Hot Coffee (The Hollens)
Chapter 32 (Lines)
Emma's POV
It had been one month since my engagement with the handsome Ethan Hollen. His former fiancee, Sharon, had left his mansion and his life completely. I was finally at peace with the world around me. Ethan had already begun to spoil me rotten, shopping for clothes, shoes, jewelries and other accessories, taking me to fancy restaurants for dinner dates, and spending all of his free time with me.


I was so grateful to him for changing my life for the better. He was such an incredible human being. Never in my life had I thought I would actually get the chance of becoming so happy.
You'll never amount to anything!" my foster mother screamed in my face and pushed me into my tiny, cold, dark room.
I was ten.
I was doing the chores of washing the dishes after dinner and accidentally broke a cup.
She punched me in the back and yelled at me. She said that I was and always would be an outcast and that was why my parents never wanted me to begin with. I had been heartbroken, crying on the inside for days, but I learned how to surpass the pain and insults. After all, she was right; my parents never wanted me and I'd never get to know them.
As the memories faded, so did my hurt and pain. I had finally found myself and was satisfied with my life as it was now. I wouldn't change the past because it made me who I was. I wouldn't wish to have different parents because I was beautiful just the way I was. I wouldn't change the present because I was now at peace with it. From nothing into something; I was definitely blessed and someone in the sky must have highly favored me.
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It was the second Friday in August when my husband-to-be told me that he had to leave for a business trip to France the following day. He would be gone for a week. An entire week without my baby? I wanted to cry already.
"Hey, cheer up," he teased as he saw my lips were pouted and my arms crossed over my chest.
"A whole week?" I dragged out.
"Baby, I promise we'll go to France when I get free time off from work. Just you and I."
A wide smile dismissed my pouts and I hugged him. I'd only seen France in magazines, on television and the internet. The place was like heaven on earth. I couldn't wait to visit it with Ethan.
Halley and I waved him off as he set off for his business trip the next morning. I, then, went back upstairs and laid on the bed. I don't know what it was but lately I had been very tired and lazy.
Twenty minutes later, Halley knocked on the door.
"Come in," I answered and sat up.
She was carrying a bowl of hot chicken soup. I loved chicken soup but when I inhaled the scent of it I had to make a beeline for the bathroom.
setting down the soup and
my head
responded as I gathered myself upwards and rinsed my mouth
vomiting, it's obvious
just need to
the windows so I could
fell asleep.
the sound of my phone ringing and answered without looking at the caller ID.
you?" his voice
I exhaled deeply.
tired. Have you been doing any house work?" his voice was
I've been in bed since
How are you
even care? You're not even here with
had come over
I'm not there with you. I'll be back soon,
"What's that?"
need you to
couldn't believe my ears. A pregnancy test for what?
did you hear
I'll do it when I
"I love you, baby."
love you, too."
soon as
I wanted to be, in the room with fresh air and without noise. I called over a private assistant so she could fetch me a pregnancy test. God knew how many scandals and headlines would erupt if I were to walk into a pharmacy or supermarket and buy myself a test. The press had been very interested in me lately and would follow me
I read the directions in a blur, panicking. If there was one line that indicated negative. If there were two that meant positive. I was
the stick in until it penetrated. The line was appearing, one line... one line... I exhaled as it stayed.
sat down on my bed. I buzzed Halley to bring me up a bottle of fresh orange
how are you feeling now?" she asked when
"Much better."
you take
"Yep."
"And?"
"It's a negative."