The Lover Beneath Me(60)

“I’ll visit, Addie. I promise,” he reassured.

“Sure,” she nodded.

The waiter came back with a large bottle of sparkling water and began pouring. Addie took her glass right away and took a large drink, while her father looked at me, willing me to talk to her. To make her feel better. The months he was away were hard on Addie, but she kept telling me, and herself, that he was coming back soon.

“Would you like to order now?” the waiter said, his voice cracking. I looked up at him as he stared at Addie. Flicking my gaze to Addie, she lifted her head. Her face contorted as she leaned forward, holding onto her belly.

“Addie?” Both her father and I cried out as she double over and fell from her seat to the ground.

“Addie,” he father called out as he reached for her. I looked up to tell the waiter to call the ambulance, but he stood there frozen.

“Shit, I didn’t want to do this,” the waiter muttered.

I reached for him and yanked him down. “You didn’t mean to do what?” I shouted.

“What’s going on?” The manager came running in.

“Call the fucking ambulance. My wife is pregnant!” I shouted.

“Yes, of course,” the manager said frantically as he took out his phone and dialed.

“What?” I heard her father say as he cradled her in his arms.

“Pregnant?” the waiter who I had on the ground whispered.

“Fucker,” I said as I began shaking. “What did you do?” I roared.

“He offered me money. I needed it…I…I didn’t realize…I only used a small dose. I couldn’t do it… I just couldn’t do it,” he kept repeating as he looked at my Addie who was on the ground.

“Who?” I shouted. “Who?”

But he wouldn’t answer.

I left him on the ground and reached for her taking her into my arms. “Addie, do you hear me? Addie? Fuck, baby, please!” I pleaded as I rocked her back and forth in my arms. “Addie.” I reached down to her belly and held it. “God, please. Please, fuck please. Don’t take them away from me. Please, I need them. I need them both,” I begged, crying as I held her.

“Sir?” the paramedics rushed in with a gurney. “We’ll need to take her,” one said to me as I looked up at him. I rose and placed Addie on the gurney.

“Addie, my beloved; it’s going to be okay,” I whispered softly.

“Sir, please, let us help her,” one of the paramedics said to me as he pushed me out of the way. Addie’s father was speaking to the police who had the waiter in custody. “What did you use?” he called out to the waiter.

“Arsenic. It was a quarter of the dose he wanted me to use,” he said brokenly.

“Who?” I shouted, my body shaking as I lunged at him, but my father-in-law stepped between us, pushing me back.

“Hugh Harris,” he finally admitted. I watched dejected as Addie was wheeled away. I did this to her, Fuck!

“Her vitals are weak. Her breathing is erratic,” the paramedic said.

“She’s pregnant,” I faintly said. The world around me seemed unreal, a nightmare come to life. Everything moved in a quick pace, but was slow and agonizing at the same time.

“My baby…” I reached out for my Addie who was unconscious with various tubes sticking out of her.

“We need to go to the hospital,” he said to me as he pulled me into the ambulance. I held her hand the whole way, not once looking away. I watched as my Addie fought for both her life and my baby’s.





Our Baby


I sat in the waiting room, while Addie’s father paced back and forth barely containing his own anger. Rafe and Darren came running with Elissa not too far behind.

“Daimon, is Addie okay?” Darren asked as he sat next to me.

I rose my head from my hands. “I don’t know,” I said distraught.

“Didn’t the doctors come out yet?” Rafe barked.

“No,” my father-in-law hissed.

“The baby?” Elissa breathed as she knelt down before me, resting her hands on my knees.

“I don’t know,” I said again, my voice breaking.

“Mr. Evans?” A doctor appeared with scrubs on. My heart jumped as I saw him. I jolted up and rushed to him. Fuck, please don't tell me she’ll have to go through surgery? “Mrs. Evans is…stable for now,” he said ruefully.

“The baby?” I asked.

The doctor lowered his head slightly and let out a sigh. “I’m sorry to have to tell you but Mrs. Evans had a miscarriage.” I let out the heavy breath I held inside me. The world around me completely destroyed as I stood there crushed.