VALERIE. Somehow, I was expecting that reaction from him. I’m not sure why, but I wasn’t expecting him to be ecstatic over the news and, in a way, I’m glad I was prepared. Being a doctor, I’ve come across a huge variety of reactions from couples, or even single mothers. Accidental pregnancies are

ZADE. “Survival training.” “Survival?” Valerie asks me as she rubs her arms, glancing at the dark looming forest behind me. “Yeah, this will last three or four hours. The first thing I want to work on with you is your stamina, resistance, vigilance, and observance.” She nods, although I’m sure t

ZADE. ‘Argh! I thought I had shaken you off!’ She struggles against me, trying to break free, but I simply tighten my hold. “You would be dead by now. Again. You aren’t paying attention to your surroundings.” I say quietly. ‘I was!’ She answers as she tries to elbow me hard in the waist, but in

VALERIE. “Which is what we’re saying,” Zade counters almost mockingly as he flips the bread knife he’s holding lazily between his fingers as he’s relaxed back in his seat. “I’ll be fine,” I say. Zade looks at me for a second, almost as if observing me. “So then, go back there. Try to carry on as

She lied. Lied about the fucking pregnancy just to get a reaction from me? There’s no child… that makes me feel fucking weird when I had just made up my mind that there will be a kid and now she’s angry at me for fucking not being ecstatic before telling me she lied. “Well, I am, I have things to