Chapter Fifty One

After Damian made that call, It was just as if something else had come over him. And all of a sudden, he became moody. He was no longer interested in what the lawyer just told him. He became still.

The stillness in the car was more crushing than the pregnancy Emily had just laid between them.

With a firm grip on the steering wheel, Damian watched the road intentionally and Emily watched him closely.

Emily could already tell what he was attempting to conceal.

Damian finally said something.

"How long have you known you are pregnant?" Damian asked Emily.

"I have known for a little while now. I have told you this before, why are you bringing it up again?”

He didn't say anything again, he just looked through the windshield instead.

"Tell me what you're thinking, Damian," Emily asked.

"I'm not sure what I'm thinking about right now," he said as he let out a deep breath.

Emily's heart dropped.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"

He glanced at her and said, "Emily, I don't want to mislead you."

"Then don't,” Emily replied.

Damian's expression tightened with agony.

"You and Ryan had not yet separated when we slept together,” he said.

Emily became completely motionless.

"What are you trying to say?"

"I know you weren't happy," Damian stated. "I'm aware of what Ryan did to you. I am aware that you were already emotionally leaving him."

"What are you accusing me of?" Emily asked.

“It is just that the timing was wrong,” Damian said as he looked away.

Emily gave a gulp.

"Are you trying to say that I want to pin Ryan's baby on you?"

"I'm not sure what I believe anymore," Damian answered.

Those words had a greater impact than she anticipated.

Do you believe Ryan and I had sex after I slept with you? She asked.

"I never said anything of the sort," he replied.

"But you are thinking it," she said.

Damian's jaw clenched.

“You might have been pregnant when we first met. I'm not sure how far along you were when we had sex, I'm questioning everything,” he replied.

She looked at him and said, "I can't believe you are doubting me."

"I just want to rule out every possibility, so I'm asking you right now to confirm," he replied.

"I already explained what happened that night to you, so why are you still cross examining me?" she asked.

"Because it is one thing to believe you and another thing to be afraid," he said.

That statement silenced her.

Emily pulled back her hand as Damian tried to grab it.

"I won't let you turn my pregnancy into a debate like I am in a court of law," she said 

"That is not what bi am trying to do," he replied.

"Then don't force me to defend myself for something I didn't do. Please turn the car around and take me back to Sophia's apartment. I no longer have the stomach to go anywhere with you,” she said. 

He turned the car around immediately and headed straight to the apartment.

When they got to Sophia's apartment complex, Emily opened the door of the vehicle and stepped out and walked inside the living room leaving Damian outside.

___

Sophia was there waiting in the living room when she entered.

Everything was clear to her after one glance at Emily's face.

"What is the matter?" Sophia questioned.

"I have told Damian about the pregnancy," Emily said.

Sophia got up and asked, “how did he react about it?"

"He questioned the paternity of the child I am carrying," she said.

Sophia's eyes widened.

"Does he believe it may be Ryan's?" Sophia asked.

"He said he has no idea what he wants to believe," Emily said.

Sophia strolled nearer and said, "Emily, you don't need to explain anything you know is real to anyone." 

"I know. I don't have the energy to sound like a broken record right now," Emily said as she took a seat.

___

Ryan was laid awake in his house on the other side of the city.

He was attempting to put the missing fragments of his life back together when his phone rang.

His attorney was calling him.

He picked up the call quickly

"I discovered something else," the attorney replied.

"What did you find?" "Ryan asked.

“My contact at the hospital sent me some information,” the lawyer said.

“What information did they send you?” Ryan asked as he frowned.

“It is a test report,” he said.

"Whose test report?" Ryan asked.

There was a break of silence.

"Emily's," he said.

Ryan's look shifted.

"What does it say?" He said.

"I can't talk about it over the phone," the attorney said.

"Please explain to me clearly,” Ryan said.

The lawyer lowered his voice and said, "It's about Emily's pregnancy"

For a brief second, Ryan stopped breathing.

"Is Emily pregnant?" He asked.

"Yeah, according to my contact," the attorney said.

Ryan sat down gradually and asked, "When?"

"I don't know right now."

Ryan shut his eyes.

He was struck by yet another idea.

He thought back to the evening Emily vanished from their penthouse.

He remembered the rapidity with which everything changed. Then he remembered Damian.

Ryan opened his eyes.

"Find out how far along she is," Ryan stated.

"Why?"

Ryan gazed into the darkness and said, 

"Well, if it is what I think it is, I might finally have something Damian can't ignore," and hung up the phone.