Chapter 113
DEMI
"Are you okay?" Anna asks, coming in after Ashley leaves my room. I dry my eyes and sit upright. "What did Ashley say?"
"What else would he say? He’s livid that I didn’t tell him about the baby and partly blames me for his pain." I sniffle and wipe my nose. "This can’t be real, Anna. My baby is gone. I have already lost too much at the hands of this family and now my own child was taken from me." Anna’s arm wraps around me while I choke back my tears.
"Asher did this. He overheard me that night. I felt it in my gut. I thought the worst thing he could do was reveal my pregnancy to the family or at the very least, blackmail me with exposing it." Tears clog my throat. "I didn’t think he hated me this much. How could he kill my baby?"
Anna sobs with me. "I’m so sorry, Demi. You were right all along. He isn’t a good person. He’s a liar and a cheat. I’m so sorry he hurt you. If I hadn’t let him into my life, he wouldn’t have had a reason to come into my house. He wouldn’t have found the pregnancy sticks or overheard our conversation that night. This is also my fault."
"No, don’t blame yourself. It’s ALL my fault. I shouldn’t have been so reckless. Pregnancy was never part of my contract. That child suffered because of my mistake. If I hadn’t gotten drunk, I wouldn’t have allowed Ashley in my bed. I wouldn’t have conceived. I brought this upon myself."
We hug each other and cry some more.
"How am I supposed to move past this? It took a lot to pull myself together and focus on my revenge. Now, I feel broken and weak all over again. They’ve literally taken everything from me."
"You have to be strong. You can’t give up now. You have one more reason to follow through with your plan; your dead child. Find the strength to move on as fast as possible because your problems are far from over." She stares deadpan at me.
"W-What do you mean by that?"
As I stare at mother and Ashley now, I can’t believe Anna had been right. She had overheard Ashley on phone talking to a woman who is undoubtedly his ex. She had heard him mention that the woman was carrying his child.