Thirty Nine

FREYA

I and Alexander went still. I turned to look at him, and our eyes met.

Where had that sound come from? It sounded like a door opening with speed and banging against a wall.

There was a gasp behind us, and we both sprang apart from each other immediately.

Oh God, please, I thought as I grabbed the blanket on the bed to cover myself. I know my kids shouldn't see this, they were too young, but as I turned towards the door slowly, I prayed to any God I knew that it would be them.

It wasn't. And at the same vein it was.

Seeing how Laura was the one at the forefront, she had been the one to open the door at first. Stella, who was behind her, must have been the one to gasp. My kids must have followed them up here, because Stella was currently trying to prevent them from looking and was getting them to move back down the staircase.

Bless her soul.

Seeing how I was in bed with the man she is supposed to be getting to know and eventually get married to, I wouldn't give a fuck if m