Chapter 58: ARIANNA

I know mob boy is watching me like he expects me to flake out on him again. I don't remember what happened before I woke up with a headache and him wrapped around me like a shield, but I remember my mother. At least it's keeping him off my ass about the other thing.

I snuggled in closer to his warmth and fought back the nausea at the memories going through my head. The blood, the horror, the screams... 'Mommy'. My heart hurt and my breath caught in my lungs as I tried to stifle the tears and moans of remembered pain.

I never let myself think about that night, it's too hard. In fact I haven't thought of it in years. It's as if I'd had to put it out of my head to move on. I thought of the child in my womb and felt a different kind of fear. What if I mess this up? I got a sudden chill and fought hard not to wake him with the sudden shakes. What the hell am I doing? I didn't come here for this. Didn't know that I'd meet someone who could turn my life upside down with just one