Chapter Four~A PREGNANCY TO KEEP>Kate's PovWhen I returned Pierre had slid down the floor with one hand clutching his chest and the other bracing him on the floor."That is it!" I snapped. "You look deathly pale. We are going to the hospital now." My trembling fingers reached for my phone."No!" His voice managed to be steel despite his weakness. "There will be no hospitals Kate, not ever.""B- but you can barely stand-""Please Kate, never take me there, ever. Promise?" His good eye locked onto mine and the emerald green that I recalled so vividly from that night was now dulled with fear. "I promise," I whispered. I opened the yellow bottle and watched as he swallowed two pills dry. His hands even shook so badly that he nearly dropped them."I will be fine after some rest."“Let me help you to bed.” He hesitated and then nodded. Then, with slow movements, I slipped my arm around his waist. It was the same waist I had once traced with eager fingers in the dark of his hotel room.
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