Chapter 88

Maya

Hours had passed, and after daycare, Nate had gone to pick up Axel from my parents. Although I really didn’t want him anywhere near Brad, I couldn’t leave him at my mom’s all day. So now we were still sitting in the waiting room. Axel was in my lap, playing with his soldiers, while Nate had his arm around my shoulder and looked at Axel carefully.

"It’s been 13 hours," Nate said, frowning.

"You don’t give birth in ten minutes, love," I answered, laughing.

Lucas and Devon in front of us were staring at us carefully, they were doing it from the moment I went to the bathroom to vomit, trying to draw as little attention as possible, but now I seemed under inquisition with Lucas' eyes pointed at me.

And I kept looking the other way, and I kept focusing my attention on Axel. Suddenly my stomach growled, so much so that it caught Nate’s mother’s attention.

I tried to hide from shame. God, I would eat four sandwiches by myself. Nate sighed and got up.

"Let’s get something to eat," he said