Break My Fall(86)

I sneered at her, “You were never pregnant. Games up Rachel, find some other fool to leech from, I’m cutting you off.”

She choked out a twisted laugh. “It took you long enough to figure it out, but do you think because you understand the truth your little princess will?” I tensed. “She will hate you. You’ve been lying to her for months Kyle. There is no way she’ll forgive you.”

I shook my head. “She loves me. Unlike you, Lee is a fucking saint. A saint.”

Rachel sneered. “Oh you are so pathetic Kyle. It’s happened hasn’t it? You’ve finally fallen in love? I knew that girl would be trouble.”

“You don’t know anything about her,” I said through clenched teeth.

“I know enough to know miss prim and proper won’t look at you twice when she knows the double life you’ve been leading.”

“She loves me, she’ll understand.”

Rachel stepped up to my chest. “Are you sure about that Kyle? You’ve lied to her, cheated on her. And I’m fairly certain she’ll know by know by now that you’re here in my apartment with me.” She threw her head back and laughed. “I bet you haven’t even told her you love her.”

I froze and Rachel’s eyes gleamed. “I’m right aren’t I? She asked. “You’re not capable of loving someone without destroying them. Your mother. Your grandfather. Walk away before you destroy her.”





Chapter Forty-two





Lee





I felt as if I had been asleep for days. Opening my eyes I scanned the room, there were machines everywhere and everything was white.

“Hey sleepy head.” I turned my head to see Cam sitting in the chair next to my bed.

“Cam?”

She leaned over to me and hugged me tightly. “You had us scared for a while Lee,” she chuckled, her voice laced with concern. “You’ve been out with twelve hours.”

I pulled myself up slowly, wincing from the sharp pain in my lower stomach. “What happened to me?”

Cam dropped her eyes from mine. “Maybe I should get a nurse to explain it?”

I grabbed her arm. “No Cam, please, I want to hear it from you.”

She nodded slowly, straightening in her chair. Leaning over she grasped my hand in both of hers. I sucked in a sharp breath; this was bad. “Do you remember the ride in the ambulance Lee? You were awake for parts?”

I thought back and my mind froze on one word. “They said I was pregnant? That I was losing my baby?” Oh god, I wanted to keel over. “I didn’t know Cam, I swear I never skipped a period,” I paused as tear fell down my cheek. “This is my fault.”

Cam squeezed my hand. “No, Lee, this was not your fault; the doctors said you had what they call a concurrent ectopic and intrauterine pregnancy.” Looking at my confused face she smiled kindly. “It means, you were carrying twin’s Lee and one of them was in you tubes instead of your womb, that’s what caused to get so sick.” She shivered. “You nearly died Lee. The surgeons had to remove you one of your fallopian tubes and I’m so sorry sweetie, but the baby inside it was already dead.”

Tears flowed down my face. I closed my eyes, desperately trying to hold it together. Just because I didn’t know I was pregnant did not mean that I did not want my baby. It wasn’t just my baby to lose, I had lost Kyle’s baby too. It had been dead inside me and I never knew. If I had been checked out sooner and listened to my body. I could have changed this. I curled my hands around my stomach, feeling empty and dead.

Cam was smiling at me. I frowned at her, confused. “The baby in your womb survived the surgery Lee,” she squealed, scooting up on to the bed beside me.

“It’s healthy and the perfect size for thirteen weeks.”

Survived? Thirteen weeks? I had been pregnant for three months. I was stunned. “But, how, how is that possible? All the blood? How could a baby survive that?”

Cam shuddered, remembering all too well what I was talking about. “They never operated on your womb, just removed the tube. The doctors say it’s very rare to have a survivor twin from those circumstances, but this little one is a fighter, just like her momma.”

“Her?”

Cam patted my belly excitedly. “Oh it’s too early to know, but I’m guessing she’s a girl,” Cam practically cooed.

“So I’m due in June?” I guessed. I covered my hand over my belly, amazed at what was inside there; a baby, mine and Kyle’s miracle baby…I was just about to ask where he was when Derek walked into the room.

“You’re awake,” he smiled, his green eyes twinkling, He leaned down and kissed the top of my head. “Don’t you ever scare us like that again Lee, I nearly had a fucking heart-attack.” He brushed his lips against Cam’s, then plopped into a chair beside my bed.