Chapter 23 – Plan B…Gracie AlmadaPOVShe got away!!!!!!My plan was perfect, and Anastasia trampled on all my hard work. It took so much work to get that woman out here and it was all for nothing!My plan was foolproof. Who would have thought that a pregnant woman would jump in front of someone else and protect them, disregarding her life for that woman who hated her a few months ago. Did she forget how Sadie made Axel hate her more?This won’t do! I need to get Anastasia back on my side and make her hate Sadie again.Just thinking about what happened last week I want to throw Anastasia off a damn building for ruining my plans.Now I’m forced to go back to the drawing board. How was I going to fix this? I can’t attack Sadie again, not for a while, if I do it now, they’re going to investigate. I need to find a way to get to Sadie without fingers pointing at me.For now, I need to lay low. Seeing how Beckett held that bitch made me want to strangle her. I wanted to wring her neck then
Chapter 24 – Game NightTwo months later…Anastasia BeatonPOVToday the girls have planned a game night as a bachelorette party idea. Axel and I are getting married next weekend. We decided not to do anything fancy because Jessica and I were both pregnant, so we planned a game night, Jessica offered up her house since it’s close to Axel’s apartment and it’s the biggest between everyone here. Jessica invited her best friend Rebecca, Sadie invited Tianna her best friend and I invited Gracie… So, we were six girls all together. I didn’t have many friends so Jessica asked if we could invite more people. I agreed I didn’t mind the more the merrier.“This is one of the worst bachelorettes I’ve been to.” Rebecca says rolling her eyes.“Well, if I remember correctly, you did get married at a bachelorette party. I don’t Justin trusts a drunk you. And let’s not forget there are three of us with a bun in the oven…” Jessica taunts.Rebecca shuts her trap soon after. It’s crazy that Rebecca is a
Chapter 25 – The Gift.Anastasia BeatonPOVWhen I woke up this morning, I felt like I was in one of my crazy dreams again, I was getting married today, but not just to anyone but to Axel, the man I’ve loved since the moment I first saw him.I haven’t seen him and River all week because they were staying with his apartment while I went back to my apartment, with the help of my brothers I have been packing up my things. My dad has helped as well. With the little things, I’m not allowed to pick up anything heavy, so they did most of the work.My stomach is so big I waddle when I walk, I can compare the way I walk to a penguin, my wedding dress has been altered twice already, my seamstress is beginning to panic.We finished most of the packing yesterday, I spent the day with my family, we had a great time just hanging out and joking around, once they finished around one… I was so excited last night I feared I wouldn’t get any sleep, but the babies tired me out. That being said they are s
Chapter 26 – The WeddingAxel KingPOVJessica sitting by the piano starts playing Anastasia’s favorite Taylor swift song…(Taylor Swift - Enchanted)My hands shake as Anastasia walks into the church with her father beside her. My brothers were right she does look beautiful… I’ve never seen her all dressed up.I’ve been having second thoughts all morning; I’ve been thinking about all the things I’ll be missing out on now that I’m getting married. But then I remember I’m getting married because I’m about to be a dad of two three.Whether I get married today or not I’ll still be a father and it’s because of me that Anastasia is pregnant in the first place. So, I must take responsibility for my actions. Which by the way is not anything I would have done in the past but after everything that went down with River’s birth, I don’t want Anastasia to go through what Olivia had.I’m doing this not for myself but for my family. I know my mother would be disappointed in me if I told her I didn’t
Chapter 27 – Asking for help.Anastasia KingPOVI’ve been home from work forever and I can’t stand it. The place is so messy now that there’s no space for anything not even another human being.I got married yesterday, and I don’t feel the wedding bliss normal brides do, why you ask because Axel’s gone out with some friends last night and hasn’t returned yet, River’s with his parents so I don’t know I expected.I don’t know why I assumed everything would be different. I assumed we would be like a normal couple; I don’t know why. I assumed we would share a bedroom or at least Axel wouldn’t go out with his friends on our wedding day.I sigh. I sit in bed when I suddenly thought of something. Axel never said we would be a normal couple. I just got stuck in my own head and assumed we would be. When we came up with this idea, I knew what to expect, that’s why Beckett and Damon wanted to help me seduce Axel.Maybe I should try their advice. I should give them a call. I pick my phone up fro
Chapter 28 – River’s birthday part 1One month later…Anastasia KingPOVToday is River’s birthday, I have an appointment with my doctor today, I feel terrible. I’ve been feeling nauseous all morning. I’m not throwing up; I’ve just been lying in bed not wanting to move in fear of throwing up.I’ve got a doctor’s appointment today, I’m so excited, we’re finding out the genders of the babies today. Axel and I have decided to keep the genders a secret from our families because we didn’t want to tell anyone until the babies were born.Like a surprise… I have no energy to get out of bed. I’m completely drained. “Hey, my parents found a place not far from here, do you want to check it out later on our way home from the doctors?” Axel asks, walking into my room.I look up at him, not having the energy to do more than that. We’re currently living in Axel’s apartment. We didn’t have space for anything. It was a hot mess; the apartment was full of my boxes from my apartment we’ve yet to find a
Chapter 29 – River’s birthday party part 2Axel KingPOVA girl and a boy. I am going to be a father of two girls and one boy. One the way to my parents place we checked out the house my mom told me about, the house is three blocks away from them. I could visit my mom when I wanted to, the house is nice, but I do not know about the space. It is a three bedroom, if we have a three bedroom, one for me, one for River and one for Beaton. Then where will the twins sleep? I know my parents’ thing Beaton and I sleep in the same bedroom. but we do not… when they visit, we tell them, Beaton sleeps in a different room because she feels sick a lot and gets up throughout the night. Beaton has not said anything on the way to my apartment. I am currently waiting for her to get ready; I look around the room, the place will not last much longer. The place is beyond cramped. I cannot even move without knocking things over.“Can you help my zip up please?” I hear Beaton’s voice, I look up to see her st
Chapter 30 – Sadie is hurt.One week laterAxel KingPOVI’ve been feeling down lately, while not down, upset. Since seeing Beaton with that guy, these weird thoughts keep running through my mind. Like confronting her and asking her who the hell that guy is. Locking her in the house and never letting her leave. You know those kinds of thoughts.“Yo, Axel check this out.” Lucy calls from across the room. I look over and see her eyeing her computer screens.I walk over. “What’s up?” I asked her.“I found this guy. He dated five of the victims. He is pretty crafty; he deleted all the posts with him in it. I found him while checking their friends’ social media. How he deleted it from the victims’ pages is beyond me. They’ve got to have someone tech savvy amongst them…” Lucy goes on to talk but I’m eyeing the punk on the screen. He is with two of the victims.“Who is this punk?” I ask.“The names Hank Walters. He’s got no criminal history, the only link we have is that he knew five of the