Chapter 41
Cassie
“It’s positive.” The pharmacist beamed at me. As she pushed across the little envelope with my results in. “Congratulations.”
I didn’t say a word, I knew my mouth was open and gaping in shock. “There must be some kind of mistake.” I finally muttered.
“I mean there’s always a chance but-“ The pharmacist lowered her voice even though the small one site pharmacy was empty apart from a woman in a white coat who was at the back end of the shop.
“It has to be a mistake.” I muttered again but deep down I knew there wasn’t. Not that it made it any easier to swallow. I had taken the contraceptive. This shouldn’t be happening. The chances of it happening were so miniscule that I hadn’t even thought it was a possibility.
“Is there a problem here?” The lady in the white coat sidled up to me. Her face sympathetic as she glanced down at the envelope in my hand and then at my white face.
“You look like you’ve seen a ghost my dear.” She patted my arm. “Was this not the news you were hoping for?”
I shook my head mutely. This was in fact the worst possible news at the worst possible time, I’d just got my job here and already it was being threatened and then there was the small problem of who the father was.
What the hell would Julian say? What would he do?
“I was careful. I took-“
“I see.” Another comforting pat on my arm. “Well sometimes there are faulse positives. Do you want me to scan you quickly and then we can see one way or another.”
I lifted my eyes to her. “You would do that for me?”
She nodded, a warm smile on her face. “Clinic is over and you look like you need answers so I would be happy to.”
A fresh wave of nausea rushed up my throat.
“And a prescription for anti sickness drugs I think.” She nodded to the pharmacist who nodded back. “Can you arrange that for us and bring it next door?”
“Of course.”
“Come on lovely.” A warm arm was placed around my shoulders. “Are you a patient here or-“
“My first day.” I managed to mutter. “Probably going to be my last day.”
“Now don’t be silly.” A key was placed into a lock and she stepped through. Pulling me with her, flicking on lights as she went. “Having a baby doesn’t mean the end of your career. Take a seat up on the table and get comfortable. Let’s see what’s going on.” She moved confidently around the room. “When was your last period?”
I did what she asked but i didn’t say anything. It might not be the end of a normal woman’s career but I wasn’t a normal woman. I was the wife of the crown prince and I hadn’t had a period since before we had married.
I’d been with another man in that time. Of course I’d been with Julian as well but he had never emptied himself inside of me. The chances of the baby if I was pregnant being Julian’s were slim.
Then again the chances of being pregnant after I had taken the vial should also be slim,but here we were.
Julian was going to murder me.
“This is going to be cold.”
A glob of freezing gel was squeezed onto my stomach and then something hard pressed into my skin. Gliding over with the help of the goo.
“Well you’re definitely pregnant. About two months or so.” The screen was moved so I could see what was happening in my body and my eyes fixed on the bean shaped things that took up half the screen.
There was another one right next to it.
“Is that-“ I couldn’t speak or breathe or move.
“There’s two yes. Twins and both have healthy heartbeats. Let me just check a few things and then we can get you a picture or two printed out. I am sure your boyfriend or husband is going to want to see this?”
“Yeah.” I couldn’t take my eyes away from the screen. Two? I was pregnant with twins and I was two months along already.
My husband would definitely have a lot to say about this sudden turn of events if he found out. In fact he would probably have me banished or executed.
Megan
What the hell was Cassie hiding now? Frowning I watched as she moved out of OB/GYN wing and back towards the locker room with a brown envelope clutched to her chest. She looked pale but better than she had in the bathroom but that still didn’t answer why she was in that part of the hospital just before her shift.
We had to scrub in soon and-
“Oh hey.” She turned like she had heard or maybe felt me walking behind her. “I didn’t expect to see you here.”
“Was just grabbing a sandwich before the shift starts.” I lied rubbing my stomach as if that proved I had just eaten. “Where have you been?”
“I wanted to grab some things from the pharmacy for this stomach flu.” Cassie pushed into the locker room and went straight to her locker. The envelope disappeared inside and my eyes narrowed.
She was such a liar.
“Are you feeling better.”
The blood drained from Cassie’s face but she nodded her head. “Much thank you. I think I’ll be back to normal after a shower.” Gathering up her scrubs she slammed the door to her locker shut.
“I’m sure that you will.” Turning to my own locker I began to pull everything I needed out but the moment I heard the water from the shower start it was her locker I opened.
The envelope was right there and my fingers trembled as I ripped it open.
A pregnancy test was the first thing I saw. A positive one and then a little pile of photos. Each showing a-
Sickness rolled my stomach. Thrusting them back in I slammed the door closed and fell onto the wooden bench. My head in my hands.
“Hey are you ok?” Cassie asked. Her shower had been super quick and I’d almost been caught but I’d seen enough.
Too much actually because this was going to ruin all of my plans.
Every single one of them.
“Just a headache.” I forced myself to say.
“Well I hope I haven’t given you what I have.” She said sweetly and I wanted to smash my fists in to her face like I had done last night. I was already regretting stopping. I should have killed her and left her body in the woods. No one would have suspected me.
“No I don’t think so.” Forcing myself to my feet I glared at her. If I had what she had then Julian would be mine and there would be nothing anyone could do about it.
I wanted Julian’s baby in my belly.
But no, it had to be Cassie. All the good things happened to Saint Cassie. The wolf who could do no wrong. It made me sick.
She made me sick.
And I hated her.
“Well tonight’s your first shift. Are you nervous? It’s a lot busier here than where we were before.” I ground out between my teeth but my smile didn’t slip once.
“I am a little nervous, yeah. But I’ve wanted this for so long.” Cassie gave a little shrug.
She had every reason to be nervous, especially around me but I didn’t say that. Instead I smiled wider. “Well you don’t need to worry, Cassie. I’ll take good care of you.”
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