CHAPTER SEVEN

MICHELLE' s POV.

The beeping of my mobile resonates in my ears and I gently open my eyes before pushing my body to a sitting position.

Picking up my phone, it is my aunt and for a moment I don’t know if I should answer the call. She must have heard what happened at the pack house and I know for a fact that she wants to give me an earful.

The phone in my hand continues to ring and left with no other choice, I click on the receive button before pressing the phone against my ear.

“Hello”

“You brat” she sounds furious, “how dare you leave without even telling me, Mish?”

“I am sorry aunt” I say out loud, “Everything happened so fast and I didn’t have time to think, I had to leave immediately”

“But why, why would you leave your home and your pack just because Natalia is back, I thought you were stronger than this my dear”

“Look aunt” I rake my fingers through my wavy hair as she sigh left my lips, “Nicholas wanted me gone and I didn’t want to argue with him. He finds Natalia better than me and I can not force him to love me, I have tried aunt. Maybe it is time for my big break, I also have a lot on my mind that I need to take care of”

“Where are you? I will come to see you later”

“Don’t bother aunt” I refute, “I am fine and I am eating well too. You should just focus on the pack house lest Nicholas finds something to yell about”

“I am sorry you have to go through this alone, child”

My hand flies to my tummy and I caress it gently. Of course I am not alone, I have a child growing inside of me, how can I be alone?

“You don’t have to worry about me aunt, I will be fine”

“Are you sure?”

“Hmmm”

After I end the call, I slump back on the bed as tears well up in my eyes. I am trying to be fine but the pain of what Nicholas did to me continues to haunt me. How can I do something like that? How can he cast me away like that?

Earlier someone from the pack house called me to tell me about how he brought her to the pack house and introduced her as the new Luna.

The more I think about it, the more I feel betrayed. I have never done the opposite of showing Nicholas love and this is what he does to me.

A little pain in my tummy jolts me out of my train of thought and fear grips me, my baby. I have to do anything and everything to make sure it is safe even if it means putting my life on the line because of it.

With this at the back of my head, I rush towards the wardrobe and get dressed before rushing out of the room and in no time, I flag down a taxi and I am on my way to the hospital.

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Luckily my doctor didn’t have any patients so I saunter into his office and his face breaks into a smile. I am wondering why he is smiling because I called him on the way here.

“Ma’am” he stands up and we exchange pleasantries before I lower myself on the chair opposite him.

“So tell me, how is the pain now?”

“It comes and goes doctor” I tell him, “it feels like my insides are on fire and I am unable to breath when it starts.

This is why I have come to the hospital, I can’t take any chances with my baby’s life. It was the only thing I would be able to boast of in future and I can not jeopardize it for anything no matter what.

“I would have explained it to you over the phone but I could sense the urgency in your voice and that is why I let you come to the hospital” he begins to speak, “that is the side effect of the medication you have been taking. The pain comes when the tumor is being affected due to the antibodies present in the drugs. With each passing day, it could get worse with other symptoms” he pauses for a while, his eyes are searching mine for something I can not quite understand,

“Do you still want to continue with the medication, ma’am?”

I am silent for a while, I actually don’t know what to say. How I wish Nicholas was here, he would have made a decision that would sit right with me but now I am left to make the decision for me and my baby. It isn’t a hard thing for me to get rid of the baby and the tumor but this is the only thing that links me to my past and my future. I should be able to endure it all, I should be able to protect the little life the moon goddess has blessed me with.

“Of course doctor, I will continue with the medication”

A look of surprise flashes across his face. He must be thinking I would go for the second option but once it comes to my baby, I am willing to do everything and anything.

“I am doing this for my baby and I will continue to endure it well no matter what”

“You are one strong woman, Michelle” he is being serious, I can see it, “I admire your courage and dedication, I hope you find the happiness that you deserve”

I flash him a smile but I don’t say anything, my happiness was Nicholas but now he is gone.

“I will continue to work and find a cure of you Mish, I also want you to deliver a healthy baby”

“Thank you so much doctor”

I can be rest assured now, this pain won’t affect my baby and that is enough for me.

Our conversation is interrupted when the door pushes open and as soon as I turn to see who it is, my face creases into an expressionless look. It is Nicholas and Natalia and what more, she is wearing the family heirloom that Nicholas collected from me the night he brought home the divorce.