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?”

piece of news. I clench my hands 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 of

of responsibility that he’d poison me

me, he would never –” She tried to

considering what a bas ta rd he truly is. How do

didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want you to bleed him dry. He’s a stock

“Poor, gullible, stu pid Kate. He’s as much a stock broker

like that! He’s got money, he lavishes it on

fraudulent credit cards he took out in my name!” I

“What?” She squeaks.

only just found out – he’s completely bankrupted me. I’m calling the police and if I were you,

weakly, “you’re wrong,

you Kate, but if you’re really pregnant then your baby deserves better than to be raised in a homeless shelter, and that’s exactly where

before I start crying, not giving 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

I won’t ever let myself be

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

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about 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, but that’s

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