Chapter 53
I love feeling them move around,” she whispered as her head rested on his shoulder. “I know that I am going to miss this, but at the same time, I can’t wait to meet them face to face.”
She felt Benjamin’s smile as his breath ghosted over the side of her head. “It is amazing.”
Pandora hummed as she thought over what he said.
“Do you have kids?” she asked.
Benjamin cleared his throat loudly a few times.
“No, not yet.”
“Do you think it will feel the same for you when your wife is having your baby? You must deliver so many do think you’ll still feel the magic?”
Benjamin seemed to be quiet and she turned to look at him. “It’s always magic, but I hope when it’s my own, I will feel a connection, unlike anything I’ve felt before.” They fell into their usual stare but her stomach grumbled loudly, breaking the moment. “I’ll get you breakfast.”
“Can’t I come down for it? I swear I’ll stay on the couch,” she begged, giving him her best puppy dog eyes. He chuckled and moved back to her.
“Fine” he hissed as he lifted her up.
“Benjamin,” she shrieked, not having expected it.
“My way or no way,” he stated and she rolled her eyes and waved her hand for him to walk.
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“Careful on the stairs,” she commented as they went down them.”
“I have fixed it, it looked as if someone pulled up your carpet, just enough for someone to trip. The banister was just unscrewed from the wall at the top and
bottom.”
“What? that’s odd,” she whispered, finding it unsettling more so with all the other crap that had been happening recently.
“Not sure,” Benjamin replied, placing her on the couch. She watched as he picked up a throw and covered her.
Less than twenty minutes later he came back with two plates of food as well as some drinks. “Here you go,” he said as he handed her the plate.
She started eating and watched as Benjamin looked at her. He opened his mouth to talk, but looked away silently, only to do the same thing a few minutes
later.
“Everything okay?” she inquired.
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“Pandora, if your husband is harming you in any way, tell me and I will help you get away from him.”
“What?” she stuttered.
“The… Pandora, he doesn’t seem into the fact you’re going to have a baby. He hasn’t been to any appointments. When you talk about him, you look hurt, rejected, and scared. After this fall, I’m worried about you, about them,” he admitted.
“Benjamin…” she started to say but got cut off by Ron walking in.
“Hey,” he spoke, looking between Benjamin and her. “What’s going on?” he asked, but Benjamin stood up quickly.
“Nothing, I was just looking her foot over. As I told her she needs to stay off her feet for a few days, complete bed rest.” Ron glanced at Pandora with a raised eyebrow. “Oh, Pandora, before I leave, some guy Daniel dropped by, but before I could go get you, he left. I forgot to tell you.”
Pandora nodded at him and went to open her mouth but Benjamin grabbed his jacket. As he walked past Ron, he glared at him and left, shutting the door
behind him.
“What did I do?” Ron exclaimed, looking between Pandora and the door Benjamin just walked out of.
“I don’t think your doctor likes me?” Ron commented, walking all the way into her living room. “The girls don’t think you should see this, because they’re worried it will cause you unnecessary stress, but I think it would be wrong to keep from you.*
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Pandora frowned at him and he sat down next to her. “You know I love you?” She rolled her eyes but nodded at him. And I think of you as my sister?” She kept bobbing her head, but inside she was wondering where he was going with the conversation.
“So, just trust me and stay calm, okay?”
“If
you
want me to stay calm, you may want to get on with this, because you’re starting to make me agitated.”
Ron took out his laptop and switched it on. After a few seconds, he passed it to her. Pandora noticed right away that his computer screen was on Craigslist. The ad was called ‘Bedroom set for sale‘.
“Okay, so that is Craiglist; I don’t need a new bedroom set,” she said, giving Ron a look of annoyance.
“Just read it, Ron stated.
“For sale, a bedroom set witch-” she stopped reading and shuddered over the misspelling before turning to look at Ron. “Did you want me to see an idiot’s bad grammar?”
“No, start over and read it without commenting on the spelling or grammar.”
“Okay. For sale, a bedroom set which consists of a wooden, double bed, fluff–top mattress, two end cabinets, chest of drawers–like five drawers–and a wardrobe.” Pandora read out loud and looked over at Ron, unsure why this ad would cause her stress. “Okay. What’s going to stress me out, besides the spelling and grammar?”
“Look at the photos and the name the ad is under.”
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She looked back at the screen and clicked on the photo tab. “Wait… that looks… it looks a lot like…” she trailed off as she saw the seller’s name was her own. “What?” she yelled.
“It says sold! Why does it say sold?” she asked him. I don’t have to actually sell it to whoever agreed to buy it, do I?”
Ron looked at her, and then held up his finger and walked out the room. Pandora looked back at the screen, seeing there was also an ad for Derrik’s exercise equipment, which again, had a sold sign on it.
“What the fuck is going on?” she asked out loud.
“Pandora, I don’t want you to freak out,” Ron started slowly. “Remember that you are pregnant.
“What? Lately, when someone says don’t freak out it’s usually a sign that I should,” she ranted, having started to panic the second he asked her not to freak
out.
“Your spare bedroom is completely empty.”
