Chapter 4 – Desperation

Ella

My hands are shaking as I dial Kate’s number. Have I ever been this angry? If I have I certainly can’t remember it now.

“Hello?” Kate answers almost immediately, using a sickly sweet tone that screams of fakeness.

“Kate?” I state bluntly. “Are you with Mike right now?”

There’s a pregnant pause on the other end of the line, before she weakly responds, “What? Of course not.”

“Come off it Kate, do you really think I don’t know about your sh it?” I demand. “I’m not a complete idiot.”

“Ella listen–” She begins, obviously gearing up to give me some sort of excuse.

“No, I don’t even care about your little affair anymore – but I need to talk to him right now.” I declare fiercely.

There’s another pause, and then Kate’s voice drops its innocent tone. “You don’t care?” She repeats, sounding truly shocked. “ You know I’m already pregnant?”

into fists, feeling so furious I think I might actually break the phone with my tight grip, “And what, you think that’s some sort

who’s so afraid of responsibility that he’d poison me for years

loves me, he would never

a bas ta rd he truly is. How

he does!” She objects, “He just didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want

I sigh, “Poor, gullible, stu pid Kate. He’s as

got money, he lavishes it on me all the time!”

in my name!” I shout, losing my

“What?” She squeaks.

calling the police and if I were you, I’d check your own credit rating immediately, because I’d

she repeats weakly, “you’re wrong, it’s

Kate, but if you’re really pregnant then your baby deserves better than

her a chance to respond. Why did I buy his lies about looking for work for so long? He crushed me little by little, all the while pretending to be so nice,

I won’t ever let myself be

have to go to the police and see if I can resolve these financial issues… I can’t have a baby if I’m bankrupt, and I can

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as gently as he might smash an ant beneath his boot. “I’ll give you the police report to send to the credit card company,

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