Chapter 5

"What do I do now?” The moment I say those words, I feel my whole world crumbling down like a wall. I've never been more scared than I am right now.

“ Lily....." He sighs first as he opens his mouth to speak before his phone begins to ring in his pocket. I can see confusion and anger all over his face, as if he is helpless about what to do.

"Zac is calling," he tells me as his blue eyes get sadder. It’s a sign that he has to go now. I think he has sneaked out of the palace to come after me.

"Lily, I'm so sorry. I have to leave now before Archie finds out. Zac just...” I stop him from explaining too much. I already know what is going on. Father had bound them from seeing me; he didn’t need to explain much; he looks so pathetic when he does.

"I think I will be fine. Go now. I don’t want anything to happen to you.” I push his hands away from mine so that he can leave already.

He quickly turns his back, so I don’t see the tears on the brink of his eyes. "Alright, take care," he says with a straight tone while he backs me.

I watch as he walks out of the room, and I want to die of sadness as a wave of loneliness sweeps across my body.

Now I'm alone, alone with my unborn sextuplets. I cry out until my eyes begin to sting. I fall my head back on the pillow.

I try to maintain some peace within me, trying to stop myself from crying. I have been crying since the day Charlie left me.

As I try to fight back the tears to remain calm, I begin to hear some lady voices from the other side of the room.

I trace the voice to the left side of the room. I think I'm not the only patient hearing it; there are three more patients in the room, and there is this one that breaks down in tears.

I remain silent as she cries to a lady beside her, "How the heck will you think of committing suicide because of a man? Do not ever try to take your life again; that is the most stupid decision ever."The lady, sitting beside the patient, scolds her.

The patient breaks down in tears again; she seems completely broken, and I'm wondering what a man must have done to her that she wanted to take her life. "Mike left me for her fucking best friend after having three kids with him. He said he wanted to start over, and he hated having so many kids with me! How the heck should I not take my life? Where do I want to start with three children?" She cries, my heart shattering as I relate to her story.

It’s the same thing that is happening to me right now; I just found out that I'm pregnant, and Charlie already left me for a woman I don’t even know.

"Goodness, men are the most awful creatures on earth. They are heartless!” The lady curses as the patient falls into her arms. If I didn’t have brothers, I would gladly agree with that statement 100 percent.

It’s so wicked to suddenly abandon someone you once loved. Someone you made promises with. Someone you had sworn never to live life without.

Fuck, men are bloody liars.

It feels like the wounds in my heart have been reopened; I'm hurt like hell; my heart is bruised with pain; and it’s difficult to breathe, as if the air here is about to strangle me.

I pull out the drip from my arms, and I scream as the needle leaves my vein. Sh*t, it doesn’t hurt as much as my heart is hurting. I can’t remain here anymore; I feel like dying. The lady's story triggers me so much that I have been trying to get rid of it.

I jump out of bed and begin to run for the door. I can’t do this alone; I have to tell him that I'm having his children. I need to find him.

I can’t find my phone; I don’t even recall where I last kept it. I need to find him. I need to go back to our apartment. Maybe he will be back.

Maybe he realized that he couldn’t leave, and it's a mistake to attempt to leave me. As I walk fast, I feel tired. I lean on a wall to regain some strength, then I take to my heels again.

I call a taxi to take me back to the same apartment. Charlie might be back. This must be a dream that he left me.

No, no, he can’t leave me.

He can’t leave us.

The taxi stops, and I hop out as I beg him to take the gold bracelet from me; it’s one of the treasures my father gave me as a gift. It’s pretty expensive, and I can see the happiness in his eyes as he catches the braclete midair.

I walk to our apartment on the second floor of the building. I walk so fast to our room. "Charlie, open up! Charlie, it’s me; I'm pregnant with your children; you can’t leave me!” I slapped the door a couple of times, but it remained locked. I kick it with my foot, but it’s useless because my foot begins to hurt.

"Lady Lily, there’s no one in the house, and I have to lock the apartment because your rent has already expired.” I turn to see the man speaking, and it’s the owner of the building.

"No, please. I have no where to go!” I cry, as reality bestows on me. Charlie is truly gone; he has abandoned me; he has abandoned us...

I sob out as I rub my hands on my stomach, slowly falling to the ground as I lean my back on the door.