Chapter Fifty Five

Elisabeth

Three weeks later

I stared at myself for quite awhile in the bathroom not really knowing what I was hoping to see but I knew one thing; I'd gained a few pounds since I got married. I was glowing, my eyes were bright and happy and there was not a day that I remembered what Ben had done to me.

He'd made me the laughing stock and though I'd humiliated him by leaving him at the altar but I'd shed an ocean of tears because of him then I stopped. I stopped thinking about him and even my hatred for him was nonexistent now.

I winced as a sharp pain made me clutch my abdomen and I groaned knowing what that meant but the pain intensified and I cried out.

"Beth? Are you okay?". Leon called from outside the bathroom door.

"Argh!". I fell to the floor as the pain became unbearable. It was worse than the usual cramps but I knew it wasn't just because I was having my monthly cycle but something else.

The door opened and Leon came in, saw me on the floor and rushed over to meet me.

"What's