Her Nightmare

‘Hello, there. I didn’t see you at work yesterday. I heard you were hospitalized. Hope everything is fine with you?’, Sophia asked Ellie, in a tone that can be mistaken for that of care and empathy. Sophia had met Ellie in the washroom.

‘I am fine, thank you’, Ellie said, ignoring Sophia and washing her hands.

‘Is your baby fine?’, Sophia asked, smiling which made Ellie halt in her action.

‘What did you just say?’, Sophia said, surprised by the statement Sophia had uttered.

‘I asked about your baby. You are wondering how I got to know about your pregnancy? That’s why I am Sophia Porous, I find out whatsoever I want to know’, Sophia said, boastfully.

‘So, what are you going to do about it?”, Ellie asked, smirking.

‘Are you scared you will finally lose Edward to me?’, Ellie asked, smiling.

‘Scared? I don’t have to be scared because I know you won’t give birth to this child’, Sophia said, looking at Ellie’s tummy and laughing hysterically.

‘What do you mean by that?’, Elli