even—

“I know!” she screa

She crumbled into herself Her head hit her knees as her arainst her body

I’d never heard the noise she was , it was physically painful to hear She ailing

She was fucking wailing as she wrapped her entire body around where she carried our child

I stood frozen while I watched her, unable to take that single step forward that would bring me to the bed

Then she started barely rocking, back and forth, back and forth

Like she was trying to soothe herself

Like she was rocking our baby

It broke me

“Shh,” I whispered through ht throat She jerked when I laid my hand on her back, but she didn’t pull ahen I cli forward until my knees were spread on each side of her hips

I curled myself around her, ainst her neck

Then I shuddered and began to rock with her

Back and forth

Back and forth

We did that for a long time

Chapter 12

Trix

I didn’t get out of bed all day