Page 35 of Deadlier Obsessions

We walk through the double doors to the doctor’s office, and I don’t miss the way our women are walking hand in hand, their fingers interlocked. Something has been going on with Stella, I don’t know what it is, but she’s struggling, so I’m happy to see her with Lucy like this. We all need to be one cohesive unit with this baby coming. I’m determined to give our child everything I didn’t have. I had a good life but when my sister was murdered everything changed. I will do whatever I have to in order to keep our child safe. If I had the ability to time travel, there are somany things I would’ve done differently with Giselle. Losing her was the single most devastating thing in my life. It won’t happen again, because I will lay down my life before I lose any part of this family.

Lucy signs in and I hand over my credit card because there’s no way I’m allowing her to pay for this doctor's visit. Finding out Lucy and the baby are safe is the only thing that matters at this moment. Lucy giggles as she pulls my hand away. “There’s no charge, Gage. It’s covered by the NHS.”

“Who the fuck is the NHS?”

She glances at me and rolls her eyes. “Shhh. It’s kind of like insurance but not really.”

The overly made-up blonde at the reception window asks, “How far along are you?”

Lucy shrugs. “I don’t have a clue, but I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive.”

“And you’re all going back?”

I know without even glancing at Lucy that her face is red. I nod to the woman sporting a name tag that reads, ‘Beverly.’

SEBASTIAN

A lady that looks like a grandmother comes to the door and calls out, “Lucy Greene.”

Mav walks beside her with his arm around her, as if he’s afraid she’ll run away screaming. He may not be far off because she looks so embarrassed. We all file into the small room and attempt to fit, but it’s tight because none of us guys are what you’d consider small. We all glance to the door when Dr. Henderson comes in. He takes a look at our rather large group and clears his throat.

“Ms. Greene?”

She nods and he says to the rest of us, “Would you like to wait outside?” We don’t move an inch, because we all know that none of us are leaving.

“Why?” Gage asks.

The doctor gives a weary glance. “I need to examine her. A pelvic exam.”

Mav chuckles obnoxiously. “We’ve all been in there, doc. Nothing we haven’t seen before.”

Lucy buries her face in her hands, as she sits naked from the waist down with a tiny little sheet covering her bottom half. Dr. Henderson clears his throat. “Alright then,” he says with a not-so-subtle shake of his head.

He moves to Lucy’s side and asks her what I assume are normal questions, the first day of her last period, if she’s been pregnant before, blah blah blah.

“Your test was positive so you’re definitely pregnant. I’d like to remove your implant. We’ll do a pelvic exam and then take a look at the baby.”

Lucy sighs as she reaches for Stella’s hand. “Okay.”

“Lie back,” he says to Lucy and then turns to us with an annoyed expression, “Step back.”

All three of us tense up when he inserts a finger inside our girl's pussy. Gage growls loudly, “Is that really fucking necessary?”

Lucy whimpers a quiet, “Oh my God,” as the doctor removes his fingers. “All done. I’m going to do an ultrasound, but I think you’re too early for the abdominal one. It will have to be transvaginal. Is that going to be a problem?”

Lucy glares at all three of us. “Behave or get out.”

You could cut the tension in a room with a knife, but a few minutes after he pushes this white dildo looking thing inside her, he says, “Here’s your baby. Right where it should be.”

He points at the screen. “Here’s the head, the legs, the heartbeat is one hundred forty beats per minute which is perfectly healthy. I have here that you’re approximately thirteen weeks and one day pregnant.”

After he pulls the instrument from her, he prints off a picture and hands it to her, and then looks to us guys. “How many pictures do you want?”

Gage smiles bigger than I think I’ve ever seen from him. “Four more.”

The doctor doesn’t say anything as he hands us the pictures and gives Lucy a prescription. “You should start prenatal vitamins immediately. And be sure to see your primary care physician when you return to the United States. Bear with me a moment and we’ll get rid of this implant that didn’t work very well.”

She giggles, and then winces as the implant is removed from her arm. Luckily for us, Gage reeled himself in and didn’t attack the doctor for hurting her. It wasn’t off the table and we can’t go to jail now.

---