Chapter Ninety-Nine - Pregnancy

The early morning sun rose steadily, shedding its beams across to my weary eyes. I gently opened them up and stretched lazily, yawning tiredly while I turned my head to my side. Bernard wasn't there.

'But where could he be?’ My heart missed a beat.

My head spinned and I felt heavy blocks pushing their weight against it. I cleared the sleep off my eyes and stared around the room, expecting I would find him somewhere close by, but I didn't. I became worried.

“Ben!” I called out his name but there was still no response.

I stood up anxiously and headed into the bathroom to check if perhaps he'd be there, but I still didn't find him. My heart pounded hard in my chest.

‘Where could he be now? What the hell is going on?’ The fear of being abandoned seized me.

I stepped out of the room hastily, as though chased by a monster and went to the next room, his study, to search for him. The study was empty and dumb.

“Bernard!” My throaty voice pierce into thin air. “Where are you?”