Semua Bab The biker who broke fate: Bab 71 - Bab 75

They drove for six hours straight, didn't stop except for gas they paid in cash and kept moving.Maya watched the signs change, different states, different names, getting farther from everything they knew."You okay?" Dominic asked."Yeah," Maya said. "Just thinking.""About what?""Everything we left," Maya said. "My job. The apartment. Sophie. Your dad. All of it.""Can't think about that," Dominic said. "Gotta focus forward. Not back.""I know," Maya said. "Just hard."They crossed into Pennsylvania around four. Sun getting low. Stomachs empty."Need to eat," Dominic said. "And sleep somewhere.""Motel?" Maya asked."Yeah," Dominic said. "Cheap one. Pay cash. Use the new names."Found a place off the highway. Run down looking. Perfect. Nobody would remember them here.Went in, met an old guy at the desk, watching TV, barely looked up."Need a room," Dominic said."Fifty bucks," old guy said. "Cash only."Dominic paid, the guy handed over a key, an actual key, not a card."Room twe

Eight months in and Maya woke up feeling wrong, couldn't say what but her gut felt bad.Thought maybe bad food or too much work, shoved it aside and got ready for shift.Middle of breakfast rush she bolted to the bathroom and threw up, came out pale."You good?" Ray asked from the grill."Yeah," Maya lied, "ate something funky probably."Next day same thing and the day after, always mornings and always sick.Dominic noticed she barely ate. "You sick?""Maybe," Maya said, "stomach's been weird.""Go see someone," Dominic said."Can't," Maya said, "no insurance and these IDs are fake, doctor starts asking stuff we're screwed."Week after puking in the bathroom again it hit her, her period was late and really late and she hadn't even noticed.Counted back weeks and her chest went tight, no way this was happening.Got through shift like a zombie and hit the dollar store walking home, grabbed a test and paid cash and stuffed it deep in her bag.Back at the room and Dominic wasn't there, st

Month six hit and Maya couldn't see her feet no more, back ached something awful and her ankles were swollen like grapefruits.She holed up in that room reading whatever books the library had, going nuts while Dominic pulled extra shifts to cover what she wasn't bringing in.Tuesday afternoon the fridge was empty and the cabinets too, Dominic wouldn't get back till past nine so she threw on his old hoodie and headed to the corner market.Grabbed what they needed, milk and bread and some soup cans, nothing fancy.Girl at checkout was young and chatty, "Oh wow when you due?""Few months out," Maya kept it short."Your first?""Yep.""That's so cool, got a name picked?""Not yet," Maya lied straight through her teeth, wasn't about to get personal with some stranger.She paid cash like always and got out quick, made it maybe two blocks when this squad car rolled past real slow.Maya didn't break stride, kept her eyes forward but caught the red brake lights flick on in her peripheral.Ches