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“It's all part of your frame.”
“There's no frame. I love him.”
She laughed.
“He loves his money. Only if he does.”
“What's going on here?” When Holly approached us, I realized that other people were noticing.
“It's nothing.” I tried to pull myself together. “That lady is already leaving.”
“You'd better get away from him before I unmask you,” he threatened as he turned his back and walked to a cab waiting around the corner.
“Who is this crazy woman?” Holly dared to ask.
“Apparently, the twin sister of Thomas's late wife.”
“Oh, shit. Did you know her?”
I said no.
“She seems like the kind of person you should worry about.”
“Just take care of the twins so that she doesn't go near them unless Thomas authorizes it.”
“No problem!”
“I'm going home. Do you need anything?”
Holly said no, and I went into the building to get my things. I walked to the subway and, by some miracle, found an empty bench. I sank into it and put my hands on my stomach by reflex.
I had spent the day thinking about how I was going to tell Thomas about my pregnancy, but how was I going to do it now that that woman had shown up? I hadn't planned on getting pregnant, let alone getting anything out of him, but it was verylikely that she would accuse me after the offenses she had done to me.
I really wanted to tell him and share the child that was being born in me, but it definitely didn't seem like the best time.
As soon as I got home, I left my things on the coffee table and approached my grandmother. She was sitting on the sofa, and I settled down next to her, turning my head to lie on her lap.
“Hey... what's up?”
“Ah, Grandma,” I whimpered as I used to when I was a child.
“You've been acting strange for a few days. Are you going to tell me what happened?”
“I'm pregnant.”
“Oh my God!”
I hid my face in his legs, embarrassed.
“Weren't you careful?”
“We take... Most of the time. Other times, I just wanted to sit on his lap.” I hid my face with my hands, completely embarrassed.
She started to laugh.
“Sorry, Grandma.”
“On a lap like that, even me.”